The Animal Inside Him (A BBRae fanfiction)

Chapter 12

Disclaimer: If I owned the Teen Titans Beastboy would not be looked down upon so much! He has faced things that would make Robin cry! And Robin WOULD apologize for threatening to put him in jail!......Sorry I just get a little worked up over what the creaters chose to do...

"Cyborg, can you leave? Me and Beast Boy need to talk...." Raven said glaring at Beastboy.

"Sure thing Rae." Cyborg replied nervously.

After Cyborg left Raven intensified her glare on Beastboy. She knew Beastboy needed help and he needed it now. He was spiraling to the edge, and soon it would be far too late to save him. She didn't Want to lose the one thing sue has ever actually loved. It was because of him that she ever came to be emotionally attatched to something, and for that she is forever thankful.

"Beastboy, please explain to me what exactly is going on...." Raven pleaded. Beastboy gulped. He knew this was coming, but that didn't mean he had to like it. A ghost of his past had shown up and threatened Raven. The only way for him to explain this was for him to tell her everything and by everything he meant his past.

"Well, the Only way for me to do that is to tell you more about my past...." Raven gave a small nod so he continued. "Like I already told you, I was only four or five when my parents died. We were all the way in Africa so I had no one to take care of me. I ended up wondering around the forest for days, just trying to find the nearest village. One day, I had fallen asleep against a tree after eating a bunch of berries. I awoke when out of nowhere these two men attacked me and stuffed me inside a bag. I remember being scared. I was just so scared. These strange men had kidnapped me and were probably going to kill me. At least that's what I thought......."

"What do you mean?" Raven whispered.

"They took me to their hide out and locked me in a cage. I kept on wondering why they just didn't kill me right then. I tried to escape by turning into a fly and squeezing out of the cage, but back then it was extremely hard for me to stay that small for large periods of time and I accidentally changed back. One of the men had seen me change back, so they put a shock collar around my neck." Beastboy gestured to a burn mark going all the way around his neck.

"Every time I would try to morph it would shock me so I wasn't able to transform. Soon, I gave up trying to morph, and they......grew bored. They started beating me for anything and everything. That bored them after awhile, too. Eventually, they would use all sorts of knives and tasers in the beatings. I was forced to commit all sorts of heinous crimes. They made me steal and rob banks. The last day I was with them they sent me to a museum to steal a large diamond. I purposely triggered the alarms, and when the police arrived I told them everything. They arrested the mean, and then sent me to a orphanage."

"Why do I get the feeling worst stuff happened?" raven asked warily.

"Because that was only the beginning........"