Authoress' Notes: Well I decided to write a teen titans tale. This is going to be a fairly dark tale, but there will be some emotional moments as well. Any characters that are not cannon are mine, please do not use them without my permission.

Disclaimer: The teen titans belong to DC and Warner Brother this story is purely for entertainment purposes only. I don't own of this and I am not profiting off this in any way at all.

What Lurks Within: Part One

Raven struggled against the restrains that held both her physical body and inhibited her powers. She could smell the incense and feel the blazing heat from the roaring fire. The sounds of the South American jungle were all around her, but the labored breathing of green dragon to her left was all she could hear. "Beast Boy you have to snap out of it! You have to listen to me!"

The titan in question did not respond to her, he simply stayed in his prone position on stone alter.

A Latino woman continued to chant quietly as she raised a golden goblet and dagger to the sky. Her voice increased in intensity as she banged the hilt of the dragger against the bottom of the goblet three times. She let out a long breath and stepped slowly, but without hesitation towards the green dragon.

"Stay away from him." Raven growled.

Obsidian eyes locked with midnight blue ones and the older woman smile smugly, "Do not fear daughter of Scath. After tonight he will always be with you."

"No!" Raven strained against soul-ropes. "Beast Boy, wake up!"

The woman with the goblet and dagger stepped into Raven's line of sight. The modern clothes that she had been wearing were gone and now she wore nothing but a white dress and a large golden necklace and a golden headpiece. She paused in front of Raven and pushed back a lock of hair away from her face. "Since I can't absorb your power, I will control you. And I promise, daughter of Scath, I will make full use of your power."

Raven turned her face away and spit in her face. "You'll never control me."

The black haired woman growled and wiped off her face, "We will see about that." She took a step towards the altar and Beast Boy, still in the form of a dragon. "Indeed we shall, once; the demon in you has tasted the blood of a willing sacrifice."

"NO! BEAST BOY!"

The green dragon lifted his head and looked at the tied up girl he snorted quietly smoke curling from his nostrils.

The older woman swept to the dragon and rubbed beneath his chin. "I know you love her. I know how much you want make her happy. Are you ready to die for her?"

Beast Boy nuzzled against her palm contentedly, the red mark on his neck glowing brightly.

"That's a good boy." She pushed down his head and climbed atop his chest. "Now pull back your chest plate for me. Remember it's all for her." She set the cup on the altar next to him and raised the dagger in the air.

The green dragon pulled back his central scale, exposing the soft flesh and the beating heart beneath.

"All for her!"

"NO! GARFIELD!" Raven shrieked as the dragger plunged into Beast Boy's chest. "STOP IT!"

His pained cry came out in a roar, but he did not try to fight back.

***

Seven days earlier:

"I do not think we are stopping this creature so well!" Starfire exclaimed as the creature in question threw her into a brick building. The alien girl shook her head a few times, then pushed herself back into flight her eyes glowing green with anger.

"Stay focused! Titans surround him. We've got to get that power core back!" Robin barked and flung an exploding disk at the creature.

The black, blob-like monster batted the disk away re-directing towards Beast Boy, who 'eeped' and shifted into humming bird and zipped in the other directions.

Raven barely managed to catch the disk with her powers imploding it harmlessly within her black magic.

Cyborg shot a sonic blast at the creature and it screamed as its body started ripping apart. "BOOYA! It can't sonic disruption. Give me some cover fire guys!"

Raven levitated a street sign and mailbox and flung them at the creature as Beast Boy roared and swept down at it in pterodactyl form.

The distraction was good enough and with a few blasts from Cyborg's arm cannon, Starfire had retrieved the power core and the creature exploded in a rain of black gunk.

"Ugh! Oh that's just nasty!" Cyborg looked at his arms covered in the black stuff. "Ain't none of ya'll riding in my baby on the way home."

"What is this stuff?" Raven landed next to Cyborg and raised an eyebrow critically.

"Not sure. It doesn't really have any scent." Robin observed. He glanced at Starfire as she landed next to him. "Are you okay, Star?"

She made a face, "This dark colored substance is most unpleasant. I wish to return to our home so that I may wash myself."

"We are all thinking that, Starfire, I assure you." Raven folded her arms over her chest. "Where is Beast Boy?"

"Yeah, where'd he go?" Cyborg questioned.

"Dudes, I'm right… AHHH!" Beast Boy might have finished this statement but a dark haired woman jumped on top of him. "Can I…"

"Ashure newgrant varis cura." She screamed in his face. Her black eyes stared into his green ones, and she slid her fingers down his neck. "Ashure newgrant varis cura." This time the statement was whispered and she leaned down examining him more closely.

The four other titans stared in utter confusion, not knowing if they should come to his aid or not.

"Ashure newgrant varis cura, Beast Boy." She whispered again.

"Um, hi there." Beast Boy squeaked out, "You know my name, huh? Something I can help you with?"

"Beast Boy, cura varis newgrant ashure." The woman suddenly pressed her lips against Beast Boy's and ran her nails along her neck.

Raven's power surrounded her like a black fire crackling with intensity. "What is…"

"Devi, no! What are you doing?" Another woman ran around the corner.

Devi pushed herself away from Beast Boy and disappeared in an orb of golden light.

"Devi!" This woman also had dark hair and after calling out again in anguish to the woman that disappeared, she fell to her knees breathing heavily.

"Who are you? What is going on? And why did that woman just kiss Beast Boy?" Robin started firing questioned at the older woman.

Beast Boy was sitting up, looking dazed and was holding his head in confusion.

"Friend are you alright?" Starfire asked Beast Boy.

"My name is Cass. I am trying to help my friend, Devi, she's lost her mind." She stood slowly to her feet, "And she kissed your friend because she was trying to…" Cass drew another deep breath.

"I'm okay, Star, but my neck feels funny." Beast Boy let Starfire help him up.

"Yo, man that girl was all over you. I think she scratched your neck, didn't know you had it in you, BB." Cyborg teased.

Cass pushed her way over to Beast Boy and stared at his neck. "Gods, No. She marked you." She looked sadly at the changeling, "You're going to die in seven days."

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