The beast snarled as he glared at his prey, his eyes bloodshot from rage. His prey stood before him, apparently unmoved by his attempts at intimidation. He extended claws, ripping threw his gloves as if they weren't even there. Still the prey did not move. This was a mistake. It was unable to react when he sprinted past it, his claws easily tearing threw it flesh. The prey howled in pain, and he reveled in the noise. The prey finally looked at him, its eyes filled with fear. His talons sunk deep into the earth as he basked in that look. The prey took off running, trying to flee from him, but his rage would not allow its escape. He quickly gave chase. The wound on its leg was deep, the blood it was leaving would have been simple to follow if it hadn't already gimped its movement. He easily over took it, giving it another deep gash, this time to the sides. It gave another scream, groped at its side, trying to stem the fresh bleeding. The prey spun around, looking for any way to escape, yet everywhere it turned, it could only see its piercing his eyes. It froze feeling entrapped by the ruthless predator. He blitzed all around it, new marks appearing at each pass. Right arm, back, left arm, chest, thigh, cheek. After so many strikes, the prey fell to its knees. He wounded it with machine like precision, making sure the no wound was deep enough to for it to bleed out. As he took one last approach towards his prey, he stared into its eyes, letting it know that these were its last moments. As he was directly in front of it, it weakly clasped at his chest. "Beast Boy, why are you doing this?" He looked around, seeing the remains of his allies, his friends, twisted into heaps of blood and flesh. Jinx, Raven, Rose, Blackfire, Cyborg, Robin. All, but Terra and the one in front of him. He turned back to her, staring into those deep green pools. "Please, stop this." As she stared into his eyes, they seemed to soften. He leaned over, gently licking the wound on her cheek, then kissing downward. His lips coasted downward, going from her cheek, down her chin, to her neck. He wrapped his arms around her, as his lips glided over her pulse point. As he felt her muscles relax under his lips, he opened his mouth and bared his fangs and…

"Sister, sister! Wake up!" Blackfire was trying to shake her sister awake. She had been shaking fitfully in her sleep, her tossing and turning being so violent as to break her bed and floor beneath it. And wake her sister up with a belt to the face.

"Whuh? Sister?" Starfire slowly came back to the world of the living. She groggily sat up, trying to wipe the sleep from her eyes.

"Lyte? Are you sure this is all right? This is the third time this has happened in as many nights."

"I…I don't know. I…I… I believe I require a drink." Starfire struggled to bring back the dream she just experienced. It felt as if it had been at the tip of her mind, but every passing moment, it seemed to fade further away. Starfire rose from her bed and slowly floated towards the kitchen. Her sister watched her leave, concern flowing from her eyes.

When she reached the kitchen, Starfire realized she wasn't the only one who needed a drink. Beast Boy was already there, sucking soy milk down as if he hadn't dank in weeks. She sighed as she admired his shirtless form as he guzzled down one of his favorite drinks, but a slight uneasiness formed in her chest as she stood there. Beast Boy eyes turned at the noise, and coughed as he the liquid went down the wrong pipe. Starfire gave a small giggle s he wiped with milky substance that had dribbled on his face.

"Star? Why are you up so late?"

She lightly glided across the floor to the cupboard and took out a glass. "I had a most unpleasant dream." She opened the fridge door and took out the mayonnaise.

"Uh Star, you know that's not the mustard, right?"

"Yes. The mustard is more for the casual drink. Mayonnaise aids in soothing the mind."

Beast Boy raised his brow. "Right… well Star, if you want to talk about your dream, I'm all ears."

"Well it began with- uhhhh-hmm." Starfire rubbed her temple and thought, but the more she tried to recall the dream, the less she seemed to be able to remember. "Strange. I can't recall what the dream was about."

"You sure? That seems pretty weird to me that you forgot it so soon."

"Yes, it is odd." Starfire finished her glass of mayonnaise and rinsed out the cup. She went over to Beast Boy and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

He blushed. "Well, Star, I hope the rest of the night treats you better."

"And you as well," Starfire floated out of the room.

Beast Boy sighed as he watched her silhouette fade down the hall. He went to the fridge and replaced the remains of the soy milk. Hopefully it would be enough for cereal in the morning. He headed back to his room and softly shut the door. He slowly walked to his bed and at down. Time passed, and he made no move to lay down. After two hours, dawn slowly approaching, his mind craved the sweet release of sleep. His eyelids were heavy, but every time he found himself nodding off, he bit his arm to wake himself. Through all this, images of his nightmare played through his head, and the things he had done to his friends in it.

Raven opened her eyes as soon as her alarm clock rang. She hit the off button as quickly as possible, not wanting the noise to alert the others. She leaned forward and shifts into her meditative pose, but instead of looking in, she reached out into the minds of the Tower. There were many things that she had expected to find, sense of intenseness and protectiveness emanating off their leader and the empty-headed bliss from his girlfriend who was wrapped in his arms. The silence from the mind of Cyborg. She also got nothing from Terra and Rose, but she had gotten accustomed to that. She chalked it up to the simple fact that they had been trained by Slade, a man who she had never been able to sense. She felt a magical surge at the lightest probing of Jinx. She felt the contentment from Blackfire and Starfire as the two sisters cuddled one another. The only abnormalities came from Beast Boy.

Beast Boy had always been an odd hole when it came to Raven empathic abilities. So often she had seen what was on his face and it coincided with what little she could read off him, so she had accepted what she read as fact. But ever since she found him claws extended and at his father's throat, Starfire holding a broken Terra in her arms, she had been monitoring him more closely.

For the most part, Beast Boy had seemed fine. She had gently probed him, feeling for any of the darker emotions that his fight could have rought. It was fine to begin with. What she had felt more numbness from him than anything. Yet as time went on, and she tried to go deeper, she met resistance. A lot more resistance than she had thought possible from him. So, she gave it a few more attempts to break though. She was unable to get a real read on what he was feeling, but something seeped out. It was dark, and angry, and aggressive, and lie nothing she had ever felt, or thought possible to come from her boyfriend's mind. She hoped that waking early would loosen the latches that he had on his mind, but from what she could tell, he was either wide awake even this early in the morning, or his mind had become an impenetrable vault in the last few days, Though, an interaction with Mento could be the cause. Villain as he was, years of practice had made Mento a master of the mind. And that worried her worst of all.

She sighed and got up. She quickly changed from her pajamas into her uniform and headed out of her door. 'At this rate, I should probably just talk to him. He'll most likely deflect, but it's at least a start in comparison to what I've been doing thus far.' She hovered into the kitchen and took out her tea kettle. She filled it half way with water and set it on the stove. 'Maybe I should ask the Starfire what she thinks. I don't know if it's something she developed based on her being an alien, her gods interference, or the fact that she was marked by Beast Boy in general, but her empathic bond may be able to shed some more light then my non-invasive probes,' she thought as she took out her mug and some jasmine tea. As she waited for the kettle to whistle, she stared at the mug with a well veiled look of fondness.

Flashback

Raven stared at the green hero in disbelief. They had been living in the tower for a few days at that point and much had yet to be decided in those days. Schedules, chores, personal space, most rules in general had yet to be put in place. However, one of the first ones was that no one was to mess with Raven's things. Period.

She made everyone very aware of this when the first morning when after they had moved in, when Robin had moved the book she had been reading while she was in the bathroom. When she had returned and seen that her book was missing, she went frantic searching for it. It didn't take long before she found it had been set on the counter. But in the time, it took for her to find it every lightbulb on their floor, one floor up, and two floors down had to be replaced and Robin was the first to receive one of Raven's thorough lessons on why her things were not to be messed with, in front of the entire team. And here, not three days later, in his misguided attempt to befriend and help the goth girl by making her tea, Beast Boy had managed to drop and smash her only tea mug. Her eyes shifted slowly between the shattered remains of the first thing she had gotten from this plane, and the jokesters nervous eyes. She took several deep breaths, trying to the sadness and rage from overwhelming her. Feeling that she wouldn't able to keep it under control where she was, she swiftly opened a portal to her newly claimed room. And though she had not yelled at him, and nothing had broken, the look that he saw in the empaths eyes had told him all he needed to hear about it. The teen girl spent the next hour meditating, calming her mind. After that, she thought hard on how living with four people she had just met would work. Although most of the order of Azarath had to share much of their space, she had always been the exception to that rule due to her…unique heritage. And even then, when she did spend time with people, they had very similar personalities to her, quiet and introspective. Outside that door, there were four people that she barely knew, but seemed to be able to get along perfectly fine. The boys had easily bonded on their first night, eating pizza and talking about video games. And the alien girl had seemed to find her spot with them as well, her beauty only matched by the cute nature in which she spoke. And here she was, all alone; the odd one out. Breaking things, yelling at people, and nearly causing an episode about a broken cup. The more she thought about things, the more it seemed that they would become a better team if she wasn't involved. She wasn't used to being with people. She didn't really know how to work on a team. The more she thought, the more the answer seemed to be clear. Silently. She walked around the room and gathered the few things that she had unpacked. When she was done, she settled down into the bed, with only a small blanket covering her. In the morning she slowly floated into the living room. She would be there when they all awoke, and tell them that she would be leaving the Tower, but not the city. She would be available to them until they didn't need her. It wouldn't take long. Then, she would find another place to stay and hopefully, with the little time she had left, become a hero she and the order would be proud of.

When she entered, she was surprised to see someone already in the room. There was Beast Boy, face down, sleeping at the table. He had a bag in his hand, but she could not see what was inside. She made to retreat into the hall, but the door closed before she could. Beast Boy shot up, momentarily alert until he saw Raven. He quietly got up and shyly shuffled his way over to her, the bag in his hand and behind his back. When he reached her, the two looked at each other awkwardly. Raven was about to speak but he beat her to it.

"I'm sorry about your cup. I know you don't like your stuff messed with, but honestly, I just wanted to try to break the ice a little more. I should have been more careful. Anyway, I hope the help make up for it," he said hurriedly, presenting the bag to her.

Raven, shocked that he went out of his way to get a peace offering, took the bag, and reached inside. It was a new mug. It was like her old mug, yet instead of being an ordinary white, there was a design of a purple bird on it, with the word "Be Coo" under its fluttering wings. She turned the mug around in her hands, trying to figure out how she should respond to the gift. She looked up to see the hopeful eyes of the anamorph.

"I, uh, thank you. And apology accepted." She threw the bag in the trash and made her way to her kettle, to start making her tea. She then washed the cup. Afterwards, she turned around to see that Beast Boy had relocated to the couch. She could tell that he was hoping she could tell he was watching her, but his ears and hair were too far over the top of the couch for her to miss him.

"So, how long were you in here, waiting for me?" It was a surprise to her that she asked the question.

Beast Boy spun around on the couch, hoping he hadn't already been seen. "Uh, just a little while."

"Really?" She looked over to the place that he had been sleeping. "This puddle of drool on the table begs to differ."

He hopped from the couch, face flushed. He quickly headed to the sink and grabbed a towel. He ran over to the spot and fervently wiped it down. He the threw the towel back into the in. "Uh, sorry about that," he said while bashfully rubbing his head. Raven cocked her eyebrow at him, then returned to making her tea. When she turned back around, Beast Boy had returned bac to the couch, this time watching her from the side. She ignored him and took a sip from the cup.

This tea tasted…different. It didn't taste unpleasant or bad. Nor did it take markedly better that the days before. Yet, for some unknown reason, the tea seemed to make her feel…different. She slid the mug away from her lips and stared at it.

"Is-is it okay?"

Raven looked back towards him. He must have seen the look on his face. "It's- "

She was cut off by the arrival of Robin, him stretching as he entered the room. He between the two, trying to gauge the situation. "Is everything okay?" he asked, mostly looking at Raven."

Her eyes bounced between Beast Boy, Robin, and the cup in her hands, her mind rushing over the thoughts that had haunted her the last night. She too another sip of the tea. On the second try, the differentness felt kind of…good. "Yeah, we're fine Robin."

The Boy Wonder stared at her for a long second, before going over to make himself a cup of coffee. "Good."

Raven sighed. That had not been the last she had considered leaving in those early days in the Titans and it had certainly not been the last been the last time Beast Boy had broken something of hers. Yet, in those early days, all it took was a few sips of tea from this very mug, and that odd feeling returning to convince her that this all was worth it.

She was brought out of her thoughts of the past by the sound of the door opening. There he was, the very same boy who had gotten the cup in her hands. He was dressed casually, a long sleeve grey cotton shirt, black pants, and black and white sneakers, along with his gloves. He seemed surprised to see her, but didn't say anything as he put on a typical smile. "Hey Rae. What's going on?"

Raven observed his face. It was a normal look, but somehow it felt somewhat dishonest. "Nothing. Just having my morning tea. You're up early today."

Beast Boy noticed the way she was looking at him. He rubbed his head bashfully. "Yeah. I had some stuff that I wanted to do today and some of it has to be done real early in the morning." He smiled as he yawned out the last of the sentence.

The look on his face did not sooth her worries. "Is that right? Well, if you could wait long enough for me to finish my tea, I would be more than happy to accompany you. We could make a day of it."

"That's okay Raven. It's kinda just some guys stuff. You wouldn't be interested."

Raven thought she felt something when he responded but it was too weak for her to decipher. "You sure you want to go alone?" she asked, pushing her empathic powers a little harder.

"Yes Raven. I'm fine," Beast Boy harshly growled at her.

Beast Boy's hand flew to his mouth. 'She just worried about me. Why did I snap at her like that?"

Meanwhile, Raven just stared at him. She had finally felt the feeling from him again and now she had to process it. 'It feels just as dark as it did the first time. However, there's something new about it. It has so much anger, but it feels…innocent. Childish even. And it was so strong, so close, but I felt nothing until he snapped at me.' The two watched one another, waiting for the other to do or say anything. Then, a shriek pierced the air behind Raven. She spun around, only to see it was just the kettle whistling. She turned back towards Beast Boy, but he was gone.

Raven sighed and finished making her tea, Jasmine this morning. She sat at the table and took a sip from the mug. She searched for that feeling that she got when she drank for it and allowed herself to revel in it. She stared into her mug, wondering what was going on in her boyfriend's mind.

Afternoon-Med Bay

"Ahh!" Rose yelled as Cyborg pulled the bandages that surrounded the girls mid-section tighter. "Gaaah! If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were enjoying this."

"It's good thing you know better then. I swear, it feels like I've been treating these wounds for a year at this point."

"Well, I've had a bunch of shit to do since then."

Cyborg steeped away from the girl and went over to a monitor. Rose put her shirt back on. "Yeah, I guess you have. Well, fortunately, it seems you heal pretty quick. You should be up and running before too long." He typed up some update to the data on the screen.

"Good. I can finally get some without anybody hovering over me." Rose took out cigarette and lit it. Cyborg grimaced. He had tried to convince her to stop smoking indoors, but when she gave him the ultimatum that she would either smoke in there or she would refuse to be confined into the Med Bay, he took the option that got her out of his hair quicker. "Speaking of people hovering, where's the Kid? I haven't even had a chance to talk to him since," her face contorted as she remembered, "I sent him ahead."

Cyborg looked over to her in mild surprise. "I was going to ask you the same question. I haven't seen much of Elf Ears since I checked on him that night. I figured he was sneaking himself in here while I was away." He watched as she took a long drag from her cigarette. "You're worried about him?"

She looked back at him. "And you aren't?"

"Of course, I'm worried about him. Believe it or not, this is the third time I've had a conversation like this today. Always the same response, we haven't seen him really, or a I thought he was with you. When I tried to ask Star about it, Blackfire cut me off from talking to her, saying she had had a rough night, and to leave her alone."

"Hmmm." Rose thought, as she took another drag. Cyborg watched her expectantly, hoping that there she might have some insight that he did not. After all, ever since she ha gotten here, she seemed to have an almost inhuman way of knowing what the green hero was thinking. After a while, an alarm on his communicator went off. Rose turned to him, apparently annoyed by the noise interrupting her thought. He looked at her apologetically then looked at the alert. He grimaced as he read the message, then looked back to the girl on the bed. She seemed to have returned to her thoughts, not seeing the expression on his face. He sighed as he dragged himself up from the chair.

"I'll be back to check on you later tonight. Got to go take care of a meeting." She gave him a shallow grunt in response. He walked out of the Bay and headed to their living area, where a man in black was waiting, standing in the shadows. He instinctively transformed his right and into is sonic cannon.

"Hey, there's no need to bring that out. It's just me." The man stepped out of the shadows. He was wearing a mostly black suit. The top of suit seemed to button at several points, notably at where his shoulders met his chest. It was form fitting, yet had a couple of belts going across his waist. His mask covered little of his face, the ends point sharply up and down. Across his chest was a bold blue design in the shade of a bird. (A/N: Nightwing Young Justice costume)

"Rob? That you man?"

"In the flesh. How do like the new suit?"

"Man, it's a good look for you. Much better than your old costume."

"Hey, I like my old costume."

"I'm just saying man. This is a big upgrade. There's only one real question."

"What's that?" he asked as he cocked his brow.

"How do you breathe in that thing?"

"Fuck you, man." Robin gave a shallow smile before his fade gradually shifted to business. "So, you ready to give them these?" He motioned towards the files on the table in front of them."

Cyborg sighed. "As ready as I'll ever be."

Robin nodded and pressed a button on his communicator. After a little while, the original members of the Titans funneled in, with one notable exception. "Where's Beast Boy?"

Raven looked at her leader impassively as she sat at the right side of the couch. "I don't know. What's going on Robin? Is this meeting about your new outfit?"

"No, not really, but it does tie into it. This is something that impacts the whole team, and I really need him here while we discuss this. And please, call me Night wing."

Starfire sat at the opposite end of the couch, her leg folded under her. "Nightwing." The name sounded awkward coming off her tongue. "If this meeting is important, should not the rest of not the rest of the team be here?"

"We'll tell them later, Star. This is something we have to over between us first."

Cyborg looked at the screen on his arm. "Readings says that his communicator is still in the Tower. You think he just away from it?"

Raven sighed. "Unlikely. He left early this morning, saying he had some errands to run. He most likely left it because he didn't want to be bothered."

"Does anybody know where he went?"

Starfire shook her head and looked expectantly towards Raven. "I don't know where he went." Raven looked back over towards Starfire and she had a thought. "But, I think I know a way to get in contact with him."

"Fine. While you do that, I'll order some pizza."

Woods-Outskirts of Jump City

The woods on the outskirts of Jump City were a generally peaceful sort. They were normally full of wildlife and teens hanging out. But tonight, was different. The creatures that typically skittered confidently through the area, had spent the day nestled in their nooks and crannies, hoping to be ignored. And those teens that treated these woods as their playground that hadn't been scared off by the sounds of snarling, decided that no amount of mirth would have been worth the chance of meeting the creature that had left such deep claw mark in the trees. As you went deeper and deeper into these woods, more and more claw marks laced the trees' trunks. In the days following, seeing how far you could follow the marks would be a test of courage. And those who would follow it all the way down would see a fallen tree, one not felled by man, but by repeated cuts by razor sharp claws. But today, there only stood a panting Beast Boy, sweat dripping from his face, staring angrily between his claws and the tree that was now dead because of them. "Augh!" he yelled as he lifted his head towards the sky. He then collapsed, his legs crossed as he stared mournfully at the tree. 'What's going on with me? Why am I feeling this way?'

"Have you finally calmed down?" Beast Boy looked around, searching for the origin of the voice. When he turned back to face the tree, he was surprised to see the Beast, sitting on all fours on the splintered wood. His face contorted when he saw how casually his inner monster stood before him.

"What did you do to me?"

The Beast grunted in annoyance at his accusation, but the teen was unperturbed by it. "I have nothing to do with this. Whatever you are feeling right now, they are your own."

"Bullshit. The last time I felt like this; the only time I've ever felt like this is when you first came out. Now tell me what's going on!"

The Beast Bared his fangs at his host. "I don't know what is going on with you, pup."

Beast Boy claws reextended as he bared his fangs as well, looking fully prepared to pounce on the alpha predator. "Liar. Tell me the truth or- "

"Beast Boy?" A meek sounding voice interrupted his threat. He turned around to see a troubled looking Starfire and Raven. Beast Boy looked back towards the tree, only to see that the Beast was now missing. He turned back towards his girlfriends and retracted his claws.

"Hey guys," he said good naturedly. "How'd you guys find me?"

"We are located inside the brain, boyfriend Beast Boy. Raven has used my link to you as a way to more quickly contact you rather than spend much time searching. More important is why- "Raven placed a hand on the girl's shoulder, gesturing for her to not continue her question.

"Robin, I'm sorry Nightwing called a meeting for the team and you didn't have your communicator on you."

"Nightwing?"

"You'll see when you get here."

Beast Boy rubbed his head. "Sorry about that. I'll be there soon."

"Okay." Raven and Starfire slowly faded from his view. In reality, Beast Boy opened his eyes. He gave one more, sad look at the fallen sequoia before turning into a bird and flying home.

Titan's Tower

Raven's eyes opened to see the worried green jewels of Starfire staring back at her. "You guys finally done?" The girls turned to see the Cyborg coming down the hall with a stack of pizza's in his arms. "About time. Where is the rascal?"

Starfire was about to answer but Raven beat her to it. "He was just hanging out in the woods. He said he'd be here soon."

Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, maybe some time in nature will do him some good. I've been worried about him the last few days."

Raven nodded as he headed into the room with the food. Starfire opened her mouth to ask a question, but Raven covered it. She looked back and forth down the hall, and mouthed the word "Later" to the alien girl. She nodded as they head back into the room.

A short while later

When Beast Boy walked into the room, it was very evident that they were all waiting on him. He seemed unconcerned by the fact due to the way he took his time grabbing a plate and taking a few slices of pizza from the box. Nightwing raised his eye at him, but felling a harsh glare coming from Raven's direction, decided not to comment on it. "Now that we're all here, there something important that I have to show you all." He gave Cyborg a signal. Metal shudders slammed across the windows.

"Robin, what's going on?" questioned Raven.

"Nightwing. And to answer your question, this information needs to remain private from the world." Cyborg handed the files to Nightwing, who in turn handed them to the individual they were addressed to. "This is your briefing over Project: Generations.

A/N: Welcome to the first Chapter of A Life Full of Green. I hope you all enjoy the next step. Please Review, I love reading them.