⚠️ This will have some drug use mentioned as well as some mental health problems.

"Hey! Hey! Garfield wake up already!" Conner said banging on his door.

Garfield woke up and sighed as he looked at the time and opened the door door to see Conner.

"Have you seen a short blond girl with green eyes have you?" He asked.

"No why?" He asked.

"Batman said she was brought in yesterday and her labs showed she has appendicitis. I have been looking for her for three hours now and I can't find here here. Also he wanted to ask her if she wanted to go on a mission. Apparently there has been some animal smuggling and the only witness we have is a venomous endangered snake and he wanted to know if she could talk to it and find out where it's been. He also found a fox to earlier today," he informed.

"Wait did you say yesterday? What day is it?" He asked.

"Tuesday, you look like you aren't feeling well should I take you to the Infirmary?" He asked.

"I slept threw yesterday?!" He asked.

"Yeah, we all noticed you have been sleeping more and more. Are you not sleeping at night anymore?" Conner asked concerned.

"I just have been having trouble sleeping at night recently so I thought I was just napping not sleeping threw the whole day," he informed.

"Okay, if you need to talk about it let me know okay. I am going to try to find her. Everyone thought she was sleeping but she's gone," Conner said as he left leaving him alone.

Garfield crawled back into bed when he realized he did talk to her yesterday. He got mad at her and told her about the back way out of the base. She may not even made it home alright... with her appendicitis her appendix could rupture and if someone took her then they would leave her to die. It would be all his fault... he quickly got out of bed and changed his cloths and quickly to the Infirmary to look at her information. It had her address and her place of work quickly headed out.

"Man if I wasn't self medicating then I would have known if she went home or not! You are such an idiot! Now she maybe dead and it's going to be your fault!" He growled as he went to the Zoo and saw there was caution tape everywhere making him confused.

"Excuse me but today we are closed so you can't be here at this time," a man said as Garfield was looking around.

"Sorry I um is June Watts working here today?" He asked as the man sighed.

"No, she was supposed to but her appendix exploded a couple of hours ago. I'm her boss Mr. Langley, if you want I can leave a message for her," he informed making his heart drop.

"Do you know what hospital she went to?" He asked.

"No but you can try her parents house, I'm surprised she was able to take down that monster Ramsey. A lion got out and attacked one of the zoo keepers yesterday, June and her animal friends saved the zoo and countless people to. They were able to keep him in the parking lot until people arrived to take him away," he explained.

"Can I see her locker she left somethings in there and I should give them to her," he explained as he looked skeptical.

"Only authorized personal only are around in the locker rooms," he explained.

"I'm Beast Boy part of the Justice League... we needed her for a important matter. I just need to get some of her things so when she is better she can come with us," he explained.

"That's why you look so fimiler, long hours huh?" He asked seeing the dark circles under his eyes.

"Yeah, loads," he said as a zoo keeper was screaming and running away from pigeons dive bombing him. He was covered in animal poop and it seemed like they were done with him.

"You know I have worked here for seven years as an assistant her! You passed me up for a promotion because some freaky girl can talk to these fuckers! She is the one making the animals go against me because I'm her companion!" He growled stopped them both.

"Ron... she is setting the animals against you? If I'm not mistaken you let Willam out of his enclosure, you forgot to lach it or didn't care to. Your lucky he went strait for her and not panicked and bitten someone. Dan reported you yesterday," he informed.

"I didn't do it! Why would I?!" He asked.

"To get her fired. Clean up and go back to work unless you have proof," Mr. Langley said.

He was about to explain himself until the pigeons pooped on him more and it slid down his face making Garfield look at the birds. Obviously they had something against him or they just thought it was funny to pick on him and him alone. He felt like they were laughing at him as pure anger filled his body.

"You know what I quit! I'm done with you discussing freaks! I'm also done working with that freak of nature!" He hollered as he quickly left and the pigeons dispursed.

"Freak?" Garfield asked.

"Yeah, it is what all of her co workers refer to her as. I myself don't car if she has powers as long as she doesn't use them again anyone. The amount of times she has begged those pigeons to stop pooping on him is astonishing and yet they still do it so nothing I can do about it," he explained as he walked to the office and grabbed a skeleton key.

They went to the lockers and found June's locker immediately because it had freak carved into the paint. It seemed he didn't know about it as he sighed and opened her locker and a box of razors fell out at there feet.

"I'm going to have to talk with my staff about this," he sighed as Garfield felt even worse.

She didn't wasn't to bother anyone because they seemed busy what if she didn't like big groups of people because of this. There was barely anything in her locker besides a picture of her and a fluffy white lion that she seemed really attached to alone with some pictures of her and other Zoo animals including a snake. All the pictures had freak written in Sharpie across all of them.

He grabbed her bag and a rat passed his feet making him jump.

"Oh don't worry that's Milo, June's little assistant. Do you mind taking him with you? He normally helps keep the zoo clean but since we need to see the damage Ramsey did and see if any other animals got injured in the process," he said as Garfield tried to pick up the rat but it seemed to piss him off making him try to bight him.

Milo quickly jumped into the bag after Garfield had tried to chase him down. Garfield went to her parents house next and he hoped that they would just let him in if he said they were friends. He knocked on the door and a kid came to the door and his jaw dropped.

"Mom! There is a vegan outside!" He yelled making Garfield shocked and confused until he saw his skin.

His mother came to the door and she looked at him discussed.

"We don't like your kind here!" She informed angerily.

"I'm a friend of June's, I started working with her two days ago... she left some things I was wondering if I could give her things to her. I found out she went to the hospital this morning, I had to take her shift," he lied.

"Freak made a friend that's so funny! Mom can I go tell dad?!" He smiled as she nodded.

"We don't like your kind here, people with abnormal abilities are a disgrace to the human race if you don't know that," she growled crossing her arms.

"Oh I don't have powers this was a collage prank they painted me green and it dyed my skin," he lied making her laugh.

"That's what the boys did to that monstrosity yesterday and it was hilarious! But sorry she lives here but after she was being overly dramatic about her side hurting we had to take her to the ER we are refusing to help her anymore," she clarified.

"Her appendix ruptured," he stated shocked.

"It doesn't even do anything in the human body honestly if you are friends with her I'm sorry. She constantly lies, and she actually can't talk to  animals even if she says she does. She is a schizophrenic and she can barely take care of herself. Honestly I don't even know how she keeps her job. She is a terrible person to be around so stay away from her if you value your life. She might get you killed," she said as he heard laughing from some part of the house.

"The Freak has a friend?! What is he a squirrel? Maybe a dung bettle?!" He laughed as anger started to fill his body.

"Thanks for the warning, can I drop her things off at the hospital she's at so I don't have to see her?" He asked.

"Sure since we can't burn her bag right now. Her cloths always smell so disgusting since she works at that zoo. She is at Rhode Island hospital right now," she informed.

"Thank you," Garfield smiled ad he turned into a cheetah and took off running.

Her mother screamed and cursed at him when he took off making him chuckle at himself as he headed to the hospital. He got in very easily since he was a super hero after all. He went to her room and saw her sitting up in bed. Her blond hair was a faint purple and so was some of her skin making him feel guilty. He knocked on her door and she looked at him a bit shocked.

"Hey... I know you probably don't want to see me or talk to me after all the bull shit I said to you and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said any of that. I wasn't myself but it doesn't give me the right to treat you like that," he apologized giving her her bag.

"It's fine I heard worse honestly... thanks for bringing me my spare cloths," she informed as he opened up her bag and Milo came out.

"I live! My god any longer in there and I would have taken a dump in there! Hold on I need to use the toilet!" He yelled as he scurried to the bathroom.

"Hey come back here it took me ten minutes to catch you!" He growled.

"He has to use the bathroom, I taught him how to flush a toilet," she informed as she was trying to hide her purple face.

"Really that's awesome... so I went by the zoo and Ron quit I guess the pigeons pooped on him all day," he said sitting by her and she sighed.

"I can't belive them!" She muttered shocked,"sorry I wasn't looking and I got under a paint bucket."

"I went by your house to... your boss couldn't tell me what hospital you went to so I went there. Your little brother said I was a vegan because of my green skin and I heard what they did to you. I'm really sorry  people call you a freak. Your not a freak I'm more of a freak then you are honestly. Scared the daylights out of your mom," he chuckled as she smiled.

"But I am that's the thing, no one talks to animals besides me and I know it's hard for you to... I know about the TV show you were in for a bit," she said as she looked at him.

Her whole face was purple and he sighed a bit.

"Then why not call me Garfield then?" He asked.

"Well just because I know your name doesn't mean I know you personally so u thought it would be best to say what your super hero name is. Must get annoying that people call you by your real name," she informed.

"Can be yeah," he said softly as he heard the toilet flush.

"My god I almost fell into the toilet! The nerve of humans making them so freaking big!" Milo hollered.

"Dude have you seen us? We are like giants compared to you!" She informed.

"Bro what the heck happened to your face?! It's darker then normal!" He pointed out.

"It's called paint and it got dumped on me," she informed.

"Oh, can I eat it?" He asked.

"No you can't! It's toxic to you, sorry he wanted to eat paint," she sighed as Garfield could see why people might think she was out if her mind.

He didn't hear nothing coming from the rat and he chuckled.

"It's fine he is a rat after all probably worried about you," he informed.

They were silent for a bit until the news came on and she was on the front page. She sighed as she turned it off.

"I can check to see if Drew is okay," Garfield informed.

"He is fine, came by my room to say thanks earlier. I don't want reporters here especially not now seeing me like this... I ignored all the sighs of it and it nearly killed me. I jut thought I was stressed out," she sighed.

"I really should have walked you home or asked you to stay... if I wasn't a dumb ass then,"

"You are coping with a loss. Sure not in a healthy way but at least you didn't try to kill yourself like I did. School kids are terrible and well so are my parents," she  said.

"June you don't have to talk about that... that was a diffrent you before I came along," Milo informed.

"You almost, I'm sorry," he apologized.

"Don't be I was stupid lucky for me I  didn't take enough ibuprofen to do it. The next day I found Milo next to a garbage can half dead so I fixed him up the best I could. Now I gave you my reasons for doing a stupid thing so why are you?" She asked.

"It's complicated, this isn't the first time I done this. I just can't seep to cope or when I finally think I have a handle on it I lose it. First it starts off with nightmares, then depression, then the sleeping pills... it's stupid really it's been years and my friends that I thought I lost aren't gone they are with me but those memories never have just went away," he informed.

"It's not stupid, memories have a powerful impact on people. It's why some people are scared of driving cars, some are scared of big dogs, some of lakes and rivers. I never got the help I needed because my parents think I'm being dramatic even though they are part of the problem. If you have a chance to get help then do it. Otherwise you are or going to end up dead and I don't think a single one of your friends want that. At least you have human friends, sure having animal friends is amazing and I wouldn't change it. But sometimes talking to a person who understands is great. Been threw a lot and I know you have to so hopefully that piece of advice helps you," she said with a small smile.

He smiled a bit as she grabbed his hand and held it hers to let him know he wasn't alone. For once he felt like someone understood what he was going threw, he just felt like he was being an idiot.

"Thanks I really needed that," he said softly.

His phone started to vibrate and he took it out of his pocket to see it was batman. Fear hit him as soon as he realized his sleeping pills were out in the open in his room. Maybe it was for the best that he found out.

"Hold on I will be right back," he said as he stepped out into the hallway and took a deep breath and answered.

"Find June yet?" He asked looking into different hospital data basis.

"Yeah her appendix ruptured she is in the hospital. I'm with her right now, she's fine from what I gathered," he informed.

"Good I was afraid I was to late, since we can't have her moved from the hospital we will have to go by old Intel. She won't be able to be moved from the hospital for a week or so," he said.

"Okay, also um I may have gotten June kicked out of her house... her parents hate people with super powers and I lost my temper and shape shifted in front of them," he sighed.

"June has a deposit on an apartment actually right next to Roy. Most of her things have been switched over to that other address," he informed.

"Oh, well that's good... so you have been thinking about bringing her around for a while then?" He asked.

"Yeah, animals see more then people do and if she can talk to the animals we might have better Intel later on. She won't be out in the field but just interviewing them might help us," he informed.

"Yeah I think that would be good, great actually," he said as Bruce was watching the news and saw her covering Roy and Tim as a Buffalo came running and ramed the lion.

"Good, you need to leave so we can try to find some new Intel," he explained.

"Okay I will leave in a couple of minutes," he said as batman hung up.

He went back to her room and smiled sadly.

"I got to go, duty calls," he sighed.

"Figures, you are a hero after all. Don't forget to take care of yourself," she said as he sat by her.

"Here is my number just incase you want to talk. I probably won't get therapy for a while until the mission I'm on is over so," he sighed.

"Make sure you get the help you need okay," she informed.

"You to, heard you were moving out. No more toxic parents or family," he smiled.

"Milo's idea," she smiled.

After saying there goodbyes he went back home and was briefed on the mission at hand. There was actually very little info in it but none the less they had a lead and they were going to fallow it. It was late and he grabbed the sleeping pills and paused as he looked at them. June almost tool her life once and these were slowly taking his.

He went to his bathroom and looked in the mirror. He looked at the pills and smiled a bit. He flushed them down the toilet and headed off to bed but he couldn't sleep. He tossed and turned for a couple of hours before heading to the gym to work out to hopefully get some sleep. After that he still couldn't sleep, it was two in the morning and he sighed as he saw an old text from June saying hi.

"Are you still awake?"

"Yeah, the lights bother me and people keep coming in to check on me," she replied quickly.

"I flushed the pills down the toilet now I can't sleep," he said as she smiled.

"Good for you sorry you can't sleep, tried warm milk?" She suggested.

"No, I might try that," he smiled.

"I might be up a couple more hours so if you want you can call me and we can bore each other or something," she replied.

"Sure sounds good," he said as he went to the kitchen to get some milk.

He drank it down and he snuggled into bed then called June.

"Hey, your up late," she said softly.

"So are you," he informed.

After about ten minutes they both were asleep still with there phones on.