Raven couldn't sleep, which was unlike her. Usually, she could easily fall into a trance-like state. But tonight, for whatever reason, she could not.
Of late she had been having dreams; not pleasant ones, and last time she had used her powers while sleeping. Perhaps it was not that she couldn't seep, it was that she wouldn't sleep.
She also had a lot on her mind. She had had a growing relationship with Robin recently, but she hadn't had the guts to tell him how she really felt. Now that he was with Starfire, it was too late. There is now officially no one I can talk to, she thought. She thought of the previous night when Starfire and Robin had gone up on the roof...
Robin gazed into Starfire's big, beautiful, green eyes with infatuation. He had come up on the roof to be alone, but Starfire had followed him up. They had had many meetings like this of late, but Robin felt that something special would happen this night.
"Robin, I wish to… tell you something." When Starfire said this Robin's heart fluttered. "But I do not know how," she continued.
Robin wanted badly to say, "I love you too Star," but he decided Starfire should say it on her own.
"Robin, we… have been good friends for some time now… and I think we both know it could be more than that know… and I want to be more. I wish to know if you do also."
Robin's response was unexpected, but it said enough. Robin kissed Starfire hard on the lips. Starfire was surprised at first, and the kiss was awkward. But Starfire leaned into Robin: kissing back…
Raven had seen it in their eyes when they came down what had happened, and she had been hurt. Robin had been her life; the only one who could understand her; the only one keeping her from loosing control.
There was a knock on the door. She hoped dearly that it was Robin. She opened the door; it was Beast Boy.
"What," Raven inquired in an extremely harsh tone.
"Um…well… you've been having some dreams lately… and I was kinda wondering if you were okay."
"Never been better," Raven lied as she closed the door. She then slumped down against it as she realized she had missed yet another chance to tell someone about her troubles. Even if it was Beast Boy…
She stood up quickly when she heard something. She crouched into a defensive position, but she relaxed when she heard buzzing.
"Ugh… Beast Boy."
"You should've seen the look on your…" The look on Raven's face now told him to shut up.
"GET OUT!" Raven through him out the door. She lay back down on her bed and started to nod off. Because of the event just past, she completely ignored the next sound she heard.
CHAPTER 2
INVASION
Raven awoke with a jolt. She heard a sound; a creepy sort of sound that she could not place. Then something jumped at Raven's head. She was startled, but she pulled it apart with her powers. The creature had been crab-like.
There was another creepy sound coming from outside her door. Not the same sound, so she wasn't sure what was out there. She definitely wasn't prepared for what she saw. A zombie-like thing crashed through her door. It had a crab for a head. The head-crab jumped off and the face revealed was Robin's.
"NO!" She screamed. Two more zombies came up behind Robin: Starfire and Beast Boy. She couldn't bring herself to hurt them, so she flew over them and heard Cyborg's sonic cannon in the living room.
"Raven! We gotta get outta here!" Cyborg shouted while fighting off about twenty head-crabs. Raven knew of only one way that they could go.
"Basement! Underground escape!"
When they reached the escape and had opened it, they were greeted by more head-crabs. They couldn't get rid of them all, so they had to draw them away from the escape. They backed into a corner. The crabs were almost on them when Raven lifted Cyborg up, and they both dashed down the escape and slammed the door.
The zombified Robin was searching for a way out, when suddenly light: sunlight; burst through the windows. His outer, mutated skin burned away, revealing his own bare skin underneath. (His clothes had dissolved in the mutation.) He had no memory of what happened, and he was utterly confused. He went to his room and grabbed an outfit and blanket.
He found Starfire in the living room. He walked over to her and draped the blanket over her naked body. She smiled up at him
"Are you okay, Star?" Robin asked.
"I am fine."
"I have absolutely no clue what happened, but Cyborg and Raven are missing."
"And Beast Boy?"
"He's in his room."
Starfire looked worried. "Friend Robin, I am afraid: for ourselves and for our friends."
Robin touched her face, his hand then tracing down to her breasts. "Me too."
Then they kissed for some time before getting up.
Robin went to the computer, and Starfire came back fully dressed. Beast Boy also came to their side.
"Cyborg and Raven are underground, but at least they're alive. Titans, were going down!"
CHAPTER 3
THE CITY
Before long Cyborg and Raven came upon a site they never expected to see. It appeared to be an underground city. It was amazing. They stood there and gawked at the imense metal buildings and elaborite, winding streets. Raven asked a man, "What are you doing down here?"
"We've been predicting this for years! We were prepared." Apparently these creatures weren't just inside the tower. To think that many people could be saved by a bunch of UFO crazies...
They walked through the dirt streets looking around in awe. Who built this, they wondered. Unfortunately, with what appeared to be many people, if there was an attack down here it would be devastating.
"I'm gonna go check out that electronics store," Cyborg said, and he was off. Raven felt uncomfortable with this many people underground; she felt that disaster was waiting around the corner.
When Robin, Starfire, and Beast Boy reached the basement, they discovered an unpleasant number of about one hundred head-crabs. Robin threw several disks, Starfire's starbolts were working wonderously against these crabs, but no matter what Beast Boy turned into, he could not fight the head-crabs. Just as he was about to be engulfed by a wave of the "crabs" Robin dove into him and swung over to the escape. Starfire followed and they were off down the tunnel.
In just a few minutes they encountered a soldier. They were supprised when he started shooting at them. They had no trouble taking him down, but what bothered them was: Why would a U.S. Marine want to kill the Teen Titans?