Going Green, Chapter Four: A Teen Titans Fanfic
Chapter Four
The sun began to rise over the horizon as Beast Boy sat upon
the roof of Titan Tower, looking out at the ocean. He hadn't slept a bit last night. Whenever he closed his eyes, all he could see
was Terra turning into a wolf and lunging at him, teeth bared for the kill. He'd tossed and turned for five hours, trying
to find rest when none would come, before giving up and going to sit on top of
the tower.
When the sun had risen over the horizon, he stood up and
looked over the edge just in time to see Terra come out of the tower, looking
for him. Ever from as high up as he was,
he could see that the green had spread over her entire body now, even turning
her hair a dark olive green. A pang of
guilt stabbed his chest, and he fought the urge to just go back inside. He wasn't sure what had happened, and he
doubted he ever truly would, but he knew he was responsible for Terra's
condition, and it hurt to think he had done this to her after she had been so
trusting of him. But he couldn't leave
her alone like this. He could still
remember when he'd first gained his shapeshifting powers. Without the Doom Patrol to help him get
control over himself, there was no telling what would have happened to
him. They had taught him to control his
body, not allowing it to transform when he didn't wish it, and resume life as a
normal person. And now he would do the
same for Terra.
Backing away from the ledge, Beast Boy ran at it and threw
himself over the edge. For a moment he
fell, completely at gravity's mercy, but then he morphed. His body shrank, his arms turned into wings,
his face extended into a beak, and Beast Boy pulled out of his fall, gliding
over the rocky beach as a fearsome falcon.
He made a long loop out over the ocean before returning to the island
and swooping in over Terra. Morphing
back into his human form, he dropped out of the sky and landed nimbly on the
ground beside her.
She didn't look at all impressed.
"Hey, Terra," he greeted her nervously.
Terra glared at him and didn't answer.
"So, I guess we should just get started then, huh? Okay," Beast Boy held out his hands for
emphasis, "The first thing we should go over is how to..."
"I'm only doing this because the other Titans are making
me," Terra interrupted him. "If I had
the choice, I wouldn't come within one hundred feet of you for the rest of your
life!"
Beast Boy's hands and spirits fell simultaneously at these
words.
"Terra," he said tentatively, "I'm sorry, but I can't change
what I did. All I can do now is teach
you how to live with it."
For a moment, Terra was silent, then she said, "Fine. Let's get this over with."
"All right," Beast Boy agreed. "I think the first thing you need to learn is
how to morph into something simple, like a dog."
To demonstrate, Beast Boy promptly turned himself into a
small green mutt. He sat down for a
moment to let Terra see what he had done before morphing into a human once
more.
"First, imagine what it is you want to turn into. If your powers are anything like mine, your
body will automatically match whatever it is you have in your head. Try turning into a dog, any kind of dog you
want."
Without responding, and with one last hateful glare at Beast
Boy, Terra squatted down and closed her eyes.
For over a minute she sat like that, as if meditating, but absolutely
nothing happened. Finally, she opened
her eyes again, and Beast Boy was surprised to see them red rimmed with tears.
"Terra, are you all right?" he asked.
"Oh sure, I'm absolutely fine!" she screamed, whirling
around to face him. "I've just been
mutated into an asparagus by a brainless green freak! Parts of my body randomly turn into animal
parts without me telling them to, but they refuse to do anything when I
actually want them to do it! I'm just as
much a freak as you are now, and I've got you to thank for it! But why should you care? You've got yourself a girlfriend who's as
green as you are! No, everything's just
peachy freaking keen! And guess what
else, Beast Boy?"
Before he could respond, she stepped forward and slapped the
green changeling on the face as hard as she could, knocking him off of his feet
and onto the gray gravelly beach.
"I hate you!"
Without another word, she turned and ran back into the
tower, tears running down her face as she sobbed uncontrollably, leaving Beast
Boy sitting on the beach, his eyes wide with shock and his cheek a slightly
darker shade of green where she had slapped him. Slowly, he stood back up, a tear running down
his own cheek, and morphed himself into a rat before scurrying back towards the
tower.
Now he looked exactly how he felt...