Chapter 2: The Oath of the Twelve Days

At around 11:55 that night the Titans gathered in the living room again. Starfire had brought the papers. They all gathered around the table and she laid them down in the center.

"Are we all ready?" asked Robin. Everyone nodded. "Alright then," he said. "Let's go."

All of the Teen Titans started to say the Oath together:

"Every of these

Twelve Black Days,

I will put aside

all delays."

The wind had picked up outside, and now snow was slamming into the Tower windows. The Titans read on:

So whilst I celebrate

the Christmas night,

All of a sudden, the lights went out. The power lines must have gone down in the blizzard, Cyborg thought, but that wasn't what amazed the Titans. First, the paper was glowing, so they could still see it in the dark. And second, they couldn't stop reading. Their mouths kept on shaping the words of the Oath, and they couldn't stop.

I swear to follow,

as is my right,

The Oath that I

am taking now,

or to the punishment

I shall bow.

They were blasted backwards as a massive sonic boom blossomed from the paper. A weird, demonic laugh sounded as the lights came back on, and the papers stopped glowing. The Titans picked themselves up off the ground as the demonic voice started to speak.

"You have entered the game, despite my warnings. Let's see how long you will last." And with that, the lights went back off except for a sickly grey light that was coming from the windows. Outside, the blizzard had encased Titans Tower, and the only light was that of the moon that could penetrate the thick snow and ice.

They were trapped, and it seemed to them that the only way they would ever get out was if they completed the tasks.