The night was young. Streetlamps lined the streets, casting an errie glow upon the pavement. Stores and restaurants also lined some of the streets. Music playing from a jukebox in an old diner filled the streets, welcoming people in. It was all so inviting, and at a pizza place, four young characters could be seen entering.

17 year old Chelsey stepped inside first, followed closely by her best friend, Jenna. Following those two were Jinx and Argent, both new members of the Teen Titans, although at this time, neither Chelsey nor Jenna knew this. They all gathered at a table, and three sat down. Chelsey herself went to get the pizza, and the others just waited. A few moments later, Chelsey returned.

"It'll be here shortly." she stated with a grin

Sure enough, it did come within a few moments. Each picked a slice, and began doing what many girls were famous for: gossiping. Their voices overlaped, so it was hard for bystanders to understand what they were saying. Soon, the pizza was gone and they continued to sit, just talking away. But the chatter soon stopped at a loud noise, that was hard to describe. Everyone in the pizza place stood up, rigid and listening nervously.

Suddenly, the door burst open, and in came a bunch of androids came storming in. Chelsey and Jenna instantly reconized them.

"It's that one guy's robots...What was his name again?"

"General Immortus." Jenna stated.

"Right. It's his robots."

At this point, the general himself came walking in, eyeing the customers. Most of them ran for their lives, only Chelsey, Jenna, Jinx and Argent stayed put. Jinx powered up, as well as Argent. Chelsey and Jenna just tensed up, fists at the ready. But before a blow could land from either side, the wall on their left smashed down. Turning, the foursome found themselves face-to-face with Monsieur Mallah. A roar of fury startles two of the four, and they steps back. Next, the noise is heard again, from the air vents. Chelsey and Jenna eye it fearfully, as they have a guess about who will come out. Sure enough, out came their worst fears, being Madame Rouge. She dropped to the floor and stood straight, eyeing them. The least one, and leader of the Brotherhood of Evil, appeared behind the small group.

"It's the Brain..." Jenna said quietly.

"Smart. But do you have any idea of what we will do to you?"

"Probably something very unpleasant..." Chelsey muttered in her friend's ear.

"You are correct...Madame Rouge, capture them."

Wasting no time at all, she made a grab for the foursome. Chelsey and Jenna were spared because they ducked quickly, but Jinx and Argent weren't so lucky. They were quickly ensnared, then she made a second grab for the other two. Again, they ducked, but she caught them on their way back up.

"Begin phase two, Monsieur Mallah."

The big gorilla came forward and began phase two, which was to create a large gaping hole in the floor. They all looked down, but could see nothing but darkness.

"Finish them." came the Brain's voice.

For Madame Rouge, that was easy. Without hesitation, she released her grip, and all four fell. Argent tried to fly, but for some reason, she couldn't. None of the others could fly either, so they were all in a free-fall. Out of options, they all grabbed hands and held on for dear life, trying not to let go. But after a few moments, they lost their grip on one another's hands. Argent screamed before dropping further into darkness, where the others couldn't see her. Adding her scream to Argent's Jinx, too, dropped further into the darkness, and the other two lost sight of her. Chelsey and Jenna managed to remain side by side, but they continued to fall.

"If this keeps up, we'll fall straight to China!"

And they fell further and further down, until...

A wail split the morning air and Chelsey sat up quickly. Sweating profusly and wildly looking around, she saw she was in bed, safe and sound. She sighed with relief and sat there a few minutes, calming down.

"Just a nightmare..." she partically sang softly.

She threw a glance at her clock, which said 12:00 AM. Laying back down, she tried to push the nightmare away and get back to sleep. Soon afterwards she did get back to sleep, but a feeling of dread creeped into her stomach. Something was going to happen that day. She could sense it...

To be continued.

Read note in chapter one please. Thanks. R&R.

Mini-Marianne