Chapter 9: Closing the Curtains

AN: Wow, so this must be the longest chapter this story has, haha. Anyways, this is the final chapter! Thank you for everyone who favorited/followed and reviewed! I mean, hey, thanks just for reading, and I hope you enjoy the final chapter! :)

RueRose12-Thank you so much for reviewing! Yeah, I was trying to show that they grew really close, haha.

Beast Boy woke up, prepared for today. He noticed the sunlight shining through the window and smiled. He hadn't seen the sun in a while.

He stood up, getting changed and ready. It had been a few weeks since Beast Boy and Slade had that personal conversation, and since then...well, things just felt different. Beast Boy felt...closer with him. And in some sick, twisted way...he felt safe with him. He was sure he had even longer then this though. He just now realized it is all. Which was honestly scary to him. After everything Slade had done to him, he didn't want to feel this friendly with him. He hated him. And yet, there was something else there too now.

"Are you ready?" Slade asked once Beast Boy left his room.

"Yeah...of course." Beast Boy said with a smile, nodding at him.

"Good."

They headed out then, and soon, he found himself in another difficult battle with the Titans again. It was a hard. And this time, he was really trying to beat them. But they were still trying to really beat him too.

Finally, after struggling, punching, clawing, and screaming, for what felt like hours, they were all on the ground. Raven holding her side in pain, Robin and Cyborg were on their knees panting, and Star was unconscious. Every bone in Beast Boy's boy ached, and he felt like he was going to collapse. But he pulled out his gun, pointing it at Robin.

"So...what? Your...just going to kill me? Everything we've been through...and this is it?" Robin asked angrily, through gasps for air.

Beast Boy wanted to fall to his knees, and apologize. He wanted to beg for forgiveness. But he wasn't done yet. And if he messed up now, months of hard work and acting would go to waste.

"Oh, don't worry. I won't kill you. No, I won't kill anyone. I already told Slade he could have that pleasure." Beast Boy said, faking the evilest smirk he could make.

Robin glared. "Your...disgusting. I thought you were our friend! And just because that one argument, you do this!?" Robin yelled. Those words mentally hurt Beast Boy...

"That's not true! You guys just never treated me like how I should be treated!" Beast Boy yelled back then, tears forming in his eyes. "Your being immature Beast Boy! Does none of the days we spent together matter to you!?" Robin yelled.

Of course they did."No...they were all tainted with you guys pushing me around. I'm not that happy little idiot you think I am, okay!?" Beast Boy snapped forcing the tears back.

"Alright, enough talk. Lets get to the good part now." Slade said, walking over, pointing his own gun at Robin, who stayed still. Beast Boy could tell he would doge. Apparently, Slade knew that too.

Slade quickly pointed the gun at Cyborg, shocking both, Robin and Beast Boy, who quickly jumped on Slade.

They both fell to the ground with a thud.

"What are you doing?! Don't tell me your having second thoughts..." Slade snapped, sounding surprised.

"Of course not." Beast Boy said, before quickly pulling out a needle he had with him, and jabbed it into Slade's neck before he could react. At first, Slade struggled against him, but soon he fell still.

Beast Boy let out a sigh of relief before getting to his feet.

"I don't get it. What's going on?" Cyborg snapped, getting to his feet as well, along with Robin, who were now both in a fighting stance.

Now came the part Beast Boy was threading the most.

"I...was undercover..." He mumbled, looking down.

"What?" Robin asked, sounding enraged.

"I...after I left...I met Slade. He seemed to have thought that I would want to join him in...in killing you guys, or something stupid like that. And...and at first, I was going to refuse, but then...I thought it would be a perfect chance to...capture Slade..." Beast Boy explained, keeping his eyes to the ground.

"Have you not learned anything by Robin's mistake!?" Raven yelled, stumbling to her feet.

"Robin's situation was different! Its not like Slade went to him for help!" Beast Boy tried to explain. "And besides...we've got him now." He mumbled, gesturing to Slade.

"And how do we know your not lying?" Cyborg asked snappily. Beast Boy grimaced. "I don't know. You don't? I wasn't planning on gaining your trust after this." Beast Boy told him.

"Go get some sleep. We'll deal with you later. Right now we have him to deal with." Robin ordered.

Beast Boy nodded, leaving the room. Surprisingly, it didn't look like his room was even touched since he left. So he laid down. Similar to the past months of nights, he fell asleep in tears and muffled sobs.

Beast Boy woke up. Looking out the window, he saw that it was dark out. He stood up, limping out of the room.

He walked out of the tower, feeling sad...hurt. He completed the mission. But now it was time to leave. For good this time. They wouldn't want a traitor like him around. And he knew that. The way they all looked furious with him when they found out...

Cyborg's words rang in his head. "And how do we know your not lying?"

"Stop..." Beast Boy whispered as tears streamed down his cheeks. He was sick of running. He just wanted friends...a home. He thought he finally found it...and then he it all messed up...again.

"Hey. Where are you going?"

Beast Boy spun around in shock, to see...all four of his old friends.

"I...I'm leaving now." He whispered.

"Without saying goodbye?" Starfire asked sadly. Why did they still care?

"I didn't think you guys would care for a goodbye. I thought you'd just want to get rid of me as soon as possible." Beast Boy said after a moment, looking away from them.

"Why would we want that? We still think of you as a friend, you know. Its not like we hate you." Cyborg told him.

Beast Boy looked up, shocked. "You...you don't? Not even after all those months of me fighting all of you? And I was sorta working for Slade, so..."

"Yeah, but those months was just an act, right? You didn't mean all of that stuff you said and did to us, right?" Raven asked him.

"Of course not." Beast Boy quickly said, not even liking the idea of hating his friends. Especially after everything they did for him.

"Right. And we trust you. You are our friend, you know. And its like you said. We have Slade now." Robin told him with a small smile.

"How...how can you all trust me? I...I..." Beast Boy stammered, not knowing what he was even trying to say.

"Why are you questioning it? Just come back!" Cyborg urged him with a smile. Though Beast Boy could tell by looking into his eyes...he was scared. Scared that Beast Boy would leave them again.

"Yeah. Unless your that angry about the fight...but we'll make it up to you, if that's the case." Robin joked, walking over and taking out a badge...the Titans badge.

Beast Boy opened his mouth, trying to find the right words to say, but then closed it, tears filling his eyes. Beast Boy jumped on Robin, pulling him into a hug and sobbing against him, the seven months of being away from his friends hitting him hard now.

"I'm...I'm sorry! I'm so sorry..." Beast Boy said through sobs, wanting-needing his friends to know that he truly meant it when he said he was sorry. They needed to know he wasn't really working for Slade.

Soon, Beast Boy could tell he was being dragged back into the tower. And then he was seated on the couch.

"Beast Boy...do not cry." Starfire told him.

That was when he realized this was probably the first time he cried in front of them and, embarrassed, he wiped his tears away, glancing up at his teammates, who were all staring down at him, all of them looking a mix of sad, a bit shocked, and happy. He probably looked so vulnerable right now...

"I'm sorry." He awkwardly said, not really sure what else to say.

"We know." Raven said, looking slightly humored. "And we've already forgiven you."

"Thanks...for trusting me so much..." Beast Boy whispered then, feeling so guilty.

"Of course we trust you. Your apart of this team, after all...no...your our friend...your apart of this family." Robin said then, with a nod.

"Its good to have you back BB." Cyborg said with a bright smile.

Beast Boy smiled in return, happy with how this all turned out.

He was tired of running away and being alone. He was glad he didn't have to this time though.

Maybe he did finally found himself a family...a home. Somewhere he can belong at.

And now, finally, maybe...he can take off the mask. Maybe the curtains can finally close and the act can end.

End.