Teen Titans Fan Fiction ❯ Musical: What Changes Really Are ❯ Thank you Beast-Boy! ( Chapter 23 )

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

 

Starfire ran behind Robin, “Please… tell me this is not happening!” she cried in fear.

 

“Aw man… I wasn't hopin' for this!” added Cyborg.

 

Terra was barely able to understand what was going on, but she had a huge hunch, “Don't tell me…” she said to Raven, “That's your father's true form?”

 

Raven nodded with a look of fear on her face. Copy-Cat hissed angrily.

 

Trigon looked down upon them all like the insects they were to him. “Yes, mortals… I have returned.” he bellowed with his huge voice, “Finally; I have acquired all that I need to conquer everything in all existence everywhere!”

 

Even with his injuries, Beast-Boy struggled hard to get up. “U-u-ugh! Dude… this can't be happening.” he groaned.

 

Trigon gazed down at him, “Heh, heh, ah, ah, ah… You have served me well Garfield Logan… and now seeing as how I no longer require any help from you, you and your friends shall have the honor of watching me open the vortex that will bring all worlds to their ends.”

 

Beast-Boy wanted to say so many bad things to Trigon, if only he wasn't so weak. All this time he was just being used and now Trigon was going to use the vortex which they both had conjured to destroy everything…!

 

He raised his arm and tried to blast him, but aside from his injuries, with Trigon no longer in his body, all his powers were weakening. The blast barely even made Trigon flinch.

 

He just raised both his arms over his head as the mark of Scathe appeared over his head. His hands began to flare with power as began to recite many ancient spells in his own language…

 

“No!” Beast-Boy cried, “Somebody do something! Don't let him open the vortex!”

 

Robin nodded, “Titans… Attack!” he ordered, but sadly all of them were still too weak to fire anything that big. Even still… their powers were barely big enough to make a mole on the giant demon.

 

Trigon continued away to recite his chants, and the clouds in the dark red skies began to stir. “Yo'… the portal's openin'!” cried Cyborg.

 

“GRR…! It is no use… we are just not that strong enough!” cried Copy-Cat.

 

 

Finally, Trigon let out a huge, mighty roar. Lightning shook the skies and surrounded him overhead forming a huge dark twister, and in a huge white flash they sky began to bend and fold out as a huge gateway opened.

 

The others couldn't help but go, “Ooh…!”

 

Trigon on the other hand laughed maliciously. “Magnificent…!” he chuckled, “Simply magnificent! For many centuries I've awaited for this day and now finally… All will bow to me!”

 

He began to rise up high into the air, straight for the vortex while the Titans just stood there unable to grasp that this was it. “No… there has to be something we can do!” cried Terra.

 

No one responded, not even Beast-Boy who was finding it harder to keep on his feet. “Uh… wait… look!” he cried weakly. Everyone looked up, and saw a small white comet flying through the air straight at Trigon.

 

“What's this…?” he growled. Then suddenly, the comet fired a beam of energy right at him and actually bound him where he was. “HE-YAARGGH!!... AAAH… I… I can't move!” he cried.

 

That's when the comet transformed into a spiritual image of, “Arella…!” cried Robin.

 

Raven's eyes lit up, “Mother…!”

 

She looked down upon all the Titans and nodded, “Titans, hear me now!” she called to them, “You can accomplish this great task, but you will not be alone…” she then waved her hands around, and began to summon forth more little white comets… which were in actuality the spirits of those killed in Azarath, come to help the titans finish the job.

 

“GRR…. worthless creatures!” Trigon growled, “BE GONE…!” he tried to blast them away, but strangely, “What… my powers!” he was barely able to produce even a spark.

 

He had been battling the titans for so long in Beast-boy's body, and Arella's grip on him was that strong. Now he was completely powerless, and unable to prepare for what was going to happen next.

 

On Arella's signal… half the Spirit's of Azarath flew into the portal and began to destabilize it. Now instead of leading to new worlds, anything that entered it would be destroyed.

 

The rest of the spirits bestowed upon the titans, except Beast-Boy, what little powers they had left; Beast-Boy was far too weak, and beyond their help, but the other Titans were now fully reenergized.

 

“I can feel it!” Starfire growled as she flexed her muscles.

 

“Yo'… I rock!” added Cyborg.

 

All the titans exchanged their comments about the great power they now felt. “Everyone, take your positions!” Robin ordered, and everyone held hands forming a huge chain.

 

“NO… THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING…!” cried Trigon.

 

All the Titans focused their powers, and began to recite the three magic words they knew would do the job. “AZARATH… METRIONE… ZINTHOS…!! AZARATH… METRIONE… ZINTHOS…!! AZARATH… METRIONE… ZINTHOS…!”

 

With their continuous chanting, their powers and energy flew straight at Trigon in a big burst colliding straight into. “GAARRGH… RRRAAAAHHHH…!” Blasting him hard and pushing him into the vortex, and once he was inside he began to whirl and spin faster and faster… “NOOOO…!”

 

Then… the lightning and sparks stuck him, and he EXPLODED in a blinding flash of light. The force of the explosion even threw the Titans off their feet, and down onto the ground.

 

“Yo'… did we get him?” Cyborg asked.

 

Raven and Copy-Cat looked as hard as they could and could sense not a trace of the demon anywhere; not even a small spiritual portion of him.

 

“BO-YAH!!”

 

“WE ARE VITORIOUS…!”

 

All the Titans leapt for joy, Beast-Boy even found the strength to smile, but suddenly the very earth began to rumble. “What's happening now?” cried Terra.

 

“No!” Arella cried from in the air “Titans… it's the vortex! The force of the explosion has destabilized it ever more.”

 

Everyone gasped hard. This meant that vortex would continue to suck up things through it, until it burned itself out. Not just the Earth, but everything… absolutely everything in the universe would fall in until it burned itself out…

 

Already rocks and busted buildings began to get sucked up.

 

“We've got to seal the vortex!” Robin cried.

 

“We can't…” Raven cried, “We don't have enough power left from after beating Trigon!”

 

Beast-boy stood up with all his might, “But I do…!” he said.

 

Everyone looked at him with shocked expressions, and Beast-Boy told them that even though his powers were weak, he still had enough left to collapse the portal from the inside, and seal it off forever!

 

“No… you can't!” cried Terra. “You could get killed!”

 

Beast-Boy looked back at her, “I won't live if I stay here either.” He said motioning to the fact that his injuries were huge. “I have to do this…! I have to save you guys, the same way you saved me!”

 

He began to run off, but Terra grabbed hold of his arm, “No… you don't have to do this!” she said now sobbing, and tears flowing down her cheek. “I can't lose you again!”

 

Beast-Boy thinking quickly, whipped around, and kissed her deeply. Terra gasped, but never even had a chance to close her eyes and kiss him back. “You never will…” he said to her, “I love you Terra… and I'll always love you!”

 

Terra remained frozen on the spot, and she only came to it when Beast-Boy wretched out of her grip. “Beast-Boy… No!”

 

“Don't do it!” called Robin.

 

Beast-Boy ran shouting, “I HAVE TO…!” and he leapt up high into the air roaring madly like a falling warrior, straight into the vortex. “GRRRRAAAAAAAAAH…!” at once he began to use what little powers of Trigon he had left to absorb the vortex back into his own body from whence it came! “EEEE-RRRR!!”

 

The vortex began to collapse, and close. Then… “LOOK OUT…!” cried Robin as everyone hit the dirt, and the lasts of the vortex swirled like a twister into the ground, and EXPLODED…

 

The explosion of the vortex triggered a massive effect of Beast-Boy's Trigon power that began to restore the Earth back to its normal state. All the buildings, all the people… even those killed by Trigon, and even Murakami high… all had been restored.

 

…

 

As for Beast-Boy… well the titans found him, or rather what was left of him. All that force and power had changed him into a solid stone statue deep under the ground on a pedestal… one that very much resembled Terra's pedestal.

 

Terra couldn't help but fall to her knees and cry softly. “No…” she sobbed, “He's gone… He's really gone!”

 

Starfire felt much like Sobbing too, but that's when Arella, who had not departed yet told everyone exactly what Beast-Boy had told them, “He would not have survived long in any case, for his body had been severely damaged for having Trigon inside of him for so long.”

 

“But at least he was able to preserve himself for what was left.”

 

Copy-Cat understood where she was going, “So… he is not dead, but in fact, he is…there?” he asked. Arella nodded her head, and that gave everyone a huge relief, but Terra still felt like her world was over… “All this because I wanted to try and change things… and now it cost BB his life.”

 

Robin placed his hand on her shoulder, “We know how you feel…” he said to her, “But hopefully, someday he'll come back to us.”

 

“Oh yes…” Starfire added, “Just as the way you had returned to us.”

 

Terra looked up, “Do you really think so?”

 

The others nodded, “Besides… if he hadn't had done it, we'd all have been toast by now.” said Cyborg.

 

“So at least he went out a hero…” added Raven, “And he wanted to give us all a chance… just like the chances we gave him.”

 

Terra realized they were all right, and for now it would be best just to leave the statue where it was until they could some way to restore Beast-Boy to normal. Still… they didn't see any harm in giving him a small memorial.

 

A bouquet of flowers…

 

“His name was Garfield… and he really had a hard and tragic life. Yet he fought bravely alongside others, and protected those who never gave him any thanks or chances in return. He was more than friend… and more than loved. He was a true hero who saved us all!”

 

A small plaque was nailed into the pedestal just like the one on Terra's, and it read…:

 

“Garfield Logan/ Beast-Boy.”

 

“The greatest friend, and Teen Titan EVER!”

 

Author's notes:

 

If I turned BB into stone like that… I'll bet you can all tell what's coming next…

 

Sorry, but I have to do this… but just keep in mind that it's still just a movie, and the Real Titans are okay.