At first he felt no control over it – his body was morphing in a way he couldn't understand. He felt the fur coats he'd been given by Kasha stretch and rip, leaving his green skin behind, which was growing long, thick fur. His feet expanded, breaking open his boots, into padded, furry feet with giant nails, which themselves began morphing into long, black claws. His muscles thickened into stronger, tougher ones, and he began feeling familiar with it – his man beast form! He was transforming without his command again. However, this time he could feel himself doing it; he was conscious and aware of the morphing without needing to be consumed by rage.

The aliens had stopped in their tracks, pausing to see what was happening in surprise. Beast Boy readied himself to attack, but to his surprise was still unable to control his body. He was completely in the form of the man beast now – but was still morphing! His muscles kept growing, and his claws and fangs kept extending. His fur grew even longer and he felt his bones harden into a density he'd never felt before. Lizard-like spines protruded from his back, ankles and wrists, and his head pounded as he felt massive horns grow out from his skull. What was happening?! Was there another alter-form that he still hadn't discovered?

A force in his abdomen suddenly wrenched him forward onto his giant, clawed hands, and with a jolt of pain he felt a massive monkey-like tail the size and strength of a crocodile's burst from the base of his spine. This addition very suddenly added balance and control to his body, and he flexed his new muscles, bewildered. His vision was enhanced amazingly; his hearing so boosted he barely even needed his eyes to see. He felt incredible, as though all of his animal forms had been combined into the perfect, upgraded version of his man beast form. A staggering amount of strength and energy was pounding through his veins, such as he'd never felt before in his life.

Several laser discs thudded into his thickly furred chest, and he barely felt them at all. It was as though the aliens had thrown cotton balls. Beast Boy looked down and saw Robin, lying in a pool of his own blood. Robin did that for me, Beast Boy thought. He sacrificed himself to protect me.

And in turn, turned the aliens' power against them.

He looked toward the aliens now, who had stopped firing. He was much taller than them now; the size of his woolly mammoth form. They looked back up at him and began backing away slowly. He scowled and bared his fangs. Behind them, he could see the Titans' expressions of shock and amazement.

"Get him!" the Commander screamed from above, at the same time firing his massive laser cannon.

BOOOM! Beast Boy picked up Robin's body and jumped easily out of the way. His speed was on a whole new level! He felt no effort in dodging the thick laser blast. Beast Boy felt his energy rise up and take control, and he placed Robin carefully out of the way before turning back to the crowd of aliens.

"ROOOOAAAAARGHHH!" he howled, and leapt at them in a mix of rage and satisfaction. He had complete control. He had all of this strength and power and didn't need to pay the price by being put under by the 'beast within.' He squashed aliens underneath his enormous paws, simultaneously swinging his powerful tail around and sweeping the rest of the crowd easily off their taloned feet. They fell like bowling pins, no match for his beastly strength despite their powered armour. He leapt onto their fallen bodies, hearing them splutter as he crushed them. BOOOOM! Another laser blast shot his way, but Beast Boy moved out of the way before the human part of his brain even realised the cannon had been fired.

He stared upward at the heavily-armoured Commander. He was behind all this.

Beast Boy leapt at the wall of pods, claws sinking into the glass and sending cracks throughout. Before they shattered, he'd already made another vertical leap, landing on even more pods. Chink-chink-CRASH! The occupants of the bottom row blanched in terror as the glass burst outward and the water began gushing, forcing each occupant to be washed out of their pods onto the cold, concrete floor. Beast Boy jumped again and landed next to the Commander on the uppermost level, a circular walkway. The Commander screamed in Tellurian and aimed the cannon again, but Beast Boy was already in the air, swinging his gigantic monkey tail.

CRRRASH! As Beast Boy's tail wrapped around the giant Commander, he leapt again into space, dragging the alien across several shattering pods before they both plummeted back to the ground in the middle of the cavernous room. Before they hit the floor, Beast Boy turned in the air and swung his tail back down, doubling the momentum of the Commander's fall. CRUNCH! The giant alien crashed forcefully into the ground, smashing the concrete and several other aliens that had been lying there. Shards of cement flew in all directions.

The monster changeling turned to face the Commander, reeling in his tail with approval. He cheered inwardly as he saw the alien's armour spitting sparks and the lights on it flickering. If that didn't destroy the armour, I don't know what will. He could feel so much more strength and energy racing through him, urging him to decimate the aliens; pleading with his anger to destroy them all until there was nothing left. But he fought it back and found glorious satisfaction that he had the ability to consciously control so much power without blacking out in rage.

"ROOARRRGH!" He made a deafening roar, challenging the Commander to take him on again if he dared.

The largest alien began struggling out of the crater, pushing aside his subordinates. He stumbled onto flatter ground and dropped the huge cannon, looking back up at the huge, green creature. How had this happened? The final moments of the dying boy had strengthened him almost superfluously – the power had been larger than the capacity of all of the humans they'd previously drained. And yet the green one had plugged into barely a second of it before transforming into one of the strongest creatures he had ever seen in the galaxy, definitely stronger than anything else on Earth – without any of the Tellurian armour or weapons. But it still retained its human intelligence, working hand-in-hand with animal instincts.

"How," he gasped in English, staggering towards the beast, feeling his power begin to drain. A lot of humans had been 'unplugged' and his armour was heavily damaged. "Tell me how…I need that power…"

Beast Boy was disgusted. If it had been up to this Commander, he would have enslaved the entire population of Earth to get what he wanted. Even after an obvious defeat, he still wanted more. He growled loudly, hoping the sentiment would be obvious. Instead, the alien continued to hobble towards the changeling as his armour continued to spit sparks. Beast Boy raised one giant mitt to smash him one last time but-

POW! POW! Two starbolts crashed into the back of the Commander, causing him to fall onto his face and pieces of armour to burst off. Beast Boy looked up and was filled with joy at the sight of his friends, the Titans, stumbling out of their own pods now, completely free. They pulled the wretched tubes from their heads.

As Raven and Cyborg regained their senses from being in the breathable water, Starfire flew over and furiously threw a barrage of starbolts into the Commander's back, forcing him further into the concrete, creating another crater. "HOW DARE YOU!?" she screamed. "HOW DARE YOU!? HOW DARE YOU!?"

Beast Boy held out his enormous paw over the Commander's body, gesturing that she stop. The humans that were being freed kept their distance from Beast Boy, looking quite terrified of his monolithic form. He looked down at himself and willed the transformation to end; to change back into his human form. He half expected it not to work, but eventually he felt the energy drain slowly out of him, and his body began to shrink.

Once back in his human form, barely clothed by the furry rags that had been torn by his transformation, Starfire flew into his arms and sobbed happily. "Beast Boy! Oh, Beast Boy! Thank goodness you're okay! But-" then she suddenly seemed to remember what had happened. "Robin!" Her attention was torn away from the changeling as she looked wildly around for Robin's body, which she had seen pulverized by the giant laser.

Beast Boy led her to Robin's body, and they knelt in silence, tears forming all over again. The Boy Wonder was still bleeding, though more slowly now, his eyes closed and body lifeless.

"Robin…" Starfire choked, picking up his body and cradling it. She looked at Beast Boy with fierce eyes, "We have to do something!"

"But what?" Beast Boy was stupefied. The joy of having his friends back was squashed beneath the realization of what had happened. "He's…he's…"

"Raven! RAVEN!" Starfire shrieked, her voice panicky. "Help! HELP HIM!"

Raven and Cyborg made their way over, while the other people who had freed themselves either comforted each other or helped others out of their pods. The two Titans' faces were contorted with shock and pain too. So much had happened in the last ten minutes that their minds were struggling to keep up, and now this…this was too much. Raven knelt with Starfire and Beast Boy and held her hands over Robin's body, closing her eyes.

"The wounds are so deep," she said softly, her usually toneless voice racked with emotion. "I don't think I can-"

"You have to!" Beast Boy and Starfire yelled simultaneously.

"Just try!" Cyborg pleaded.

Raven's hands glowed as she passed them over Robin's severe injuries. The Titans held their breath, but the dark girl sighed sadly. "I'm sorry," she said. "There's nothing I can do." She seemed resigned, willing to give up at the sight of her dying leader. "His heartbeat is nearly gone. I can't fix wounds this serious."

Starfire wailed and buried her face in the remains of Robin's fur coat, sobbing and shaking. Cyborg and Raven only looked on in resignation and misery.

Beast Boy stared unseeingly, barely noticing the energy that had still not entirely dissipated. After everything that had happened – after everything he and Robin had gone through to come here, to beat the aliens at their own game…it couldn't be. Surely this wasn't the end? Surely it meant something…everything couldn't have been for nothing. It couldn't. It can't. He'd saved Robin from the merciless ocean and bloodthirsty wolves. Surely he could save him again now. He had to.

"You're my brother."

Robin's words stung him like a white-hot knife, filling his throat and eyes with heat and his heart with unexplainable pain. So, after all the time they'd spent together as Titans and comrades, after the time they'd spent alone in the freezing, ruthless wilderness…Robin had finally figured out what Beast Boy meant to him. And the more Beast Boy thought about it, the more he realised he felt exactly the same way. However they had started out, they were here now, and the godawful, painful journey they'd taken together had brought them closer than fighting together as Titans could have ever done. The kinship he now felt with Robin was not what he'd expected. He'd thought Robin could one day be like he was with Cyborg – harmless insults and friendly competition. But Robin really was different.

Beast Boy thought back to the times that he'd seen Robin show his care for the city, and the times he'd been worried sick over other members of the team. Robin had spent sleepless nights searching for answers and countless hours training to become stronger, faster and better. Robin wanted to protect everyone. Beast Boy understood now why the Boy Wonder was always so detached and seemingly unapproachable. The two boys were nearly polar opposites – one on constant alert and one off in the clouds.

But he still called me his brother, Beast Boy thought, hope suddenly washing over him. Even if he only realised that now, he has always, always wanted to protect me. The changeling reached for one of the dropped pair of catheters. And now, I can finally protect him.

Before any of the Titans could protest, Beast Boy repeated Robin's previous action and jabbed the alien technology into Robin's temple, simultaneously putting the other end in his own. The energy he still felt raced through the tube and into the Boy Wonder, and the changeling closed his eyes, hoping with all his heart. I can protect you too.

The Titans stared in wonder as Robin's wounds began to slowly close up, and colour returned to their leader's cheeks. Just like the aliens who had been healed by the remotely transferred power previously, Robin was being cured by a combination of the alien technology and, apparently, Beast Boy's own will. Starfire gasped as Robin mumbled and moved a little. All four Titans held their breath, barely able to believe the miracle.

Robin gradually opened his eyes, and the first thing he looked at was Beast Boy's wide, hopeful eyes. To everyone's relief, he smiled, and said softly to Beast Boy,

"Thanks…bro."

Xxxx

Hahaha ohgodbadendings. But it's okay because it's an ending which means I don't have to feel bad anymore. Hooray! Thanks everyone for reading! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I didn't. I'm joking…who doesn't love a good bromance. I love these guys. :)