Epilogue: But Not Really

My eyes snapped open to a white room. Well, it had a melody of different colors too, but it mostly was white. I was lying on the softest bed I'd ever lain in; honestly it felt like I was lying on a cloud. The blanket was thin and soft, almost like silk. The air was just the perfect temperature and a beautiful sunset was pained just out the glass door. A patio lay out the door which led to a beach. See through curtains surrounded the windows like a spiders web, and moved slightly every time a soft wind would work its way through them. I have no recollection of this room, but I was sure happy with it.

Lithe arms circled my chest and a familiar voice spoke, "About time you woke up."

I quickly turned around and practically squeezed the life out of her. "Terra!"

She hugged me back, joyfully laughing. "Oh, god it's so good to see you again! Oh Beast Boy…" She pulled back and fumbled with a bit of my hair. "Well, you're not Beast Boy anymore though, you're blond now."

I looked at my skin, tan as could be. "Yeah," I answered, smoothing my hand through her hair. "This is how I looked like before."

"Hm…what should I call you then? I refuse to call you Garfield, reminds me of a fat old tabby cat," she giggled.

"How about Logan?" It's my last name, but it'll do.

"Alright, we look awfully alike now, Logan," she giggled, circling her arms around my neck.

"Oh? Is that a problem?" I challenged, leaning in slightly.

"Oh no," she sighed. "I quite like it." She kissed me. How could I not kiss back?

We pulled away after a minute...or three. I leaned back into the cloud-like pillows and she lay on my chest.

"Where are we?" I asked, watching the sun make its slow descent to night.

"I have no idea. I've refused to move since I woke up. But it seems like a wonderful place."

"Yeah, I'm glad we woke up. I was afraid that I wouldn't."

"What happened?"

"Well, I thought that I needed to destroy that place. That, even if we got out, it would still be waiting. Still be there to take us back if we let our guard down."

"So you destroyed it?"

"I certainly tried. As you can very well see, I died."

"How were you going to destroy it? I mean, wasn't it a whole world?"

"I thought it was at first, but remember how we never left the city? It was like we were closed off. And I figure that if that was the case then Jump City had to be the world. And even then it was the city that kept us, not the whole world."

"That makes sense. So you tried to destroy the city?"

"Yep, remember how are base was basically sitting on top of a inactive volcano?"

"You didn't"

"I tried…I got so close too!"

"Did Slade stop you?"

"Yeah…Damn guy stabbed me in the back! Honestly I'm surprised that didn't kill me. It just paralyzed me. But he did something really weird."

"Like what? That man did really do anything that made much sense."

"True, but he saved my life. Actually he saved the entire city."

"What? Why would he do that? I mean I understand he'd save you, but the city? We were trying to take it over!" Terra exclaimed, furrowing her eyebrows in confusion.

"And that is why I said it was weird. He even made Robin promise to protect me and get me out."

"Robin was there?"

"Yep, the whole crew was."

"And they saved you?"

"Technically I saved them. Raven couldn't teleport us out of there, so I did. Took the last ounce of power I had in me."

"And it killed you. Well I think those little imaginary teens in your head should be thanking you."

I laughed, "Defiantly. But, I'm a little confused on how you ended up in my world."

She looked up and smiled at me, "I guess when two people are connected as deeply as we are, that they even share dreams."

I smiled, "Yeah, I guess you're right. Speaking of dreams shouldn't we make some new ones?" It had, in fact, gotten a lot darker since we'd been talking. And oddly enough I was getting tired.

"I guess. But as soon as we get up tomorrow we are scoping this place out and figuring where we are. Because I do not remember this place at all."

"Alright, it's a plan." She cuddled closer and settled down next to me. It didn't take long for either of us to fall asleep.

But…my dream was weird. I started hearing this consistent beeping as soon as I drifted off. After a bit of listening I realized it was a heartbeat. I was instantly on alert. Other than the beeping the first thing I noticed was how cold I was and how incredible numb my body felt. I had no feeling in any of my body parts. My hands, my feet, I couldn't even take my own breath. I listened closer and heard voices.

"How is he?"

"As good as he can be. I find it odd how he's healing though."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, he's healing remarkably well for someone who should not only be paralyzed but also dead. However, things seem to be changing significantly. We took some samples of his DNA, which had been altered slightly because of his…abilities. However they are no longer the same. In fact his DNA is more similar to that of your friend, Raven. Though a bit of his old sequences seem to be there more of the newer one shows. His blood has also changed. He has red and white blood cells but he also has a very odd mutation. There seems to be black blood cells now."

"What do they do?"

"I'm not sure, but they have been aiding in healing his wound. When we did the surgery to look at his spine it was covered in these cells. It seems that they were healing the nerves that had been cut and healing the bit of bone that had been injured."

"So, they basically just help with healing?"

"Yes and no. The also act as a type of nutrition. We haven't been able to feed him anything because his body rejects it. Every time we start an IV the black blood clogs it. If we inject the nutrition it just goes right through his skin and never actually absorbs in him."

"But it's helping him right? What so bad about it?"

"It's also a type of toxin."

"How can it be a toxin without hurting him?"

"We're not sure. We've attempted to study it more, but every sample we take just erodes the container it's in and disappears."

"Will he be safe with it in him?"

"Well, it seems he will be. If you don't mind me asking, why does it matter? He did try to kill you and destroy the city."

"I made a promise. And I intend to keep it. When will he wake up?"

"At the moment we're waiting for his body to heal more. We've put him under heavy sedation so he shouldn't wake up by himself. He should be healed up enough in a month or two. That is completely up to you though."

"If he wakes up what will happen? Where will he go?"

"Well with all the charges he's probably looking at several long years in a detention center…"

"You mean a asylum right?"

"I like to say detention center, but yes. In the end he will be sent there."

There was a pause. If I could of screamed I would of. I'd long since figured out who was talking to the Doctor.

Robin.

And that only made me realize one thing.

I'd failed, and the world was going to take me back every time I fell asleep.

"He has a long way to go," the Doctor said.

Robin made a sort of agreement sound, "A very long way."

A/N: Well, maybe.