Scars

The Doom Patrol

The Tower was awfully quiet for once. It seemed strange to the other Titans that Beast Boy wasn't up to anything or making jokes. He just sat in his room all day, only coming out for meals and when there was trouble in Jump City. It was now lunchtime and it was Starfire's turn to cook.
Cyborg held his stomach in remembrance of the last time Starfire made something. Still, it was better than Beast Boy's tofu stuff.
The Titans ate in silence, Beast Boy being the last one to sit at the table. He hardly touched his glurk scales.
"Beast Boy, you are not hungry?"
Beast Boy looked up at Starfire and shook his head. He stood up and began to head back to his room.
At this point, Raven was fed up with this crap and followed him. "What's the matter with you? You hardly eat, you never speak to anyone and you stay in your room all day long!"
Beast Boy blinked and said nothing. He turned to close his bedroom door.
Raven stuck her foot out, stopping the door midway. "We need to talk."
Her green friend sighed and spoke for the first time in a week. "Fine Raven, lets talk."
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"You told me a little about your powers, but you didn't tell me much."
"Where did we leave off?" Beast Boy sat on his bed next to Raven.
"You told me it hurts to change."
"...right. Well Robin found out."
"I know." Raven stared off at his wall, she noticed for the first time that there were several claw markings along it. "But I didn't tell him."
"I know. Well, The Doom Patrol were the ones who helped me control my powers."
Raven nodded. "They're legendary. How come you never talk about them?"
Beast Boy was silent.
"Come on, talk to me." Raven prodded.
"It was just something I did once. No big deal."
Raven crossed her arms. "It's obviously a big deal. I can sense your emotions, you know." And right now she was sensing...anger? Was Beast Boy angry at his former team?
Beast Boy swallowed. "Mento.." he began, and then shut his mouth and closed his eyes.
Raven scooted closer. "Your old leader, what about him?"
"He had no respect for me. No matter what I said, no matter what I did, I was always a failure in his eyes. You saw him when we were fighting the Brotherhood of Evil."
"Beast Boy, he was just angry that the Brain got away." Raven tried to sympathize with him.
"He was vile and cruel." Beast Boy hung his head. "He never thought I'd amount to anything. That's why I quit. I had to get away from him."
Raven bit her lip. "I'm sorry, Beast Boy."
"For what?" Beast Boy raised an eyebrow at her.
"For everything that Mento did to you. I'm glad you're with us now."
Beast Boy smiled. "Me too."