Your Nightmares are Killing Me!

Chapter one

Raven walked straight for her room. She entered it and leaned back against the closed door. She sighed and walked to her bed. She sat down in a meditative position and closed her eyes.

She was feeling fine, it was just what Beast Boy had said. Covered in blood. She knew it was just a dream, a nightmare. It wasn't even hers. Still she felt…uncomfortable. Not really scared, but uneasy. When he said that she unintentionally saw an image in her head. An image of herself covered in blood. Why it startled her so much she did not know. Perhaps she feared it a bit. Still it was just a nightmare.

Raven chanted her mantra and let herself relax as she found her centre. No more images or startling thoughts. Nothing but peace.

#

Beast Boy stared at the door ever since Raven walked through it. The other titans were just as dazed. Beast Boy saw the image of Raven covered in blood again and snapped out of his daze.

'Raven! Wait!' Beast Boy shouted as he made his way to the door frantically. The others awoke from their own daze at Beast Boy's sudden eruption.

'Beast Boy?!' Robin shouted stopping Beast Boy in his tracks. He stood right in the opening of the door and turned his head to face Robin.

'I have to make sure she is okay! What if she gets hurt, right NOW!' Beast Boy shouted completely hysterical. No one had seen Beast Boy like this and the titans were quite startled by it.

'BB calm down man' Cyborg said worried. Beast Boy ruffled his hand through his hair trying to figure out what to do. Follow after Raven or calm down and stay.

'Beast Boy she's fine. You only had a nightmare' Robin said calmly, but worried. Beast Boy looked up at them again as if registering what they just said.

Just as Beast Boy realised Robin was right – it was only a nightmare – the door closed and Beast Boy got caught between door and wall.

'AUW!' Beast Boy shouted.

The other titans jumped into action. Starfire took hold of the door after pushing her fingers between the door and Beast Boy and pulled as hard as she could. Robin carefully pulled at Beast Boy while Cyborg tried to override the system. As Beast Boy shot forward onto Robin, Cyborg made sure the door stayed open.

'Alright get off' An annoyed Robin said as he pushed Beast Boy off of him. Beast Boy jumped to his feet and rubbed his sides.

'Sorry' Beast Boy said bluntly. Starfire assisted Robin in getting up.

'What happened?!' Robin demanded from Cyborg. Cyborg was currently watching the systems for any faults and turned his head to respond.

'I don't know. Normally the door stays open when someone stands in the opening' Cyborg said a bit confused by this.

'Come one what's going on? My systems are faultless! This can't be, someone must have messed with it, right?' As Cyborg was desperately trying to keep his pride about his systems Beast Boy spoke up.

'Well it obvious didn't stay open!' Beast Boy snapped back. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and sank on the couch.

Robin slammed a hand to his forehead feeling frustrated by those two. Cyborg was yelling some stuff back at Beast Boy and beast Boy replied the obvious. Starfire was watching intrigued by this. Somehow she was still amazed by the choice of words of those two now and then.

'Stuff it!' Cyborg yelled angrily at Beast boy.

'No thanks! I've been already stuffed, between YOUR DOOR AND THE WALL!' Beast Boy shouted back. Cyborg – if possible – turned red.

'It wasn't a fault! Something has been messing with my systems! Or someone!?' Cyborg said clearly indicating beast Boy since Beast Boy had a history of messing with his systems, like when he caused Cyborg to malfunction to be put it simple.

'I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!' Beast Boy yelled back at that accuse.

'Well it would be this first time then!' Cyborg shouted back. Everyone expected Beast Boy to completely flip out now and covered their ears waiting for it. Except…..it didn't come.

Everyone looked at Beast Boy who looked shocked as if just realised something important. Without warning Beast Boy sped through the now open door and left them standing there.

#

Beast Boy rushed around the corner of the hallway and spotted Raven's door. Unfortunately he was going so fast he slipped when he tried to stop and slit past the door on his butt. Beast Boy groaned slightly from the burning sensation he now felt on his butt and made his way to Raven's door.

Beast Boy sighed deeply as he tired to calm down his nerves. 'Why am I nervous? I'm always nervous around Raven? Why, because she always glares at me? Am I afraid of her? No that's not it or I would stop with pulling pranks on her. Then why? Ah just forget it BB, more important things right now!' BB shook his head to clear his thoughts and carefully knocked on the door.

Inside the room Raven was abruptly pulled out of her meditation. She looked at her closed door where she heard a knock coming from. She sighed as she made her way to the door. She had learned it was quicker to get rid of unwanted intervening to just answer the door than to shout form a distance. If they could see her it was easier to reassure them.

Raven opened the door and not surprised to see Beast Boy standing in front of her, looking rather nervous.

'What?' Raven asked monotone with slight annoyance in her voice. Beast Boy didn't notice or didn't care.

'Uh, hi. I was…uh, just wondering…if you…uh, were okay?' Beast Boy said nervously tripping over his words. Raven sighed as she was glad he said all that quicker than expected.

'Beast Boy I'm fine. See?' Raven said stepping fully from behind the door. 'Not a scratch and no blood. It was just a nightmare. I have them all the time' Raven said a bit reassuring. Beast Boy looked a bit startled.

'Is she trying to be nice to me? Normally she would speak annoyed at me or snap at me to leave her alone. Could she be worried? She says it's nothing, but maybe she is unsure herself?' Beast Boy snapped out of it as he saw Raven's hand waving in front of him.

'Uh…oh sorry. What did you say?' Beast boy asked a bit dazed. Raven sighed and hung her arm back down beside her body.

'I said you shouldn't worry and now I have to meditate' Raven said once more. Raven retreated and her door closed before beast Boy could react.

'Oh well, I'll be going then. Oh by the way, watch out with the doors. Some sytems are messed up and you could get hurt' Beast Boy said from behind the door and seconds later silence returned to Raven's room.

'Finally peace. Why did I just repeat what I said? Normally I would just shrug it off when he dazes out and say never mind, but somehow I felt like I should repeat myself to him. It's probably because he was so panicked before. I should meditate before I cause more panic with my powers' Raven seated herself on her bed and casually floated upwards with her legs crossed and she chanted her famous words: 'Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos'.

Because of Raven's trance a cold shiver went unnoticed up her spine. She chanted on as if nothing happened.

#

Beast Boy didn't return to the common room. He didn't feel like facing their confused looks and questions and he certainly didn't feel like arguing with Cyborg again. Beast Boy walked into his own room not wasting a second to get away from his door in case he got stuck again.

He sat down on his bed and looked down to the floor. 'What a day. First I have this nightmare, then I get stuck by a door and then I get dazed while raven speaks to me. I hope she isn't mad at me for ignoring her like that. Why am I so worried about what she thinks about me?! Yeah it would be great if we could get along a bit better. Man I'm tired' Beast Boy rubbed his sides again and lay down on his bed letting sleep take over. He didn't feel like anything else than sleeping.

#

'Huh, where am I?' Beast Boy asked as he opened his eyes to find only darkness around him. He shivered slightly at the cold he felt. An ice-cold shiver went up his spine and Beast Boy jumped in slight shock.

He then saw a small light far off. He didn't waist a second and ran for it. He felt the cold shiver following him though he didn't know how that was possible. He jumped forward and seconds later felt warm.

Beast Boy stood up and saw he was in the kitchen of Titans Tower. He looked around confused and saw his friends. Cyborg was making pancakes, while Robin and Starfire were watching and waiting.

Then Raven walked up to Beast Boy and he gulped. Why he gulped he did not know. She smiled at him, perhaps that was what caused it. She stopped in front of him still smiling softly.

'Hi Beast Boy. Want some pancakes?' Raven asked soft and cheery. Beast Boy was a bit freaked by this. This was so not like Raven.

'Uh, Raven I…uh' Beast Boy stammered. Raven giggled which freaked Beast Boy out even more. She grabbed his hand and held it softly in her own. She slowly frolicked in the direction of the others pulling beast Boy with her.

'Off course you want pancakes. You sit right here, BB' Ravens aid as she gently pushed Beast Boy on a chair. He just looked at her confused. Raven giggle at his expression and sat down around the corner of the table.

Beast Boy noticed they were all acting rather cheery and perky. For Starfire that was normal, but for Raven certainly not. He looked at Raven again and now noticed blood on the table. Shocked he searched where it came from and was met by Raven's cheery face.

'What are you looking for?' Raven asked as she pulled him back upright with her hand on his shoulder. Beast Boy felt something drip on his clothes and noticed the blood was coming from Raven's arm. He quickly grabbed her arm and saw a deep cut on it.

'You're bleeding!' Beast Boy said shocked. The reaction he got was not what he expected. All the other titans laughed. When they stopped Raven looked at him still smiling.

'I know silly. Cyborg was so kind to cut my arm. He even sued a special serrated knife for it. Isn't that sweet?' Raven said cheerfully. Beast Boy looked as if he had just entered a horror movie.

'Sweet? He did it for her? What the HELL is going on!?' Beast Boy couldn't help but scream his last thought out loud for everyone to hear. Four faces looked at him smiling.

'Is something wrong? Oh do you want to as well? I'm sure Cyborg wouldn't mind to cut you as well. Just say the word' Raven said cheerfully still.

'Sure I will. Just tell me where you want it' Cyborg said smiling as he placed some pancakes on a plate and handed them to Robin.

Beast Boy noticed Robin and Starfire weren't cut anywhere. He felt fear at the thought someone would willingly cut him wherever he wanted and this was his friend, Cyborg.

'You're probably wondering why they aren't cut, he?' Raven stated smiling. 'Well it's not about them. This is all about your fear and me. Only me gets cut, isn't that awesome?' Raven said nearly jumping up and down.

Beast Boy felt as if his stomach dropped. This was too freaky. This wasn't real. What did all this mean?

Beast Boy jumped off the chair and ran away from them. He couldn't find any exit. Where normally doors were, now was nothing but walls. Beast Boy turned around and saw Cyborg with a huge serrated knife stand in front of Raven.

'So where do you want this one?' Cyborg asked cheerful. Raven giggled as she pointed at her right shoulder. Cyborg quickly stuck the knife in her right shoulder and Raven just giggled while the blood poured out.

'NOOOOOOOO!!' Beast Boy screamed as he moved his hand forward, but eh couldn't move. He felt something cold behind him. He turned around and saw some strange vortex pulling him in. Beast boy felt the grip of his feet slip and seconds later flew straight into the vortex.

#

'AAAAAAAAH!!' Beast Boy shouted as he sat right up in bed. He looked around while panting and noticed he was in his room. He took a deep breath and calmed his nerves. He noticed it was morning already, but very early.

Then the nightmare came back to his thoughts and fear overwhelmed him. Most of that fear was just feeling freaked out, but part of it was afraid Raven was hurt. As quickly as possible Beast Boy jumped out of bed and fell face forward on the ground. He looked behind him and saw his legs were stuck in his sheets.

He freed himself and skidded out of his room.

#

Raven had been meditating till very late and therefore was fully asleep still. That was until someone was slamming his fist on her door and screaming her name. Raven turned red from anger and annoyance and walked to her door. She opened it to reveal a frantic Beast Boy.

As soon as Raven had opened her door Beast Boy threw himself around her. 'you're okay! You aren't hurt, right?!' Beast Boy ended questionable. Raven looked startled and pushed Beast Boy off.

'What is it?' She asked annoyed. Beast Boy realised he must have awoken her and he just hugged her without permission. Raven rarely hugged anybody.

'I.uh…I..well I…uhm…I had another….nightmare' Beast Boy said a bit embarrassed.

'What's with me? I sound like a stupid child. What am I doing?' Beast Boy thought to himself.

'So what happened in this one then?' Raven asked monotone. Her voice did indicate some sense of disbelieve. Beast Boy seemed to notice.

'It was really bad okay! You weren't COVERED in blood, but you were bleeding, A LOT!' beast Boy said his voice slowly rising. Raven breathed deeply to calm herself.

'Sorry' Raven said sincere. 'No need to get him angry now. Let him just speak his mind and perhaps it will be fixed then' Raven thought.

Beast Boy then noticed the blood on Raven's arm and pointed shocked at it. Raven saw it and quickly placed her other had on her arm as she cursed under her breath.

'Shit! It started bleeding again. Great!' As Raven thought that and cursed she made her way into her room and grabbed some stuff to stop the bleeding and bandaged her arm again.

Beast Boy had followed her into her room since she left the door open and saw how the wound was exactly the same as in his nightmare.

'Raven? How did that happen?' Beast Boy asked. Raven looked at him startled.

'How did you get in?!' she asked a bit accusing.

'Uh you left the door open so I figured I was allowed' Beast Boy said. Raven sighed as she finished the bandaging.

'Last night my powers went a bit haywire. I wasn't calm enough and during my meditation I cut myself. It's no big deal it'll heal after I get some rest' Raven said. Why she explained so much she didn't know. She mostly kept things to herself.

'You know, in my nightmare you had that same wound' Beast Boy said looking very worried at her bandaged arm. Raven looked up at him and realised what he was thinking.

'Beast Boy it was just a nightmare. It's just a coincidence the wound is the same' Raven said.

Clearly Beast Boy found this sceptical as he raised an eyebrow. Hell raven herself found it unbelievable.

'Look maybe my power somehow influenced your nightmare. You know somehow changed a bit what happened so it looked as though it is real' Raven explained.

Beast Boy thought about it when suddenly red light flashed and the Robin's voice sounded through the intercom. 'Trouble!'. Raven sighed and together with Beast Boy they ran to the common room.

#

The titans arrived in the city. Their opponents are Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth. Beast Boy turned into a T-Rex and charged Mammoth. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at Gizmo and Raven and Jinx tried to punch each other with their energy floating around their hands. Starfire gave Beast Boy some back up with Mammoth while Robin did the same for Cyborg.

It was clear the titans would win. Raven surprised Jinx with a car from behind and Jinx went slamming down on the street. Robin swung his pole at Gizmo who casually flew aside only to be hit by Cyborg's fist followed by a sonic cannon attack while Gizmo was still dizzy.

Beast Boy however had it a little tougher. It seemed Mammoth had gotten a bit stronger than last time. Beast boy crashed into a nearby building and Starfire took over. She blasted him with star bolts and tried her best to take him down. Robin and Cyborg joined the fight. Just before Mammoth got hit by Cyborg's sonic cannon he threw a street pole he broke away from them. It seemed like a stupid act to the others.

Beast Boy was about to help the others when he noticed Raven floating a bit away from the fight ready to strike if Mammoth got passed the others. He saw the broken pole and saw its sharp edge. It resembled a spear. Beast Boy's nightmare flashed before his eyes and he flew straight at Raven pushing her out of the way. It barely missed her shoulder and slammed in a building.

Mammoth was subdued and the police force took over from the titans. Raven had thanked Beast Boy, but somehow Beast Boy was not responding to it. Raven thought he was just tired and they all went home.

Beast Boy and Raven secluded themselves to their rooms. Raven to meditate and Beast Boy wasn't sure why. He sat down on his bed lost in thoughts.

'That spear…..if it hit…..it would be in her right shoulder……just like…..in my nightmare. Is it just coincidence or is it something more? Should I be worried? Is Raven in danger? If so from what? My nightmares? From me?' Beast Boy shook his head as if just awoken from slumber. He sighed as he didn't find an answer.

All this was confusing. He decided to wait and see if more things were the same as his nightmares. No one would believe him anyway if he said something about it. So why bother to tell them. He would figure this out on his own and in the mean time he would keep an eye at Raven.


Well that was chapter one. Please be patient for chapter two and Review, please!