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Chapter 6

It's been a week.

Mind control is an odd thing. You never know when it will strike. I've found this out the hard way.

I heard them talking the other night. I think their planning something.

The car is buzzing furiously under me. Looking out the window, I could only make out certain trees when my eyes adjusted. The radio turned on low, I sang along in my head.

"So... Got everything you need?" I jump at his words.

Trying to make conversation. Well, to say the truth, I'm not exactly in the mood. I loath this time. The time in which, I need to go.

Robin has been racking his brain, trying to figure out what's been going on. Raven trying to help me spiritually. I don't know what to do. Beast Boy is taking it way to-

"Jewel?" A cold metal object touches my shoulder. Shivers crawl up and down my already freezing spine.

"Huh?" I jerk my head towards him. The car slows, so he can better examine me, or, I should say, Eyes. "Oh, um, yeah. Okay. Sure. Maybe. Yes. Possibly. E=mc2." I flap my hand towards him, and turn my head back to the forest of trees. Lucky for me, it's changed to water. The 'forest' being miles away.

"Yo, Jewel, something wrong? I thought you'd be excited. Titans East is great. Everyone-"

"I don't want to go." I say cutting him off. My voice is shaking, and I feel my face getting hotter.

There's a long pause. The car returns to normal speed. I, very discreetly, wipe my face. Tears are forming fast.

I don't want to leave my home. I love being with them. I don't care what Slade is making them do. I can stick it out. I learned from the best.

"Why not?" His voice was cold now. I felt horrible for what I did. That's not me.

"I...I wanna stay with you guys. I don't want to-" I had to stop. I couldn't take this anymore.

I felt as though they were shipping me off. To some other planet. I'd never see Beast Boy again, nor my other friends. I start wiping my tears, rubbing my eyeliner around my freckled face. Cyborg looks over at me, and starts to pull the car over.

Does this mean we're here? I don't want to be here. I want to go back. I open the door to the car. Conjuring up in my mind, a disc of air, and trying to fly away.

Ultimately, I fail, and fall in the water. The stinging, and pricking of the cold stings. It clears my mind, and I forget how to breath. I've forgotten how to move, and I'm forgetting how to live.

For a moment, I black out. I didn't know what's happening, but when I wake up, I'm in the car, under a blanket. My head propped up by Cyborg's spare leg. {That's not creepy at all.} My eyes blink furiously, every thing's so fuzzy, but then, my spirits are lifted, by the sound of a familiar voice.

"Jewel? Jewel are you waking up? Hey guys, I think she's waking up!" I moan, and Feel Cyborgs hand again, but, on my forehead this time. "Dude, Jewel. Come on, wake up!"

"N-No," I manage to spit out, "why does this always h-happen to me?" My teeth are chattering. Beast Boy chuckles a little, and I here another familiar voice.

"Oh friend," Starfire. "Please tell me what has happened!"

"You didn't tell them?" I look up at Cyborg, and he shrugs. Helpful.

Cyborg quickly, but in detail, explains what had happened, and why he didn't tell sooner. During which, I lay my head back to the side. Closing my eyes, focusing on my breathing, but, again, I am cut off from my quiet time.

"Jewel, what's wrong?" He asks with so much worry. I want to give him a hug and tell him I'm sorry. I want to hold him. I want to be home. I never wanted to leave them. I will live in peace, even if I am beaten by my friends who are mind controlled.

"I don't want to go to Titans east. I'll be to far away from you-you guys." I finally choke out the words. Saving myself from embarrassment.

"Jewel, it'll be okay-"

"Will you come with me?" I say fighting back more tears. I need him right now. With me, even if he's flying, I can see him. I can feel is presence.

"Jewel I-"

"Please?" My eyes start swelling, I want him so bad. Just a hug. Anything. His voice is soothing, but... It's not enough.

"Jewel Calm down. Go to sleep, I'll see what we can do." Robin reassures me. I didn't want to listen, but, I had no choice.

Looking at Cyborg one last time. Staring into Beast Boys eyes, one last time. Within seconds, I'm out.

When I wake up again, I'm still in the car, and it's brighter. The sun is slugging it's way through the trees, with a pink glow. Cyborg, focused on driving, to where, I don't know. But we do seem to be in the woods, on some gravel road.

"Cyborg, where are you taking me?" I say rubbing something out of my eyes.

"Yo Jewel, Mornin'! We are, going back a ways."

"What! Why?" I say panicking! His voice was calm, and knowing.

"Because, um. Something-um. Fell off the car when we were passing through."

"Yeah thats legitimate." I say rolling my eyes. I sit up, stretch, and throw the blanket to the side. We continue speeding down the road, When a flock of birds catches my eyes. There graceful, majestic ways, sooth, and enlightens me, but Cyborg quickly draws my attention away.

"Yo, ugh. You wanna play a game?" He sounded enthusiastic, but at the same time, loathing.

"What kind?" I sounded more interested then I had hoped.

"Well, ugh. We could um. Play I spy, or a car game, or-" He cuts himself off. Realizing, something. Who knows what goes on in that head of his.

"Sure, we can play a game... Lets play I spy!" I'm up for a game. Why not try lifting my spirits?

"Okay..." There was a long pause, as he looked at his wrist. Surveying the car, he takes more then enough time to say something.

Letting my mind wander, my mind chain links back to my dream. I dreamt I was a rabbit, a blue rabbit. A blue rabbit that could see into the future, An odd dream yes. Yet my dream did turn into a nightmare. I was an evil blue rabbit, that could see into the future.

My dream doesn't make much sense, yes I know this, and I don't know why I dreamt it. I didn't wish for an evil blue rabbit that could see in the future.

"I spy with my electronic red eye, something...green!" Even the sound of the color makes my heart heavy.

I scan the car with a hopeful attitude. Looking around for a green substance. The blue hinges, the navy ceiling. The seats are grey. Cyborgs blue... I'm sensing a pattern here. The dashboards grey, what is he talking about green?

"You'll never find it. We aren't even there yet!"

Is Titans Tower green? What is he talking about? There's no green. Every repetition of the word makes me even sadder. His smile keeps popping into my mind. His wit still rings in my ears. I still crave his touch.

I never would've guessed I would be so obsessed like this. So, in need of someone.

"Well, if I will never find it, why did you tell me to look?" I say giving him a face of shrewdness. He smiles and begins to concentrate on his driving again. Completely ignoring me.

Why is he teasing me like this? Why all of a sudden is he picking on my obsession?

The car lowers itself to a quiet, yet distinct full murmur of the engine. I've given up on this game. This cat and mouse game I have going on with everyone in the Tower. This game can't seem to win.

The car stutters to a stop. We sit there in silence. No sudden movements.

"Cyborg? Where are we?" No response. Not even a blink.

I suppose I know what will happen next, but I could be wrong. He could kill me. He could explode. A monkey could pop out and eat my brains! For all I know, anything could happen. He could be Slade in a costume.

He opens the door, and a cool breeze brushes my face. With the car door slamming it's hinges, I'm left alone. He stands there, crouched slightly. Looking around. Staring into the soul of the trees. Cupping his hand to his mechanical ear.

Nothings happening. All is silent, no sudden movements. A bird chirps off into the distance, catching my eye. It swoops down and lands into the bushes. Ruffling the leaves, like a mini explosion of life. Cyborg jumps as a reaction, and fixes his eyes on the source. Maybe it's a creature. Maybe it's a villain.

"Cyborg? Can you hear me? What's going on?" I say tapping on the window. No response. The rushing of the leaves continues all around us. It's just trying to settle somewhere, possibly to attack us.

Cyborg holds up his finger, singling me to wait. I don't want to wait. I need to know these things.

Yet the next thing I saw, made my heart skip beats. Even though I was sitting, my legs quivered. My hands became sweaty, and I couldn't breath strait.

What I saw after that, made me wary to be alive. His eyes weren't green, his face wasn't jovial. His expression...evil. Crawling out from the bushes, his smile struck fear into me. Like a million lasers shooting me at once. Cyborgs stare became more intense, more centered onto his target.

Is Beast Boy truly evil at this moment? Was this really the way he was right now, or was it a game? Was Cyborg being mind controlled as well? Were they playing a game? They are pranksters, and jokesters. They do like fooling around, but for as long as I knew Beast Boy, he was usually serious around me.

So is it really a game? What do they want from each other? Will there be a battle? A high five?

"Cyborg, come on buddy. You know you can't do this." He mumbles from the ground. Slowly rising up from the ground, he glances at me from where I sit. Which changes his expression from-don't do this-to-this will kill us both inside if I don't stop this.

"Leave stain. The child was mine in the beginning. I'm just, taking back what rightfully belongs to me." The dark voice has returned. The dark voice that haunts my dreams. The person who wants nothing but to take me away.

"Jewel, run!" Can I really move? Do I have the will? The strength? If I don't I must obtain it.

Without making all the noise in the world, I squirm my way to the opposite side of the car. My last hope is to squeeze through a crack I can make in the door. Just to get out, but, what will become of Beast Boy? What is even going on as I speak? Who is being evil, and who is the hero? Where will I even go? Far away? To Titans east? I'm not even sure where we are now, let alone how far away we are from Titans east.

Yet I really have no choice. I crack the panel of the door, ever so silently. What awaits for me on the other side, is a forest. Leading into the unknown.

"So little green one, how did you know I was here? Was it Robin? Was it your wit? Did your little friend send you some sort of signal?" With every question, he gets closer and closer to him. "Tell me! I'm just dying to know." So much emphasis on that word.

I snap my head to the side, staring at the Cyborgs ear. He holds Beast Boy, gripping his costume with great force. He dangles within the air, clutching at his neck. I gasp, and hide my mouth behind my hands.

I knew this fact. I've known for a long time. Yet in this moment, I still can't believe I forgot it. Cyborgs ears are at least twice as powerful as regular ears.

He flashes his scowl towards me. Staring strait through the window. Strait into my eyes. Tossing Beast Boy into the bushes, he charges for the car. Swiftly picking it up, and holding it in the air. I scream in fear. I scream for Beast Boy. I scream because I don't know what to do.

"Don't scream little girl, it'll all be over. Very soon!" He laughs menially. I can feel the floor of the car being compressed within his hands.

Yet, off in the distance, I can hear a growl. A familiar growl. One from a dinosaur, but as briskly as the green dinosaur came into picture, it blasts away. Thrown again, back into the bushel of trees.

"No!" I scream. I flatten my face to the window. Staring at Beast Boy's body fly away, into the woods.

Cyborg starts, jumping. Jumping high in the air. Creating a farther distance between Beast Boy and us. He picks up the car, and starts running away

Through the trees we jump. Looking through the windshield, it's a dead end. We're charging towards a wall of rock. Nothing more. I never knew Slade could make Cyborg go so fast, and why is Cyborg transporting me anyway? Didn't anybody think this would happen, or were they all mind controlled when they decided this? Though I did talk to the Titans east, so they were in on it. Did Slade get to them as well?

"Cyborg? Slade? Where are you taking me?" I scream through the glass. Looking down towards him, he ignores me.

We reach the wall of rock. He begins to shake the car. Shake it violently. The windows burst at once. Shattering everywhere. Within this point, I have my communicator in my hands. Trying to reach the Tower.

"Titans do you copy?" I say frantically.

"Jewel? What's the problem?" Robins voice is exactly what I need at a time like this.

"Cyborgs... Um... Trying to kill me!" I scream. Holding on to anything I could, so I wouldn't fall out.

"What? What about Beast Boy? Never mind that. We're on our way!" The communicator became nothing but static. I couldn't hear the only voices that could save me, anymore. Turning to put the communicator in my pocket, something catches my eye.

It is a robot, but not just any robot, one of Slades minions. It's man made face, with no expression. Staring at me, but at the same time, it isn't.

I scream. The car seises it's shaking. The car gets thrown onto the ground, Sequencing the car to roll through the trees, and stopping at another rock wall. My head is bashed against the ceiling, and the floor, and everywhere else. The robot receives as little as a scratch.

I slice my hand on glass. I scream yet again, and for some reason, the robot grabs the sides of his head. I had no idea my screams were so powerful.

Though, my efforts are futile. Trying to peer through my fuzzy eyes, all I can make out is the robot. And the robot punches me out.

"Yo, Jewel, Jewel wake up! Come on... Please? What have I done?"

"Cyborg, give it time. She'll come around."

"But Robin, she looks so...damaged. Oh! I fear so much for our friend!"

"She'll... She'll be fine. I know she will."

Voices, voices everywhere. Each one so familiar. Each one so distinctive. Yet, one is missing, one is not to be heard.

I open my eyes slowly, letting in the scenery. They've all dispersed, back to their own doings. Looking at machines, typing things, writing things down, generally just taking notes. In all likelihood it's over me, once again I am the center of attention. Again I need to cause trouble, and keep them away of what's more important. Catching my father.

Without being seen, I allow my eyes to roam this sector of the tower. It's dark, very dark, it seems to be about ten o'clock. Of coarse I have slept through another day, it's only so typical. I have wasted approximately one-third of my life sleeping, and it's all because of my father. Whatever he did, however he gave me this curse, it's ruined me.

I've also noticed something, I'm in a sense, chained to the stone bed they call a "safety precaution." Suddenly, the giant monitor on the wall starts flashing.

"Dude what's going on? Is she okay?" I can feel a mass brush by me to investigate the wall. Making sure they don't notice me.

"I am not sure...obtain Cyborg, maybe he will understand." The sad part is, I know what's going on. I'm awake. That's it. I'm fine...

Beast Boy leaves, followed by Starfire, and I am left alone. I am deeply pleading they are gone for a long while. Maybe it will give me time to think, and or time to get out of this trap.

Getting out... Maybe even, leaving. I do love Beast Boy, and I do love everyone else here, but what help am I if I keep blacking out, or when I go purple? Who am I helping? All I'm doing is putting the ones I love in danger, and honestly, I don't think I can do this anymore.

Yet where would I go? What will I do? How will I survive? Would I have to steal? Would I have to fight? What possible destruction lies ahead for me. Am I some sort of heir? Do I need to be destroyed? What will I do?

"See right there!" Beast Boy yells at Cyborg. They burst through the door way and gallop towards the monitor. Cyborgs face shows signs of relief.

"Guys, it's just showing she's awake, and you too screaming probably didn't help!" He raises his eyebrow at them, they cower in relief, moreover sorrow. They slowly walk towards me. Be ever so careful not to wake me.

"Jewel? Are you, awakened?" Starfire pokes my face. Followed by a slapping noise.

"Star, careful. Jewel?" A hand brushes the hair in the way of my still closed eyes. "Please wake up." I open my eyes before this gets emotional. The more emotional he becomes, the harder it will be to tell them my decision. If I decide to tell them.

"Good morning." I say staring into his deep Green eyes. They all stare with anticipation, then flash their giant smiles at me. Happy that I am awake.

"Oh friend! So good to be seeing you not sleeping!" Starfire grabs my shoulders, pulling me into a death grip. "Tell me, have you been in pain?" Looking into her eyes, she seems to be distraught.

"No... I felt nothing." I say reassuring her.

"Well, according to the scanners, your were having frequent nightmares." Cyborg chirps in. He gestures his thumb towards the monitor. Under lays a pile of stuffing.

"Did I?" My voice trails off into the distance. Did I really destroy those pillows?

They all stare away. Protecting me from myself, and the self-loathing that is sure to come.

"You were acting like a regular Animal!" Beast Boy shifts into a dog, and licks my face. Making Starfire and Cyborg laugh to themselves.

"Where's Raven and Robin?" A tongue twister that is.

"Well, ugh...good question. I'll go find them." Cyborg stands and turns toward the door.

"I will assist!" Starfire glides toward him, and within seconds they are gone.

Alone with Beast Boy at last. Hasn't this been what I wanted all along? Just to be with him. Alone. It isn't what I want now. This entitles me to tell him my decision. If I decide to tell anyone.

We sit there in silence for what seems like an eternity. He stares at our hands which he has entwined together. I stare at the monitor, watching stats go up and down. Which is strange to me because, I feel fine, but the monitor looks as though I am dying...am I?

"So...what's on your mind. You're kinda quiet." He looks at my face willingly.

"Just wondering when your going to untie me." I say glancing at my torso, and back again. His eyes get wider, and hurries to let me out. Slowly the pressure on my chest is lifted, and I can feel the lower part of my body again. "Better. Thanks!" I will say nothing.

"No problem Dude!" He says mocking an emotional change. I sit up and dust myself off, even if there is no dust. I open my mouth to say something, but I'm stopped by the return of our friends.

"Yo, BB, Jewel, We found them!" The doors stutter, and open silently. Revealing four Titans, looking tired. "They were wandering the hallways." He looked confused as he explained.

"We were working." Robin scowls at Cyborg and walks toward a computer.

"I'm sure we've found a way to revers the mind controlling. And I think we've found Sla-" She cuts herself off before it got ugly.

Will finding Slade really help? What would they do if they found him? Destroy him? That wouldn't do anything, and then the game would be over. The game I wait ever so patiently for. The game of cat and mouse.

The game that if ceased, would destroy us all.