Disclaimer: If I owned the Titans then why would I be on fanfiction?
Time: 3 and a half weeks from the last chapter
As he was walking through the halls all he could think about was how awful this day was and hoping this trend wasn't going to continue
Beastboy the stopped his mindless wandering and thought How did things even end up like this?
Earlier today
Bang! Bang! Bang! "Yo B, If you don't get up now you won't have time to eat before practice starts." he heard undoubtedly Cyborgs loud booming voice.
Beastboy got up and looked at his alarm clock saying it's 10:45. Useless Alarm clock he thought as he got out of bed and made his way to the kitchen, but as soon as he left his room could easily smell Cyborg cooking meat and with a sigh he thought maybe one day I'll tell them the real reason I don't eat meat.
Once he made it to the kitchen he could see everyone was already there. Cyborg was already devouring his triple meat breakfast sandwich, Robin and Starfire were both eating waffles, but Starfire had mustard instead of syrup, and Raven was just drinking her herbal tea.
Wasting no time, Beastboy immediately went to the fridge, grabbed some tofu bacon and a frying pan, and made his way to the stove and started cooking it.
Almost immediately he heard Cyborg complain, "C'mon man not that nasty tofu again!"
The others groaned. They knew this banter can go well beyond half a hour. They also knew that the banter would escalate until one decides to drop and so they waited.
After 24 minutes of endless banter Cyborg finally said, "B, stop acting like a wimp and start acting like the animal you truly are!"
Beastboy physically winced at that. He knew the Cyborg didn't mean it like that, but it still started to bring back some painful memories.
Cyborg, seeing his best friend wince, knew he went to far and started to say in a more since voice, "B -"
Cyborgs apology was cut short with the titan alarm ringing and Robin ever so prepared quickly got up and shouted, "Titans Trouble!"
Robin, getting to the computer before anyone else did, quickly addressed the situation and said, "It's Mumbo and he's robbing a bank on King street". Turning towards his teammates he quickly gave them orders and shouted his famous, "Titans Go!"
"I can't believe you let him get away!" growled Robin furiously. He pointed a finger at Beastboy, who averted his eyes and clenched his jaw. "How could you be that stupid? The square root of a hundred and forty four! It's almost as easy as one plus one, but you probably don't know the answer to that too. A third grader could answer better than you."
"Robin" said starfire as she placed a hand on Robin's shoulder, but he shrugged her off.
"Who do you think has to fix this mess now, Beastboy?" he continued. "I do. I always have to get us out of messes you cause. Mumbo got away with thousands of dollars because you couldn't answer a simple question."
"I said I was sorry" mumbled Beastboy.
"C'mon, Rob" Cyborg butted in. "Yelling B ain't getting us anywhere. Mumbo will come back. He always does."
"That's not the point" Robin said briskly. "The point is that Beastboy needs to start pulling his own weight on this team. He's the weakest out of all of us, not to mention the dumbest."
"Robin!" yelled Starfire. "That is hurtful and unnecessary!"
Raven stayed silent throughout the argument, her hood pulled up to conceal her face. Beastboy stood before Robin, an uncharacteristic look of stoicism on his face.
"But it's true" Robin responded. "And everyone here knows it."
"I think you need to take a breath here man" Cyborg said coldly as he folded his mechanical arms. "We'll get Mumbo next time. Beastboy made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes, even you traffic light."
Robin turned to from Beast Boy to yell at Cyborg, but in that split second gave enough time for Beastboy to quickly turn into a bird and fly away from battle site. The boy wonder gaped for a second, then looked to where Beastboy used to be to make sure he had really gone. Once confirmed his scowl deppened.
But before Beastboy flew to far away he heard Raven finally say, "For what it's worth, I think you're being to hard on him, boy bunder." And with a quick look back, he could see Raven walking towards the T-car, while Cyborg glared at Robin, with his human eye menacingly, and Starfire simply looked disappointed at Robin, before they too headed for the T-car.
Beastboy knew that Robin needed an hour or two, so he decided to head to the arcade. As he was getting there he couldn't help but notice the way civilians were acting towards him. It's been a year and three quarters since the Titans formed and they're still looking at him like he has some contagious disease. After three hours of non-stop gaming, he headed back to the tower. Heading through the entrance quitely and making his way to the common room he saw Robin and Starfire on the couch. Looking at he back of his head, it seemed like Robin had cooled off. Hopeful that Robin was indeed cooled off, Beastboy was about to say another apology, but before he could he finally heard their conversation.
"Boyfriend Robin, may we get another earthly pet, for I fear my little bumgurf, Silkie, is getting rather lonely" Starfire politely asked.
"Sorry Star, but we don't have the resources for another pet" Robin responded, but with the pout that Starfire was giving was quickly destroying his resolve. Quickly trying to not back down he quickly said, "You could always ask Beastboy since he can turn into any animal."
"Glorious!" Starfire shouted. "I shall ask him as soon as he arrives home."
Beastboy knows that Starfire is a bit naive, but it still hurt that the underlying message of him being a pet. With that pain in mind, and not wanting to deal with Starfire asking him, he silently backed out the way he came and decided to come through the roof. Once he was back inside, he quickly made it to his room without running into anyone. When he arrived to his room, he quickly got his hidden journal and wrote in it which led him write another line on the wall. With the sad thought still in his head he decided he needed a walk, remember how this day spiraled out of control, but as he was walking his enhanced hearing heard someone talking. He racked his brain trying to find the answer.
It couldn't be Robin or Starfire since they were most likely still in the common room and Cyborg is usually only in his room when he's recharging, so the only option left was Raven. As he crept his way to the goths door he realised that indeed it was Raven, but who could she be talking too? Not wanting another Malchior experience, for everyone's sake, Beastboy turned into a fly and flew through the vents to her room. There was no way he could've predicted what he saw.
Raven doesn't like what she was doing, in fact she despises it, but she knows it must be done. So there she was in her room with a picture of Robin, her crush, and was 'trying' to practice her flirting with it. It irritated her to no end that she had to wat time to practice this sort of thing, but she understands affections insight, If Robin were to break up with Starfire she would have to have some experience in this subject. Well she was was practicing until she heard
"What the H-" she heard someone say before a large crash she heard.
Quickly running around her bed, she saw Beastboy picking himself of the ground. Oh Azar, I hope he didn't see what I was doing she thought with her cheeks beginning to blush.
After Beastboy picked himself up and with curiosity in his voice he asked, "Why the heck were you flirting with a picture of Robin?"
Raven quickly getting out her embarrassment switch tracks to anger and said with venom in her tone and her eyes narrowing, "I think the better question is, What the Hell are you doing in my room unannounced Beastboy."
Quickly averting his eyes to the ground and starting to scratch the back of his neck he gave a nervous laugh and said, "I heard you talking to someone outside and my curiosity got the best of me. Sorry, I'll leave now." and with that he quickly headed towards the door, but could still feel Ravens intense stare burning holes in his back.
Once he got to the door he heard Raven say, "If you dare say what happened here to anyone, I'll be sure to let you have some quality time in another dimension."
With the door opening, while walking backwards, Beastboy nervously says, "Don't worry Rae, My lips are sealed." As he pretends to zip up his lips. Beastboy deciding to push his luck and with a smirk says, "You know, If you need advice with love, you could always ask the love god over here." and with that he turned around to head out the door.
Love god? Yeah right what would that little green freak know about love Raven thought, but she realised too late that she thought aloud. Azar, please tell me he didn't hear but after noticing His stiff and frozen stance she knew the he heard.
For a moment there was nothing but a tense silence with Raven frozen on her bed and Beastboy frozen in the doorway, until Beastboy let out a deep sigh and with a voice full of defeat and betrayal, he says "You know, I would've thought that a person whose been called horrible things throughout most of her life should've known how bad it feels to be called derogatory terms."
Raven felt like she was stuck in time, unable to say or do anything as Beastboy continued with an even broken tone, "And I thought you were my friend, But I guess I was wrong." And with that he took a step forward and the door closed with a hiss.
As if time finally hit the play button, Raven shot up and started heading to the door to try to salvage whatever was left of their friendship, but by the time she reached the door she realised that her emotions were causing the room to be mostly encased with her powers. So instead of putting the changeling in harm's way, She decided that it would be better to meditate for a bit before she went to apologize.
Finally, with her emotions back under control she looked at her clock indication that she's been meditating for the past four hours. Hopeful that Beastboy had also calmed down, she left the sanctuary of her room to find him. She decided that the common room would be the best bet.
As soon as she entered the common room she saw Cyborg playing some mindless racing game and Starfire cooking something that most definitely still alive. Deciding it was best to ask both at the same time she asked, "Has anyone seen Beastboy, I have something important to tell him."
"Sorry Raven, haven't seen B since he left the battle." Cyborg quickly responded so he doesn't lose concentration.
"I'm afraid I have to agree with friend Cyborg, I have not seen friend Beastboy since his departure after the argument." said Starfire.
"Have you tried his room yet Raven, he could've just entered through his room window." responded Cyborg.
"No I haven't tried his room yet, thanks Cyborg." Raven said as she left the common room and headed to Beastboy's bedroom.
Once she got there she wasted no time and knocked on the door. "Beastboy, its me Raven and I have something to tell you" she said, but after a few moments of no response she knocked again and asked in a nicer tone, "Please Beastboy, I want to apologize for what I said." but like before there was no response. Getting irritated, She knocked on the harder this time, "Beastboy if you don't open the door I'm going to phase in." but all she got was the same no response. "Fine I'm heading in and you better be decent."
But before she could phase in Robin entered the hall and asked, "What are you doing at Beastboy's door Raven?"
"I need to tell Beastboy something important, but he not opening the door" she said through gritted teeth.
"He left the tower Raven" Robin responded.
Foolish me I should've tried to find his signature in the first place she thought as she pulled out her communicator and tried to call him. To her surprise, she heard Beastboy's communicator ring in Robin's belt. Warily she asked, almost afraid of what the answer could be, "Why do you have Beastboy's communicator?"
"Well you see…."
A bit over a hour earlier
Slade's still on the loose and I need to be prepared for when he strikes next Robin thought as he pummeled the punching bag. He stopped though when he heard someone call out his name he expected to see Starfire, but to his surprise Beastboy was standing there with a sad face on.
"Robin, I need to tell you something important." He heard Beastboy ask.
"Well it can't be that important since you didn't contact with your communicator so we'll discuss it over a sparring match." Robin said.
"Fine" was all Beastboy and he headed towards the arena.
"No powers" Robin said and he they both readied their stances he asked, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Well you see-"
"Beastboy you have to attack more precise"
"As I was saying, I-"
"You have to sweep your feet faster in order to get me off balance"
"Robin, what I'm trying to say is-"
"Are you even trying Beast-" Robin tried saying but was cut off by a growl.
Beastboy quickly got a hold of Robin's cape and spun him around until he released Robin and sent him flying into a wall. Before Robin could get up he could feel Beastboy's hand lift him up by the top of shirt and his other hand reeled back about to deliver a punch. Robin was about to counter attack, but was stopped short when Beastboy dropped him back on the ground.
"I'm so sorry Robin. This was what I was trying to talk about." Beastboy said while Robin gave him a confused glance as he got himself back up on to his two feet.
"The Beast wants to be released and it's starting to influence my behavior again." Beastboy said with a sigh.
"So what can we do to help?" Robin asked concerned for his green friend.
"There's only one thing I could think of….." Beastboy said as he trailed off. With a heavy sigh, he pulled out his communicator and handed it over to Robin.
No this can't be happening! I know I said some mean things today, but I didn't mean them. He is my friend after all Robin thought.
"I'm not quitting the team Robin" Beastboy said as if he knew what Robin was thinking. "I'm just going to be out in an unpopulated area, I don't know how long till I get back, it could be a week to multiple years, but I promise you this. I will be back, understand?"
Robin gave a nod, relieved that he's not quitting but still really sad that his surrogate brother was leaving for an uncertain amount of time.
"I can't face the others amd tell them this. It would break my heart so could you please tell them this?" Beastboy asked.
Robin still shocked by the news just gave another nod.
"Thanks Robin, I'll try to write whenever I can."
"And with that he just left" Robin said back in present time.
"So he's really gone" Raven said in a whisper, still trying to realise that he actually left.
All Robin did was nod and said with a deep sigh, "well I'm of to tell the others." and with that Robin left Raven to her own thoughts.
Robin might have been fooled but the Beast told me that aggression is just the masks self defence and it was me who probably who set it off she thought with a heavy heart and that's when she felt a drop of water roll down her cheek. She quickly teleported to her room to get her emotions under control.
Raven walked into the common room to see only Starfire in the room staring out the window sadly while petting Silkie. This had become a common thing now for everyone dealt with the grief differently. Starfire would just stare out the window while petting silkie waiting for her friend's return. Robin has been non-stop pushing himself in the gym, still punishing himself for not being able to do anything to help Beastboy. Cyborg has been in the garage the whole time tinkering away, never playing any video games because they reminded him too much of his best friend. Raven went back to the days when the Titans were formed, only going out of her room to eat and fight the bad guys. It didn't help that every villain they faced would bring it up.
Raven quickly made her tea and took the long way back to her room, which consisted of her traveling almost the entire tower. She was getting close to her door when she heard a noise. At first she thought it was nothing but then she heard it again and it was coming from across the hall from her door, but that room was Beastboy's room. Hope surged through Raven as she quickly hit the override code on his door and entered his room with her head faced down.
"Beastboy! I missed you so much and I'm so sorry I didn't mean it, you're not a freak will you please forgive me?" Raven waited for a response but all she got were shuffling noises. Slowly moving her head up she saw the culprit was not Beastboy but was just silkie moving in a pile of his clothes.
Raven reached down and patted the larvae, "You miss him too don't you." all she got was a gurgle noise in which she assumed was a yes. "C'mon let's get you back to Starfire before she starts looking for you" she said as she picked up Silkie. But then she looked up.
The three other Titans all jumped from whatever they were doing as all the lights and the windows in the tower shattered. They all rushed to the common room to group up in case of an attack.
"Are we under attack?" Robin said running towards where Starfire and Cyborg are.
"Sensors aren't picking up anything at all?" replied Cyborg.
"Then what happened?" said a stressing Robin.
"Friends where is friend Raven?" Starfire asked looking around.
"I don't know Cy can you track her?" asked Robin.
"Scanners say she somewhere on her bedroom level but I can't get a clear reading, something is jamming my sensors." Cyborg responded.
"Then someone must of done something she could be endanger! Titans Go!" Robin shouted as he started to run to her bedroom level with the other behind him.
As soon entered the level Robin whispered, "I'll check my room while you guys check hers" The two nodded and they went their separate ways to find their missing friend.
After ten minutes of searching the two rooms, both parties went back empty handed.
"I am worried for friend Raven" Starfire said.
"Don't worry Star we'll find her" Robin said while grabbing hold of her hand.
That's when Cyborgs enhanced setting picked something up "Shh guys, do you hear that?" he asked.
When all was quiet they finally heard quite sobs coming from the only other room left on this floor. As they all headed towards Beast Boy's door they were ready to take on the villian. Robin gave to a count of three and they jumped into his room with their weapons primed and ready for attack, but there was no villian to attack in the dark room.
That's when they heard someone sniffle and slightly moving on the other side of the room sitting with their back to the wall and legs tucked in.
"Cy light please." Robin asked.
With Cyborg's shoulder light active they found their missing teammate crying in the corner. To say they were shocked would be an understatement They have never seen Raven cry, not even when the world was ending.
Starfire was the first to break for her shock and quickly flew over to her 'sister' and gave her a hug, not her infamous bone crushing hugs, but a comforting hug. Soon Raven was also wrapped by masculine arms and, not very long after, metallic arms that wrapped around everyone.
Eventually Raven's sobs slowed down and quieted and everyone relaxed a bit, but never getting out of the hug when Robin asked, "Raven, what happened?"
Raven did nothing but point upat the wall behind.
Taking the hint they separated from the hug and Cyborg maneuvered the light to face the wall.
" X'Hal No…."
"It can't be true…"
"How did I not see this happen…."
They all said as tears began forming in each of their eyes the longer they stared at the wall.
No one could blame them for never seeing this wall because it was always blocked by Beastboy's bunk bed and the many posters he put up, which they realised now were to hide this wall to view.
On this wall was one sentence engraved over and over again, from ceiling to floor at some points the sentences were thicker while others were thinner, but it was always the same sentence.
The sentence read:
I am a Human being, not an animal, not a pet, and not a freak; I am a Human.
But that wasn't the thing that brought the Titans to tears. No, it was the words made from four slash marks that was over the sentence, For over that repeating sentence were three words in cold that read:
I GIVE UP
And that was the first day in Titan history where all the Titans cried while hugging each other wishing that their surrogate brother was safe and home
I'm Soooooooooooooooooooo Sorry for the long wait but i got really badly sick one week and because of that school became a hassle, then the holidays swept in and ugh life was really tough. But do not fret for I have a lot of news to hand out. First order of business is that this story will be a CyxSarah story because a person who wishes to stay anonymous, pointed out to me that though in the comics Cy and Sarah broke up the last issue with Cy having any romance was him and Sarah making up before she went to college. But do not fret CyxBee lovers for I am making a very very late christmas one-shot that has CyxBee. Another thing I am creating a story that has my first OC in it, but here comes the real thing for you guys, it's a place for stories in which people ask me to write, the rules of what could be on the story will be posted on my profile page so if you want to give me ideas before I actually start the story you can. Finally after reading some other Fanfics I really liked how writer had sort of "fan mail" and responded to reviewers so without further ado here it is:
Fan Mail:
Car: Sadly this won't be a CyxBee story, but my one shot will be!
Car: hello again Car, Thank you for your positive feedback it really does help me write more
Guest: Thank you guest, I wanted a story where the Beast isn't some big Baddie
Car: Car you make my heart swell with the amount of positive reviews you give me and I hope I can keep up to your standards
Abby6666: Yeah I like my Beast too :) and here's more
Guest: Here you go my anonymous friend it's great to know that I hooked you.
Sailor Dragonball 87: Thank you for the compliment (even though when I tried to reread my already posted chapters I cringe) But in this story I wanted to make the Beast into a kinder character since he has a conscious, now don't get me wrong he still follows the law of nature instead of the law of man.
OdaStider: Thank you Oda I wanted to have some humor so why not put it in a place most people don't XD
Sailor Dragonball 87: Thank you for another compliment Sailor they really do help me want to write more
Sailor Dragonball 87: Though I did PM you the answer, for other Sarah Simms is from the Teen Titans Go! Comics that continued 2-3 years after the show and movie passed and in these comics was girl who helped look after disabled kids. She and Cy did date, but broke up. Later they came back together while camping and made up, though not as a couple because she was leaving for college
Guest: Yeah I love cliff hangers so you'll see a lot more ;)
: Sorry like I said before this is a CyxSarah story, but my one-shot will be CyxBee.
Whew! Done with the reviews but I don't mind lay them all on me (a wink, a wink wink), I'll write as much as I can. I'll probably have that one-shot up within the next 2 weeks and the next chapter for this sometime from a week to a month, ends up how lif wants it, but until next folks TheBigK1 signing off