DISCLAIMER = I do not own Teen titans. I only own the idea of the shadow creature.
You can't hide from fear chapter 1 – the warning
Beast boy could only watch as his hunter used his shadow powers to wrap beast boy's arms with "chains of darkness", chains enveloped with shadow, making them unbreakable. He didn't know where he was. All he could see around him was the pink floor and dark fog all around him. Now bound and on his knees, the dark shadow creature came closer and closer to him until it was right in front of him. It was shaped like a man wearing a top hat and overcoat and had a dark red glowing tattoo of a skull and two katana samurai swords over it on his back. "Did you really think you could evade me? I have already taken something precious to you, do I have to take something else?" were the words that escaped the creatures mouth. It then stretched out its arm to his side and thick, black smoke enveloped its hand. When the smoke disappeared, a jagged sword was set in the creature's hand, blood dripping from its teeth. "Why me, why are you after me?" Beast boy shouted out in fear. The creature did not reply, but instead began to raise his sword. Beast boy knew what was to happen next so deep down, he began to regret many things he hadn't done in his life and waited for it all to end. As the creature was about to bring his blade down to decapitate the green changeling, It stopped and lowered its blade, an evil grin stretched across its dark face. "Before I take you for my prize, I feel you should experience utter pain and agony". The dark creature turned around and stretched out his hand. Then, out of a puff of smoke, Raven appeared, barely able to stand. As soon as he saw her, Beast boy knew exactly what the creature meant by "pain and agony". "NNNNOOOO! STAY AWAY FROM HER!" Beast boy shouted these words with all the energy he had but it was nothing. Before he knew it, the creature had teleported behind Raven and kicked her to her knees. "Say goodbye" were the creature's last words as it used its jagged sword to decapitate Raven, blood dripping from the blade and her body. Beast boy could only scream at this truly horrific sight whilst he listened to the shadow creature's maniacal laugh . . .
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Beast Boy sat up and smacked his head on the ceiling. 'Oh, it was just a nightmare, it was just a nightmare. Or was it? It seemed so real'. Beast boy got down from his bunk bed and went to his closet. He didn't have anything planned today except for possible crime fighting so he just slipped on his doom patrol uniform and left for the ops room. Whilst walking there, Beast boy just couldn't get the image of the shadow creature from his nightmare out of his head. Just thinking of it sent shivers down his spine. He was so busy thinking he didn't notice he had already entered the ops room and was about to trip over the stairs, onto his face. Surely enough, he did. As he got himself to his feet, Beast boy noticed the time on the wall.
11:47am
Beast boy looked away from the clock and around the ops room. The only other titan in the room apart from him was Raven, wearing her usual black leotard and dark blue cloak, sitting down on the couch, reading a book. 'Where is everyone else? It's too late for just us two to be up'. Beast boy then walked over to Raven, about to ask her where the other titans were but being an empathy, she already knew what he was about to say. "We're the only two here" Raven began. "Robin was called to Gotham city by Batman for what reason I do not know, Starfire decided to go with him and Cyborg went to help Titans east with some problems in Steel city. So it's just us for 5 days". The last words that Raven had said had sent a shiver down her spine. "Oh, well ok." Beast Boy was still thinking about his nightmare. He felt it wasn't just a coincidence but a warning or a sign of some sort. "Hey Raven"? Beast boy said these two words very nervously. "Yeah?" Beast boy was shocked she had even replied to him. "I was . . . kinda thinking . . . because me and you are the only two here . . . do you . . . wanna hang out?" Raven took time to think over this. 'Well, me and him ARE the only ones here . . . wait, what am I saying, I don't wanna hang out with him.'
"No." Beast boy was again shocked that she replied but he wanted Raven to hang out with him. He wanted to watch over here in case the nightmare was some sort of warning and the shadow creature came for him and it used Raven as a bargaining chip. "Awwww, why not now? Raven, please!" Raven now regretted saying the answer she had given him. 'I should have just said no.' "Well, I was going to ask you later but now that you have gone to bugging me, it's a definite no." Beast boy was determined to get her to hang out with him. The situation was different this time. "Aw, come on Raven, you were going to! Please!" Honestly, Raven was not in the mood now. "I-said-NNNOOO!" Raven then used her powers to pick up Beast boy, spin him around at high speeds and then throw him out the window. Beast boy's need for Raven turned to anger. He had had the worst nightmare ever and then he gets chucked out of the window. Beast boy swam back onto the shore, turned into a dog, shook himself dry, turned back into a human and stormed into the tower. Once back in the ops room and with Raven in his sights, Beast boy lost it completely.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" Beast boy's shouts could probably be heard from in the city. "I told you I didn't want to hang out with you but you had to keep on bugging me, didn't you?" Raven turned to look at the changeling and was shocked to see him as angry as she had been in their first encounter with Doctor Light. "So what, Raven? Just because I bugged you about hanging out with me doesn't mean you had to chuck me out the GODDAMN WINDOW!" Raven thought over what he had just said. 'I suppose he's right, he only wanted to hang out with me.' Beast boy then stormed out of the ops room and was on course for his room. Raven then looked down at her book and thought to herself 'Only one more chapter. I'll apologise to him afterwards.' When he was moments away from his own room, Beast boy noticed the floor to be covered in a deep, thick, black smoke. He then heard a deep laugh and turned around to see a figure being formed out of the darkness. Beast boy could only stand in fear as the shadows began to take shape as . . . the creature from his nightmare. The creature drew its jagged sword and said 4 words that sent a chill down Beast boy's spine.
"Your end has begun . . ."