This is a joint story between KHchick101 and ThisisEntertaining. We each wrote a section, and then passed it back to the other. We didn't tell each other what we were planning, just let it go. Tell us what you think, we'd appreciate it!

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ThisisEntertaining

KHchick101

Disclaimer: Neither of us own Teen Titans. Obviously. Why would we post on ?

A crystal blue bay crashed its waves against the shore of a large, sprawling city. A city often wracked with crime but also one full of joyous citizens and large, productive pizza enterprises. These citizens you may think would be in constant fear of the crime and villains that so often walked its streets, but they had little fear. After all, they were not without protection. For on an island in the bay only a few yards from shore there sat a large building in the shape of a T. It was in this oddly shaped building that the protectors lived. A group of protectors called the titans.

These were no ordinary protectors. The Titans were super powered teenagers. That's right, teenagers. That's why the pizza businesses were thriving. The team consisted of an alien princess, a gothic psychic, a green skinned changeling, and a mecha meta man. All led by a traffic light. Okay, a kid with no superpowers, but trained by one of the worlds finest. He also held the trophy in Jump's city's break dancing competition. Oh, well, I wasn't supposed to mention that. Anyways, they we're your average kids...staying up late fighting villains. Driving with out licenses, and making notorious fashion statements. They were sort of being graded by the mayor and the Jump City Police Department. You know what? Thy weren't like any normal teens. In fact, let me tell you a story of these kids.

It all started off with a normal morning in the T, of at least as normal as it can be when you live with super powered, hormone driven, barely educated teenagers. They ran out of mustard, causing the alien to go berserk until Cyborg found a bottle in the back of the pantry. The red headed alien was so excited that she tried to insist on cooking breakfast for them all. However, no one was quite in the mood for food that would try to eat them back and the stoplight was able to distract her with her favorite fungi themed show and the robo-teen began to fix it instead. And so there was peace, at least until the greenest of the titans woke up and began to protest the "murder of innocent creatures for simply the purpose of satisfying you gullet". Otherwise known as bacon and eggs. The resulting battle lasted until lunch and the two never realized that the rest of the group had gone out to eat long before the argument stopped. The only calm one was perhaps the empath, who stared at the arguing idiots while she simply sipped her tea. However, this was as far as the normal morning went, for it was after this that the day turned from the ordinary.

It turned into a day full of joy, full of tears, and full of horror. What's in a feeling anyway? Each of the kids had a different feeling about them. Obsessed? Ecstatic? Relieving? Diligent? Indifferent? Either way, they were all effected, but effected differently. Shall I continue rambling? No, I think not. Anyways, after their minutely strange yet normal at the same time morning. The team headed out on what sounded like a mundane chase of a burglar. The masked man sent them on a while goose chase, only to lead them to an abandoned warehouse. The doors shut behind them, and smoke came from the vents. Robin smelled it, he recognized it, and put his breathing mask on. Raven made a filter over her mouth. Cyborg was unaffected because of his missing biological components. That left Starfire and Beast Boy. They weren't fast enough.

The noxious gas leaked through the room, Beast Boy and Starfire began to cough and gag. Two pairs of panicked green eyes gazed imploringly and fearfully at their friends as the two Titans collapsed to the floor. Starfire buried her head in her arms as Beast Boy curled up like a dog. Both of their bodies were warped with spasms as the world began to shift and warp in front of their eyes. A manic laughter sounded as a form with the look of a scarecrow appeared amid the boxes.

"Why hello Robin. Its been so long since you've been in Gotham. I decided to come and visit you and your little pals. Lets see if the little kiddies here in Jump has what it takes to battle the Sca-"

"ROAR!"

The straw villain was cut off as a horrible roar sounded below. He looked down in surprise to see a monster amid the teens he had gassed. A monster the same color green as one of the titans had been. The eyes of the creature were full of fear and an animistic panicked anger as he lashed out at anything and everything. The changelings control destroyed by his fear. Behind his burlap mask the man smiled.

"Well, I'd stay and chat but it seems you have to control your little friends, ta ta."

Cyborg ad Raven attempted to calm Beast Boy down, or at least contain him, but Robin had eyes only for the prone Starfire.

Starfire had tears running down her cheeks as she clung to Robin. He was just thankful she still saw him.

"Robin! What have they done to you?!" She wiped her hand across his face and pressed hard against his chest. He figured she was imagining him bloody and beaten. She kissed his forehead. "We will get you medical attention!"

Her green friend let out another roar and scarecrow laughed as he left.

"The Gordanians! Why have they come?! And at such a time!"

"Starfire, you need to listen to me." He spoke firmly.

"Please do not speak, save your strength!"

Robin turned to his teammates, "TitansTower, get him secured!" Was all he got out before Starfire took off. He held on tight, not being used to being carried the way he was. He knew what the effects were, he knew how to help, but he had to get her to calm down enough so she would listen to him.

"Well duh," Raven muttered at the leaders retreating figure as she wrapped another tendril of dark energy around the struggling and terrified Beast Boy. Cyborg found some highly strong chains in the corner of the warehouse and was trying to contain Beast Boy with them while the cloaked Titan held him as still as she could. Beast Boy roared once more, but terror was evident in his call. Beads of perspiration appeared on the girls forehead as the green Beast's struggles increased when the chain brushed against his skin.

One of his arms burst out, nearly clipping the robotic teen trying to tie him up. Cyborg cursed as he jumped out of the way.

"Dang girl, keep him steady. BB's going crazy."

"I'm trying!" Raven spit out, covering the creature once more.

"Try talking to him, he was calmer around you last time he was like this."

"It won't do any good." The empath spit out as she attempted to concentrate on holding her friend still. "Whatever that was, it completely messed with his mind. I can't even get near his mind with my powers. I don't even think he can hear us, or understand us."

Cyborg grunted and focused on fixing the chains around the Beast, his heart throbbing with pain as he bound his best friend. Finally it was done, the Beast was contained. Raven lowered her hands and released her powers. Beast Boy continued to fight and struggle. Raven looked at the squirming creature attempting to escape and sighed in her exhaustion.

"Now we just have to get him back to the tower." Cyborg muttered. Raven simply groaned as Beast Boy let out another fear-filled roar.

Up in the air, Robin pulled out his communicator. "This is Robin, can you guys talk?"

Raven answered. "Yeah, Beast Boy is contained. You want to explain what the heck is going on?"

"The gas that was spraying in the warehouse is from an old...friend of mine. It's fear gas. After the initial panic attack, the serum will leave the victim weak. This stuff doesn't wear off. Batman has the antidote and I will be calling him as soon as I can. If they don't get the antidote...well, let's just hope that doesn't happen."

"Then what are we supposed to do?!"

"Calm him down; get him back to his human form. I have to go." He hung up right when he saw her eyes starting to droop and a loss of altitude. The weakness was already starting to kick in for her. He panicked as the ground came close, very fast. Against his better judgment, he slapped her. She blinked a few times and raised back into the air. Hopefully, he could keep her awake long enough to get to the tower.

For Starfire, things looked bleak. She held her bloodied best friend as she maneuvered through the destroyed, desolate city. She pressed forward, her optimism was the only thing that kept her going. So Robin's skull was cracked, and one of his arms was gone, he could at least still survive. Thankfully, she had escaped the Gordanians that had been following. The thing that worried her the most was the mumbles of gibberish that were coming from his mouth. He had to hold on. He just had to.

Raven snapped the communicator shut and turned to Cyborg. "Did you hear that?"

"Yeah, but how are we gonna get BB to go back to being human? I don't think he could even fit in the car in this form. Do you think that you can just transport him to the tower and I can follow you guys in the T-car. At least then we can keep him in one of the holding cells we have there and make sure he doesn't escape or hurt himself."

"I can't teleport the two of us after all of that. I don't think I could even transport just myself."

The robotic Titan sighed. "Well then, what are we gonna do?"

"I don't know." Raven closed her eyes to focus her mental powers. "I've been trying to get a good read on his mind but it's hard. He's too terrified for me to get a coherent thought right now. His thoughts are really... animistic right now. It's more focused on his senses and instincts than any real thoughts. But...I don't know. I think he's weakening."

The Beast had started whimpering slightly. It's steely anger and fear-filled eyes were filling more of the latter and shifted uneasily as he flailed in his fear. When the gas first entered his system he was strong, powerful, and full of adrenalin. His mind was that of a predator. Like a lion or wolf who was facing a fearsome foe. It led him to more fight then flight.

Now however the poison had worked its way into his system, and he was weakening. His mind was no longer centered on fighting; no longer could anger affect his fear. His whimpering increased. Suddenly Raven's eyes shot open. "Cyborg, grab him!"

Without question the robotic teen leaped for his green friend. He was too late. The green boy had shifted into the form of a rabbit and had already fled deep into the warehouse, his rodent eyes searching desperately for a small dark hole he could burrow and hide in. Raven and Cyborg had no time to relax and could only stare in horror as their small, shape shifting friend fled into the large, maze like warehouse.

Robin's luck had run out. He laid on his back, Starfire's trembling form curled up on top of him. They were behind a dumpster in a dark alley. "Starfire." He patted her face. "Can you hear me?"

Her eyes blinked open, tears forming. "I am sorry Robin...I do not know...I tried...I am just so weak..." She cried.

"Starfire, it's alright. Listen to me." She clutched his shirt. "I'm not injured."

"You must have lost too much blood."

"No, the smoke that you breathed, it's a poison. It messes with your mind. The things that you're seeing, it's not real."

"But your arm..." She whimpered.

"Can you feel this?" he touched her face with both hands and her eyes widened. "Things are not as they seem."

"I'm scared." she confessed. "What of our friends?!"

"Beast Boy is the only other one affected."

"Well, despite my impaired judgment, should we not go help them?"

"No! I mean, we really need to get back to the tower. The poison...it um...doesn't wear off."

"Beast Boy will need to get back to the tower as well."

"Yeah...but in an few hours...you'll...um..."

"What?"

"You'll fall asleep, and never wake up."

"Let us go home." She clung to his neck as he tugged her up on his back. "But can when please hurry. The large yerkle running at us is making me uneasy."

"How the heck are we supposed to find the grass stain in this place? He could be anything, a mouse, a cat, even bugs. And he's not thinking straight. My little buddy could be stuck in a spider web right now and we'd never know. He could be eaten!"

"Cyborg, shut up. If you scare him we'll never find him."

"He's already scared Raven. He had enhanced senses. Its not like we can sneak up on him." The cyborg sighed. "Well, at least we don't have to worry about him running off. Most of this building is locked tight still from Scarecrow. We'll just have to start looking through boxes."

"It's not likely that the guy covered up all of the mouse holes and stuff. We have to find him before he ends up loose in the city. If he's just getting weaker and weaker, then he'll soon lose his ability to shift and end up unconscious in human form in the city somewhere. We have to find him before he escapes. Start looking in the boxes over there."

The empath attempted to reach her green friend, but his mind was much more animal than human and the pale titan could not distinguish his thoughts from the true animals inhabiting the warehouse. She used her dark energy to cover a pile of boxes and slowly shifted through them. Suddenly she jumped back with a shriek as a green mouse leaped at her from the pile. Several boxes shattered as it ran away.

"Cyborg!" She shouted, but he'd heard her first scream and already stood ready, a large cardboard box in his hands. The mouse attempted to skirt around and avoid the rapidly falling cardboard cage, but Cyborg was too quick and the already terrified mouse was trapped.

"We got him!" Cyborg yelled in triumph. Raven held her head in her hands as the torrents of the green Titan's fear coursed through her, and she could only wonder if they should truly be so happy about trapping him.

The leader of the titans walked through the city, the people on the sidewalks staring at them. He could feel Starfire trembling as she hid her face between his shoulder blades.

"I do not like the things they are saying." She whispered.

"What? But, no one's saying anything..."

"Be quiet! Please leave me alone!" She shouted.

"Starfire! Yelling in my ear is not going to help! Please." the walk continued as the two were silent. Starfire's tears fell onto his back.

"I am cold..." She whispered. Taking the hint, he set her down and draped his cape over her, then picked her back up.

"Better?"

She nodded against him. This was taking too long, and he was concerned. He pulled her legs around his waist so that she wouldn't fall. He took out his communicator again a set in a special number.

A man with a dark face answered. "It's been awhile."

"No time, Scarecrow is in Jump. Two of my teammates are down, and I need an antidote."

The man's face became very grave. "Where is Scarecrow now?"

"I don't know. He got away."

"You let him get away!?"

"It's not like I had a choice. It was dangerous enough with the two that were poisoned. Cyborg and Raven are watching over Beast Boy. I've got Starfire."

"You know you had to go after Scarecrow..."

"Look Bruce." He growled menacingly. "Get here with the antidote as fast as you can, and I'll let you go after Crane. Got it?"

The mentor looked at his young ward in surprise. "I see. I'll make up a batch and be there as soon as possible. I can't guarantee-..."

"Just hurry." He barked as he hung up.