Friendship is Failure #10- THE END OF ENDS! (2017 Revision)
Chapter 2: Losing Confidence
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CHAPTER ONE
We all need to be loved. We all wish to feel important and appreciated… but for some of us, these things can be extremely difficult to find. For some of us, facing change and coming to acceptance presents its challenges, as well as the darkness hidden within.
While things may change in life and always will be changing, sometimes things are the way they are for a reason, and making changes that shouldn’t be done could lead to a great deal of trouble!
In another dimension,
…The four Teen Titans-- Robin, Starfire, Cyborg and Raven-- were having a very difficult time battling the shape-shifting robot at the Jump City recycling plant.
“Titans, Attack!” Robin shouted, and he and his teammates lunged forth to strike the white robot, but the robot merely absorbed itself into the stone flooring and vanished. “Where’d it go?” shouted Robin.
Cyborg tried to scan for the robot with his wrist-com, “It’s no good, I can’t pinpoint it. I don’t know to scan for rock, metal, or even…” suddenly, the creature appeared, busted out through a vat of water, and taking on the water’s form.
Starfire launched her starbolts at the creature, but the water simply absorbed every blast. “I does not even harm it!” she cried.
“Maybe this will!” Cyborg said, firing his sonic-cannon, but the blast also just shot straight through the creature like it was nothing at all.
Next, the creature extended its watery arms like tentacles, ensnaring the Titans, two in each grip, flailed them all over and tossed them all across the plant, and before the Titans could even try to retaliate, the creature was gone, having absorbed itself into some other material.
“It’s no good! We can’t fight it like this!” grumbled Robin.
“I hate to say this, but I really wish Beast Boy was here.” said Raven “Then he could actually sniff the creature out of hiding.”
Beast Boy had been neglecting his teammates lately due to claiming to have seen a girl that resembled their old friend Terra, saying that she had returned and was no longer a stone statue.
Though the Titans agreed it was possible Terra could have returned, but they still had their doubts of whether or not whom Beast Boy saw really was her or not.
Now was not the time to think about it, not what that creature still loose in the plant.
“Keep your eyes peeled.” said Robin.
Everyone stood silently, and gazed all around looking for the creature.
Suddenly, POW!! The creature, having absorbed the stone flooring, burst right up ensnaring Raven in its grasp.
“Raven!” shouted Cyborg.
Raven struggled hard trying to break free, but the monster began to tighten its grip around her. She couldn’t even try to teleport her way out as the pressure made it hard to concentrate her power, and at this rate, the creature would crush her like an egg!
“Let her go!” Starfire shouted as she and the others rushed in to attack the creature, but it just kicked them all away, and continued to tighten its grip on Raven.
She screamed as the pressure began to get to her, but suddenly…! A green triceratops came crashing through the wall, charged right at the creature, ramming it hard, freeing Raven from its grasp.
Beast Boy, changed into his normal form and walked over to Raven, “You okay?” he asked out of concern, but rather than thanking him, Raven coldly sneered at him, “What took you so long?”
Beast Boy’s features hardened, even more than they already were when he had arrived.
The creature was gone again, having absorbed into something else. “Beast Boy, sniff him out.” said Robin.
Obeying his leader, Beast Boy changed into a bloodhound and sniffed about for the creature’s unusual scent, despite whatever it had absorbed into. Suddenly, he sniffed along floor and growled angrily indicating where the creature was.
“Got it!” snapped Robin, “Get back!” and he threw his disc-bombs at floor, blowing it up and exposing the creature.
Raven quickly used her power to ensnare it with dark bindings, and allowing the others to attack at it hard, ultimately shorting the robot’s circuitry inside, putting an end to the menace.
The plant had only suffered a little damage, but nothing too serious.
The Titans got outside only to find a huge crowd of plant workers and citizens there cheering for the heroes, as well as officially welcoming them back from their globetrot fighting the Brotherhood of Evil.
“Hey, Titans!” a newspaper photographer called, “Picture for the paper?”
The titans all seemed to jump at the idea, even Raven, though she didn’t show it well… only, Beast Boy didn’t seem so optimistic about it. “Come on, man!” Cyborg called to him.
Beast Boy sighed softly, and then stood by Cyborg’s side as the photographer readied his shot, and he snapped the photo.
Soon, the Titans were on their way home back to the tower, but Beast Boy remained silent and still all through the car-ride.
The other Titans found this a bit disturbing. “Beast Boy…? You are okay?” Starfire asked.
“I’m alright.” he simply answered, but in a very downhearted tone. Now the others really knew something was wrong, and they didn’t all have to be Raven to read what was on his mind.
…Obviously, something had gone wrong with that girl he believed to be Terra, or he wouldn’t look so spiritless.
When they got to the tower, the others all headed off to get some rest, but Robin stayed behind a moment to confront Beast Boy, “We need to talk.” he said gently.
Beast Boy tried to avoid him, “Not now, Robin.”
“Yes, now.” Robin said, trying to keep calm, “Look, I’m glad you helped us out today. We couldn’t have beaten that thing without you, but just the same you came in late.”
“I know, and I’m sorry.” Beast boy said, trying to maintain his own cool as well, which was not easy due to he was already hurting enough inside by events that transpired earlier that day, and message he was told by the girl he loved…
“Things Change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory.”
“…Beast Boy!” Robin called to him, snapping him out of his trance. “Sorry, I drifted off.”
“That’s exactly what I mean.” Robin scolded, “Look, I don’t know what it is with this girl you think might or might not be Terra, but… you have an obligation to your team, and I don’t want you slacking off like this anymore.”
Beast Boy really didn’t like what he was being told, it only made him hurt deeper inside, but he did his best not to freak or show it.
“I know you miss Terra,” Robin continued, “But you’re going to have to face the facts and move on eventually.”
Beast Boy clenched his fists softly; trying to suppress his feelings, “I’ll try…” was all he said as he turned to face the door “…But I don’t think it’ll do any good.”
Then he was gone, through the door, leaving Robin to ponder about the way he had just acted. Whatever happened between him and the girl, Terra or not, must had been more serious than he thought.
For now, he thought it best to leave Beast Boy to himself in hopes he would get over his depression and move on with his life.
Beast Boy had not come out of his room the entire day, not wanting to see or talk to anyone. Nothing had been going right ever since he and the titans had got back to Jump City; all these changes!
The video store was gone. How he loved to rent movies and video games from there. Now it was all closed up and going to be turned into a hardware store.
His favorite Candy Store was gone too, and with it when his peanut butter squares. The whole block was all being renovated into that new giant office complex.
The worst of it was Terra; his beloved Terra. She was now living a normal life, going to High School, being with new friends, and though she initially pretended not to remember him and all the good times they had, she made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with him, or the Titans, or being a hero at all. All she wanted was to peaceful a normal, peaceful life.
She no longer cared for him. No longer wanted to see him, and wanted nothing to do with him at all, though he finally respected her wishes, left her in peace and was willing to stay out of her life, this did not make things any better for himself.
After all, there was a big difference between letting go, and moving on.
He let Terra go, and he let her live her life without trying to force her back to the way she once was, but he really didn't look as if he was willing to really put it behind him and move on with his life.
All he did was lay flat on the lower bunk of his bed, clutching a pillow to his aching heart, and look up at the ceiling crying softly, “Why…? Why do these things always happen to me?”
Meanwhile, school was out, Terra and her two friends, Jackie and Jillian, exited the school, but the Js noticed that Terra seemed a little strange, and had been acting so all day.
“Are you still thinking about that green kid?” Jackie asked.
Terra looked up and lied. “Oh… no… I was just hoping I didn’t flunk the geometry test. I didn’t study for it after all.”
Her friends were not convinced, “Hey, blame Brat Boy for that.” said Jillian. Terra’s features hardened, “It’s “Beast Boy.”
“Whatever. Point is, you finally told him off, and hopefully he gets it through his green head that you’re not interested.”
This only made Terra feel guilty deep down, and remembering all the things she told Beast Boy, wanting him to leave her alone to live her new life in peace, even she herself regretted it a little… or maybe more than just.
All day long she remembered how desperately he had tried over the past two days to convince her to come back with him, and the crushed expression he showed when she ultimately told him to go!
Still, she didn’t want this to get to her, and since Beast Boy had no longer attempted to contact her for the rest of the day, she assumed he was eventually going to get over her, just as she was trying to get over him and all of her past.
“Yo… Earth to Terra…?” Jackie called.
“Huh? Oh, I’m okay. I’ll be fine, I promise.” She said, finally smiling warmly to her friends, but the Js were not so sure.
The next morning, Beast Boy finally emerged from his room, but he still looked rather down in the dumps as he walked over to the kitchen for a piece of toast.
“Good morning to you, Beast Boy.” Starfire said, trying to be friendly, but he didn’t respond He just buttered his toast silently with that same sour look on his face. “Perhaps you should tell us a joke, or pull off one of your hilarious pranks to liven the mood?”
“No thanks, Star. I’m just not in the mood.” he said to her.
“Suits me fine…” Raven muttered from the sofa, but Beast Boy had heard her anyway, and was starting to get really fed up with the way she had been acting.
“What are you looking at?” Raven hissed at him.
Not wishing to make things worse, Beast Boy took his plate and walked back to the door, only for Cyborg to burst right, knocking the plate out of his hand. “WHOO-HOO… Paper’s in, y’all, and lookie who made the front page…”
He held up the paper showing the picture that was taken of the team the other day, with a headline that read: “City Welcomes Back Teen Titans”
“All right!” exclaimed Robin.
“How wonderful!” chirped Starfire.
“Yay…” Raven grumbled.
Cyborg cut out the picture and the story column, and stamped it on the refrigerator. With a magnet, “Mm-Mmm… lookin’ good.” he said.
The others all went off, and then Beast Boy looked at the picture and what he saw really upset him: He wasn’t in the picture at all. Even though he was supposedly standing right next to Cyborg, the picture had obviously been cropped for printing, and worse: he read the story that was printed, and he couldn’t see his name, or any mention of him anyway!
What the heck was up with that?! How could the Titans not even notice this! Did they just look at the picture, admire it and that was it?
He was starting to feel his anger, combined with his sadness, rising again.
“Yo… B’,” Cyborg called to him, “Wanna play some V-G here?”
Keeping calm as ever, Beast Boy politely refused, “No thanks, Cy… I just don’t feel like playing right now.” and he left the lounge to return to his room.
“Dang, he doesn’t wanna play video-games? Somethin’ is really up with him.”
Robin sighed heavily, “He really needs to get over this. Just give it some time, he’ll come round.”
“But… what if he does not?” Starfire asked, “I understand the breaking of a heart, and it feels most uncomforting.”
Raven looked up from her book, “We’ve all had our share of heartbreak, Star, and eventually we all accept it and we move on. It’s a fact of life, and everyone has to face it.”
Starfire still remained unsure of this.
As a song played…

Beast Boy decided to fly around the city, to try and forget his troubles, but as he looked around the city, he saw more and more changes that only added to his frustration.
The arcade had been closed down.
The skate-park was closed and going to be demolished to make way for a new travel-agency head-quarters.
The bowling alley was already gone; turned into a mechanic’s garage.
Even the old rundown theme park at the pier had already been cleared away and was replaced with warehouses for boat shipping.
Beast Boy was beginning to feel a little airsick, most likely his ever building depression. What was happening to his home town? Why were all the things he enjoyed and loved being taken away?
He felt so sick, he decided to land and walk about town instead.
As he walked along, nobody seemed to notice him. No one said hello to him, or even gave him a smile. It was almost like he was invisible.
What was with everyone? He was a Teen Titan! A Hero of Jump City… the world… the whole universe! Didn’t anyone care?
He soon began to get his answer he looked through the window of a shop that was selling Teen Titan merchandise; T-shirts, baseball caps, coffee mugs, actions figures. There was plenty of merchandise honoring the other four Titans, but he couldn’t see a single Beast Boy product anywhere.
Feeling worse than ever, he retreated to the city park, one of few places that remained untouched by the changes… so far, but much to his horrors, there was a big notice sign saying that the park was indeed going to be closed down and removed to make way for yet another office complex, and construction would begin very soon.
“Just great…!” Beast Boy grumbled to himself “What is with everyone and all these changes?! Things were fine the way they were before! We don’t need any of this stuff.”
Not that anyone was listening anyway. Everyone looked so happy, enjoying their day; almost as if they didn’t notice or care that the park was going to go away soon.
Couples walked by on dates, which reminded him constantly of how he and Terra used to be, which brought on more sadness.
Suddenly, the sound of laughter broke him out of his trance. He saw a bunch of kids up-ahead playing with Teen Titan action figures they had bought.
“I like Robin. He’s team leader.”
“Well I think Starfire’s beautiful.”
“Cyborg is the coolest.”
“I like Raven. She’s so powerful.”
The kids ran off, playing with their Titan Toys, Beast Boy, again felt unappreciated that the kids didn’t have a figurine of him-- not that the stores were selling any anyway.
“What next?” he groaned.
“Hey!” someone snapped at him. Beast Boy looked up and saw none other than Jackie and Jillian. “What do you think you’re doing?” Jackie sneered “You’re sitting on our bench.”
“What?” asked Beast Boy “…This is a public-bench. I was here first.”
Jillian then grabbed him by the collar and looked him dead in the eye, “You heard what we said. Now beat it, Booger-Boy!”
“It’s “Beast Boy!” he growled at her, and wretched himself out of her grip. The two girls furiously stared him down, and he growled at them, wanting nothing more than to teach them a lesson, but remembering that as a hero he was not permitted to engage in violence with civilians.
“You two aren’t even worth it!” he grumbled, and he turned and walked up the street.
“If we catch you hear again, you’re history!” Jackie shouted to him.
“And we’re not joking, Butt-Boy!” Jillian added, Beast Boy was really getting furious, but didn’t bother to correct her this time, and decided to get a refreshing drink of water from the park fountain.
As he sipped the water, everyone stopped and gawked at him with horrified expressions, like he being gross. Like they had never seen a guy drink from a fountain before!
…then again they never actually saw a green guy do it!
“You’re all a bunch of assholes!” Beast Boy thundered at them. The crowds gasped at his profanity, and he then changed into a bird and flew away in such a huff, back for Titans tower.
Terra was on her way to the park at that moment to meet up with her friends, and she saw him flying overhead and disappearing off into the blue.
She began to feel that strange bit of guilt eating away at her again, but shrugged it off.
Beast Boy got back to the tower to find it empty. The others had left a note for Beast Boy saying they had gone grocery shopping and would be back later.
“They could’ve at least called me.” he grumbled. He really was starting to feel angry with things and people. It was as if the whole world was against him in some ridiculous way.
He sat down at the couch, but suddenly felt something solid touch his bottom, “Ouch… what the?!”
He reached down and grabbed a book: A Black book with red markings on the cover, and a large white death-skull emblem in the center. “What the hell is this?” he wondered, and he was more than positive it was not there when he sat down as he saw the couch was bare.
It was as if the book just magically appeared out of nowhere!
Normally, Beast Boy was not much of a book reader, but wondering more about this; he opened the cover and flipped through the pages. The book had no pictures at all, nothing but page-after-page-after-page… of strange writing in the form of an unusual text he had never seen before, couldn’t understand it at all.
He deduced, “Must be one of Raven’s books.” Knowing this, and knowing better than to touch Raven’s things, he placed the book on the coffee table for Raven to find it when she came back.
He decided to just go off to his room again to rest, but when he got there, much to his surprise, there was that book again! It was sitting right on the lower bunk.
Confused, Beast Boy ran back to the lounge, and saw the book was there, waiting on the counter rather than on the coffee table in front of the sofa.
“Okay, this is getting so weird.” he said to himself.
He picked up the book to look at it again. As he combed through the pages, that same strange text was just as confusing and as baffling as before… but then, as if by magic…
“Whoa…!” Beast Boy gasped! The text…! It was becoming clear to him. He could actually read the words as if they were printed in plain English, though had never seen a language like this before!
He closed the book and looked at its cover, the small bit of text was clear for him to read:
“The Dark Prognosticus”: Tome of Prophecies, Power.”
Beast Boy could already feel this was getting serious, maybe even dangerous.
Before he could continue studying it, however, the Titans came back. “Beast Boy… you have returned.” said Starfire.
Raven suddenly gasped at what she saw him holding. “Beast Boy!” she thundered, “What are you doing with that?!”
“What this?” Beast Boy asked calmly, and before he could explained, Raven had dashed over to him and fiercely snatched the book away from him. “You took this out of my room…!”
“What? No, I didn’t!” protested Beast Boy, but Raven refused to believe that. “I’m serious…” said Beast Boy, “I didn’t go anywhere near your room.”
“Oh, and I suppose the book magically opened the door to my room and just fell into your hands by mistake?” sneered Raven. She was so angry, her eyes flared up with dark magic, “Do you have any idea what you could’ve done with this?!!”
Now Beast Boy was getting furious, “I didn’t take it out of your room! I don’t even know what this thing is!”
“Don’t talk to me!” Raven grunted, and she floated off, with the book in-hand.
Beast Boy tried to confide with the others, “Robin, you have to believe me; I didn’t do it.”
“We want to believe you, but… what else is there to think?” replied Robin. “You have been known to break into Raven’s room many times.” added Starfire.
Beast boy looked up desperately at Cyborg.
“Sorry, man…”
He was crushed, and he gazed upon his, what he now judged former-friends, with a look of extreme sadness and betrayal.
Starfire approached him and tried to comfort him, but he just turned on his heal, ran to his room, and slammed the sliding door do hard that the noise echoed all through the tower!
The three Titans didn’t know what to do, but something had to be done with him!
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