Apprentice Chapter 1: Leaving

Beast Boy was having one of those annoying days.

First, he woke up only to find out he was the last to wake up. Going to the kitchen, he realized Cyborg was making eggs, bacon, with biscuits covered in gravy. Nothing vegetarian at all. Then he found out Cyborg was trying to make him eat meat again.

After a while of them arguing, Robin snapped at them, and Beast Boy ended up settling for a salad, which wasn't something he enjoyed eating as breakfast.

After "breakfast", Cyborg practically forced him to play a game with him. He went along with it, deciding it would be fun. But he kept loosing and Cyborg was gloating so much it was annoying. They ended up getting into another fight, then Raven began yelling. And here they were.

"If you don't like it so much, why don't you just go to your room!?" Beast Boy asked, grumpily.

"I don't feel like it today! I thought that it would be nice to hang out here for once! And even if I did, I'll probably still hear you anyways!" Raven yelled back.

"Oh, I'm sorry, princess. I'll be more quite so you can read in peace." Beast Boy snapped.

"Don't you call me that!" Raven snapped back, her eyes growling red.

"What? That's what your acting like! Seriously, the world doesn't revolve around you! So stop telling everyone to shut up and expect them to listen to you!" Beast Boy yelled.

Raven growled more then, and the two glared at each other.

"Beast Boy, would you stop!?" Robin snapped, letting out a frustrated sigh.

Beast Boy glared at him. "Why should I? I'm tired of her acting like she's better then us all the time!"

"You do realize she-" "Has temper problems? Yeah, I noticed. But that's her problem! Maybe if she stopped being angry at everything, she might be happy for once!" Beast Boy yelled.

"You know its not her fault!" Robin snapped.

"Well, until she starts acting like a better teammate, maybe she should leave!" Beast Boy yelled.

"The only one who's not acting like a teammate is you!" Robin yelled back.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Beast Boy asked angrily.

"It means, if anyone needed to leave this team, its you!" Robin snapped.

Beast Boy was a bit shocked. But only a little bit. "Fine, I will!" He screamed after a moment of silence.

"I didn't say you had to." Robin told him angrily, but it was too late. Beast Boy ran out of the tower.

Robin sighed, collapsing on the couch.

"Er...you are just going to let friend Beast Boy...leave?" Starfire asked slowly.

"Its fine, he'll come back. He's just angry right now." Robin assured her, sounding as calm as possible.

Beast Boy gritted his teeth. He couldn't believe Robin didn't think he would permanently leave the team. Robin must've forgot Beast Boy was once with the Doom Patrols. Once. He didn't have to go back. He never did.

He knew he said pretty bad stuff that wasn't true. He didn't want Raven to leave. And she wasn't a bad teammate. He was just so angry. They were just false thoughts he had on his bad days that just suddenly came out of his mouth.

But he liked his friends. All of them. And he knew he was sort of in the wrong, but sometimes he didn't feel like he was treated properly.

Idiot.

Why can't you just enjoy what you have?

Why did this always happen to him? Why was he always leaving? Why couldn't he ever belong? Not even in a group of freaks like himself.

He stopped walking as he was now in an alley, tears spilling down his face. Then he took the Titans communicator out of his pocket, throwing it onto the ground and stomping it.

Soon it was crushed and he leaned against the alley wall before sliding down into a sitting position, sobbing. It was official now...wasn't it? The one time he thought he belonged...and then he ran away...again. Well...then again, maybe later he'd come back and tell them it fell on the road and got ran over...yeah...

"Well, well, well. I never expected this to happen."

Beast Boy gasped, looking up at the cold voice, shock running through him, and he quickly got to his feet. "Slade. What do you want?"

Slade chuckled, walking into the alleyway."Well, I notice you got into a fight with your friends. If you can call them that."

Beast Boy gritted his teeth. "What does that mean!?"

"Poor you. I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet. They were just using you all along. They never cared for you. They only wanted your powers. They only put up with your jokes everyday for the world. But today...oh, today they just couldn't take it anymore, apparently." Slade told him.

"Liar! That's not true! Your just trying to use me like how you did with Terra!" Beast Boy accused him. But...he felt like he was just denying it. What if it was true? Well, it didn't matter anyways. He wasn't in the team now.

"I'll admit, I do want you to be my new apprentice, but I was just telling you how I felt about the situation. I can't make you join me. But you hate them now, don't you? We both have something in common now. We want revenge. Unlike them, I see great potential in you. Isn't that what you want? To be loved? To belong? Help me, and I can give you all that, and more." Slade said, raising his hand out.

Beast Boy glared at it, ready to kill him now. But he knew Slade hadn't let his guard down. He wouldn't with anyone.

Then, Beast Boy had an idea.

He smirked, his glare gone. "Fine. As much as I hate you...well, its like you said. I hate my old friends too. This won't be forever though. I'll help you defeat them, then you can do whatever you want with them, and I'll go my own way. Deal?"

"Deal. But I expected you to want them. What is your motive? Slade asked.

Beast Boy grabbed Slade's hand then. "I want them to know they aren't a good team without me. I want the world to know I don't need a team to be a good superhero. I want everyone to know I'm better then they think I am." Beast Boy told Slade, glaring at the ground.