Author's Note: So… My friend and I kinda used a Ouija board the other night in her supposedly haunted house. Now I can't sleep. So I decided to continue this. I'm dedicating this chapter to yodakaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat, she just started writing fanfiction and her first story is AMAZING! It is dark and touching and it will give you ALL the RobStar feels! So go check that out and brace yourself for a bunch of updates for my creepy fics for the next few days until I get over the creeps!
DISCLAIMER: Don't own Teen Titans or Slender. And I don't think anyone owns the lore of Slenderman, but neither do I.
Robin was the first Titan to wake in the morning. He couldn't remember why he was in the living room in a t shirt and his boxers or why he felt so terrified. He carefully sat up and tried to piece together last night's events. There was a thunderstorm… Starfire was still shaken up and stayed in his room-The Teen Wonder couldn't help but blush remembering that- Beast Boy screamed at 3 am and then… Robin couldn't remember what happened next. Trying to think about it gave him a splitting headache. Well, at least he figured out how he got to the living room. He looked around and saw that the other Titans were passed out here too. His eyes fell to his unconscious girlfriend and he rushed to her side.
"Starfire?"
He pulled her into his arms as she started to stir.
"Robin?"
Robin hugged his girlfriend tightly.
"Oh, thank God you're okay." He pulled back to look her in the eyes. "Starfire, I need you to tell me everything you remember from last night."
The alieness scrunched up her face, deep in thought.
"Well… The storm of thunders was most difficult on my nerves after friend Beast Boy had me play the Slender game and you let me stay with you in your room." She blushed, remembering being snuggled up in his arms as she slept. "And then we were awoken at 3 o clock in the morning by screaming…" She gripped the sides of her head and squeezed her eyelids shut. "I am sorry, I cannot remember…"
Robin shook his head as the other Titans begin to stir.
"It's okay Star, I can't remember either. Can any of you?"
Raven and Cyborg shook their heads, but Beast Boy just stared straight ahead of him.
"Yo! Grass stain! What the hell happened to you?"
"Nothing."
The other four Titans were startled by the harshness of the changeling's voice. It almost sounded the same as it did when he first grappled with the Beast. Robin kept his calm and spoke to Beast Boy in a level but stern voice.
"Then why were you screaming at three in the morning? And why were you missing when we came out here to check on you?"
"I wasn't screaming."
"Then who did?"
"NOBODY! Okay?! You wanna know what happened last night? I got all the stupid pages and then I went to bed! That's it!"
"Then why are you out here now?"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
Raven sensed Beast Boy's instability. He was losing control of the Beast.
"Robin."
The empath gave the Titan's leader a "back off" look. Robin looked confused then saw Beast Boy's eyes narrowed dangerously. He cleared his throat.
"I'm gonna go check the security cameras from last night. You guys just… Get the day started, I'll call a meeting if I find anything."
The Titans nodded and went to start the day. Cyborg got started on breakfast; Raven went to look through her books for something creatures that cause amnesia and Beast Boy walked over to his laptop. Cyborg watched his best friend while he got started on breakfast. He heard Beast Boy growl.
"Damnit! Stupid thing caught a virus!"
"I told you not to download that stupid game from that shady site."
"Shut up! I wasn't asking you!"
Cyborg threw his hands up to signal that he wasn't looking to fight.
"Alright, chill. Dang, someone got up on the wrong side of the floor…"
Meanwhile in the hallway, Starfire had caught up to Robin before he reached the surveillance room.
"Boyfriend Robin?"
Robin jumped and took a fighting stance until he saw his girlfriend standing in front of him, still in the tank top and short shorts she'd worn to bed. He relaxed immediately and Starfire giggled.
"I apologize, but seeing you in fighting stance in your sleeping attire looked most silly."
Robin chuckled and sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah… Sorry, I'm kinda on edge. Did you need something, Star?"
"Oh, it is not of great importance, but with the strange events of the morning, I did not get to wish you the proper 'Good morning'…"
"What do you- Ah!"
Robin was cut off by Starfire wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him in for a brief but passionate kiss. He looked at her when they broke apart.
"Well, good morning."
Starfire giggled and took a step back.
"Good morning. Now if you will excuse me, I wish to shower before breakfast."
Robin's eyes widened from under his mask as he watched her float away. Great. NOW how was he supposed to get any work done with THAT mental image?
Raven searched through all her books on malevolent entities and the only creature that could cause this sporadic amnesia that was affecting herself and her friends is something she's only been able to find in an old German folklore book. This book referred to the creature as Der Großmann. This creature was said to stalk it's victims for years at a time, leave its victims with no memory of the encounters and cause intense paranoia, but the book offered no further descriptions of appearance or other abilities. Oh, well. Where books fail, the internet could sometimes succeed.
Raven picked up her laptop, opened her favorite search engine and typed in Der Großmann.
The results just confused her even further.
All that came up were a bunch of posts, pictures and articles about Slenderman.
"That can't be right… Slenderman is just an urban legend…"
Raven's train of thought was derailed by a girly scream that sounded from the bathroom.
Starfire usually found it easy to relax when she would shower. The warm water could almost always relax her tense muscles and the sweet scent of her fruity shampoo put her mind at ease.
But today, she could not allow herself to be calm. She felt as though she were being… Watched.
Suddenly, the shower curtain was thrown open, and there stood Beast Boy, staring angrily at the naked Tamaranian. Starfire screamed and grabbed to cover herself with the shower curtain.
"Beast Boy! How did you get in here?! Have you lost your-?"
Starfire gasped when she saw a tall, pale figure behind Beast Boy. She screamed again and slipped in the shower, taking the curtain down with her.
Robin rushed into the bathroom the second he heard Starfire scream.
"Starfire! What's-?"
He took in the scene. He saw Starfire lying in the bathtub, looking terrified and covering herself with the shower curtain and Beast Boy staring at her. Robin didn't hesitate to grab Beast Boy by the collar and slam him against the wall.
"What did you do to Starfire?!"
Raven and Cyborg arrived shortly after.
"Okay, this looks really bad."
Raven walked over to Robin and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Robin. Put Beast Boy down."
"But he-"
Raven turned to Starfire.
"Did he touch you?"
Starfire shook her head. After a moment, Robin reluctantly released Beast Boy. Beast Boy didn't say a word and brushed past Raven to leave the bathroom. Raven gasped. That brief contact showed the empath what was going on in Beast Boy's mind. And Beast Boy was not in control. She very quietly whispered.
"Der Großmann…"
Hey, so fun fact, I have a tumblr. I didn't mention it before because I didn't use it very often until recently. But, I use the same name on there as I do on here. So, look me up! And as always, R&R! -Starprincess
