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"You?!" Robin said as shock ran through his body. He never thought he would see this face in Jump City. The rest of the titans looked at Robin as he glared at the man on screen.

"Robbie! I'm so happy you remember me! I thought you would have forgotten" He said with a laugh as he pretend to wipe fake sweat from his brow.

"What do you want?" Robin asked through gritted teeth.

"To have some fun! If you're anything like your mentor then I know you don't do that often." Joker poked at Robin.

"How about you stop playing games clown man and tell us what your deal is." Cyborg said as Robin's fist tightened.

"Oh but playing games is what I do best, isn't it, Robin?" Robin growled and Joker smiled. He sighed. "But I guess the tin man is right and we should get down to business."

The room around Joker lit up and the titans could see a rather large bomb sitting in the middle of a very colorful room.

"Blah blah bomb, blah blah blow up the city, blah blah little time." The Joker said as he placed a hand gently on the bomb. "I've sent you the coordinates, but remember things are not always as they appear."

The screen went black and all eyes turned to their fearless leader. Robin's eyes lingered on the screen a little longer, knowing he would have to face his team at some point.

"Cyborg can you copy the coordinates so we can head out?" Robin asked as he turned away from the screen determined to look anywhere except at his friends, most of all Starfire.

"You going to tell us who the sick clown is first?" Raven asked.

"Yeah, he seems to know you pretty well." Beast Boy said.

Robin started for the door when a gentle hand grabbed him and he knew that resistance would be futile. He turned to look into Starfire's soft, emerald eyes.

"Robin, we are you friends, help us understand who he is." She said.

Robin sighed as he looked at the rest of the team who was looking expectantly at him.

"His name is the Joker and I've fought against him a few times back when I was still with Batman." Robin said finally.

The rest of the titans looked at each other in surprise. This was one of the first times Robin had ever mentioned his past, let alone Batman.

"Maybe I should go alone, I know him best." Robin said as he pulled his arm out of Starfire's grip and headed for the door again.

Beast Boy and Cyborg cut him off, creating a barrier in front of the door. "Are you out of your spikey headed little mind?" Cyborg said as Beast Boy nodded in agreement. "We're in this together."

"Someone has to make sure you don't hurt yourself." Raven said from next to Starfire.

Robin frowned for a moment and then nodded. "Fine, but we're going to stick together to whole time. The Joker may be one person, but he has a knack for causing big trouble."


The coordinates sent them to a large warehouse just outside of the downtown area. Close enough to do major damage if the bomb were to go off.

"Well it doesn't look too big." Beast Boy said as he sized the building up.

"Don't jinx it." Raven said as she walked past him into the building.

The titans found themselves in a small entranceway with no doors. Once the front doors closed the room became pitch black causing them to cry out. The floor began to shake violently, knocking the titans into each other.

"Stay together, no matter what!" Robin yelled over the noise.

Right as he finished his sentence three trap doors opened sending the scattered titans falling through them, separating them into different rooms.

Robin landed on his feet in the dark. He stood up and the whole room lit up. Robin found he was by himself and that the room was covered with hundreds of paintings. There were so many paintings that there was barely any wall space showing. Each painting sneered down at Robin and he got a creepy vibe that they were watching him. He saw a door on the opposite end of the room that seemed to be the only way out. He looked up to see from where he had fallen from, but the celling was one continuous piece it was a miracle he had even come out of it. He quickly pulled out his communicator.

"Titans, are you all alright?" He waited from a few minutes, but all her heard was static noise.

He punched the wall out of frustration. Not only did he put his friends in danger by leading them here but, they were now separated. One of the paintings next to him morphed into the Joker.

"Oh come now, Robin. You think I would make it that easy?" He said with a laugh.

"Where are my friends?" Robin asked through gritted teeth.

"Oh somewhere around here, but don't worry I'm sure they will have a great time in my fun house!" Joker said with a clap of his hands. He looked down at his watched and frowned. "Oh you better hurry though, time 's a ticking."

The Joker laughed before the painting morphed back into an ugly face that was eyeing Robin evilly. Robin sighed and started for the door. As soon as he took a few steps the faces in the paintings began moving and reaching out for him.


"Cyborg could you please get off of me?" Raven wheezed.

"Sorry, Raven." Cyborg said as he quickly got to his feet.

He held out a hand to help her up and they both look around the brightly colored, neon room. There were polka dots and stripes shinning sickly in the dim light.

"What is this some sort of fun house?" Raven asked as she examined the walls.

"Seems like it." Cyborg said as he read "Ball Room This Way" painted on the wall with an arrow pointing to the only door that was in their sights. "Looks like this is the only way to go."

Raven turned to see the way he was pointing to and she almost slapped her palm to her forehead. "You have got to be kidding me."

Cyborg shrugged and walked over to the door and opened it cautiously, his arm canon ready to fire if needed. Raven was right behind him. The door opened to reveal a giant room filled with different colored balls.

"What do you suppose is hidden down in there?" Cyborg asked as he eyed the pit wearily.

"Let's not find out." Raven said as she made a black platform appear for Cyborg to step on. "We'll just get over to the other door and find the others." She said as they started floating through the air.

As soon as they entered the room the polka dots opened up and small canons pulled out of the walls.

"Uh Raven!" Cyborg said as colorful balls began being blasted at them.

Cyborg blasted a few and Raven tried to dodge them, but she was eventually hit which sent her falling into the ball pit along with Cyborg. Cyborg emerged first and called out to Raven as the canons retreated back into the walls. Raven's head popped up a few feet away from Cyborg.

"It smells like week old pizza." She said flatly as she flicked a few balls out of her way.

"Guess we'll have to go the hard way." Cyborg said as he threw some balls to his left.

Before they had moved a few inches the balls on the opposite side of the room began to shake violently for a moment. Raven and Cyborg watched it with wide eyes. It suddenly stopped and both titans looked at each other.

"Oh boy." Cyborg said as he and Raven began to double their efforts into getting to the door.

The balls began to shake again, but this time they were closer and something big shot up through the balls and Cyborg blasted it as Raven cleared away more balls for them to run.


"Beast Boy which way do you think we should go?" Starfire asked as two doorways stood before them. One was pitch dark and the other led to what looked like a giant hall of mirrors.

Beast Boy looked at the mirrors with apprehension. He had been in one of those before and the last time he was there his heart had been broken…

"Let's go down this one." He said as he pointed to the pitch black entrance way.

Starfire looked at it with concern. "Are you sure?" She did not particularly want to go down that one, but if Beast Boy picked that way she would follow.

"Yes." He said without a thought.

He started for the entrance way and smacked right into a hard surface. Starfire caught him as he fell backwards. They both looked up and the entrance way melted into the wall.

"This 'fun house' seems very deceiving." Starfire said as she helped Beast Boy to his feet. She held out her hand and slowly moved towards the hall of mirrors. When her hand did not run into a wall she turned to look at her friend. "This is the only way out."

Beast Boy sighed and nodded his head as he slowly followed her into the hall of mirrors.

"We should go slow so not to run into any." Beast Boy said as he tried not to look at his reflection, but several Starfires and Beast Boys stared back at them.

"I believe I have the chills." Starfire said as they walked further into the maze.

A sudden movement caught Beast Boy's eye and he froze when he saw Terra's reflection suddenly filling the room.

"Terra?" He asked as Starfire gasped.

"Come and get me, Beast Boy." The reflection said mockingly and tore off along the maze.

Beast Boy hesitated for a moment before running after her, leaving Starfire behind. Starfire started after her friends when another image filled the mirrors. Gordanian soldiers surrounded her in the maze of mirrors. Starfire's hands began to glow green as she looked at the faces grinning at her.

"Take the prisoner back to the ship."

Before they could move Starfire began smashing any and every mirror she could see that held the image of the soldier.

"Come and fight me, cowards!" She yelled as she began flying through the maze.

Beast Boy could hear the smashing of glass, but he didn't care. Terra was just ahead of him and he was going to find her. She was still dressed as Slade's assistant and he was afraid she had gone back to him.

"Terra, stop!" he called.

She turned to look at Beast Boy, a smirk on her face. "You're just as pathetic as you were last time we were somewhere like this."

Beast Boy blinked back tears as he smashed the nearest mirror. Terra laughed as he smashed more mirrors. He slide down one as his arms throbbed and put his hands over his head to block her out of the cracked glass. He looked up and noticed a small light flashing right above the mirror. Ignoring Terra he changed into a bird and flew up to the small light.

He found a small projector with the image of the laughing Terra playing. He quickly snipped a wire with his beak and she disappeared. He transformed back into himself and took a deep breath.

"She's not real." He said as he steadied himself.

He heard the sound of crashing glass and Starfire yelling. Terra may not have been real, but Starfire was and she was in trouble. He took off towards the sound and found her cornered, sending starbolts everywhere.

"Star, they're not real!" Beast Boy called to her.

She looked over at him, her chest heaving from the effort. He pointed to where the small blinking light was and she took it out with her eye beams. The image of the Gordanian disappeared and Starfire sat down placing her arms around her knees. Beast Boy walked over to her and sat down next to her.

"I am not having the fun." She said shakily.

"Neither am I." He said miserably as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

She smiled at him and pulled him into a tight hug. Beast Boy was grateful for it. They stood up together and continued through the maze, wondering where their friends were.


Robin slammed the door to the painting room and took a moment to catch his breath. He had been close to being stuck in one of the paintings and had only escaped by freezing them. There was another door ahead of him and he opened it with caution.

"What!" He yelled as the room had several staircases going this way and that. Some led to other doors and some led straight into the walls, but he couldn't tell which was which.

A door from somewhere above him suddenly opened. He readied his weapons when he saw Raven and Cyborg tumbling out. They moved to quickly close the door they had just come out of.

"Push, Raven!" Cyborg yelled as something was pushing back.

"I'm trying!" She said angrily.

They finally got the door to close and both sighed in relief. They looked down to see Robin waving at them.

"Robin!" Cyborg said happily.

"What happened to you two?"

"Don't ask." Raven said as she took several steps away from the door they had just closed and was now being banged against.

"Have you guys seen Starfire or Beast Boy?" Robin asked hopefully.

"No, have you?" Cyborg asked.

Robin hung his head on his chest. "No." He murmured.

"You haven't seen them either?" Raven said. It was more of an accusation than a question.

"We'll find them." Cyborg said as he placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

She gave him a small smile and Robin nodded his head up at him.

"So uh, how do I get up there?" Robin asked after he looked around at the different staircases.

"Better question, which door is going to take us where we need to go?" Raven asked as she started up a few stairs.

After several long minutes, a few curse words and a giant leap later, Robin finally made his way to where Cyborg and Raven were.

"Well, that was a waste of time." Raven said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"At least we eliminated three doors." Cyborg said as he pointed to the doors that now had red x's on them. One of the doors was still wailing.

Before anyone could say anything a familiar scream filled the room.


Starfire and Beast Boy had finally found their way out of the mirror maze and came to a long hallway. There was a door at the end of the hallway that seemed to be their only way out. They continued onward and Beast Boy cautiously opened the door. It was dimly lit, but they knew there was no turning back now. They walked into the room and the door closed behind them and seemed to disappear.

"But where did the door go?" Starfire asked as she felt the wall where the door had been.

"And where's the other one." Beast Boy said as he felt around for another door.

As he touched the walls they began to move in, making the room smaller. Beast Boy jumped back and bumped into Starfire who was looking at the walls in horror.

"Please stop now!" She yelled as she tried using her strength to push them back, but they kept coming.

Beast Boy turned into a gorilla and also began pushing on the walls, but they would not give. Beast Boy was pressed against Starfire as the walls closed in on them. Starfire screamed and Beast Boy wrapped his arms around her. If he was to die, at least it was by the side of one of his closes friends…


"Which door is it?!" Robin asked in a panic voice as he ran each staircase and wretched open doors as fast as he could. He could feel his heart racing as Starfire's screams filled the room. He had to save her. He had too.

"That one!" Raven said in a voice that matched how Robin felt.

Cyborg and Robin ran to the door she was pointing to. It was sitting on the celling and they had to give a mighty tug to get it open. Starfire and Beast Boy came toppling out of the room. Beast Boy crashed into Cyborg and Raven while Robin caught Starfire in his arms, the weight causing them to fall to the ground.

"Dudes!" Beast Boy yelled in a shaky voice. He wrapped his arms around Cyborg and Raven in a big hug.

"Robin!" Starfire yelled as she flung her arms around Robin's neck.

Robin squeezed her tightly and placed a gentle hand on her cheek and smiled at her. He could feel his heart rate returning to normal now that she was safe. Now that she was back in his arms.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I am now." She said with a smile.

"Okay, Beast Boy you can let go now." Raven said as Beast Boy still had both of his friends in a tight hug.

Beast Boy let go and blushed as he helped Raven to her feet. He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Sorry, it's just, I thought we almost-"

"We all might be if we don't find this bomb." Robin said as he and Starfire joined them.

"Well, what door do we go through next?" Cyborg asked.

"There seems to be only one." Starfire said as she pointed to the door closes to them.

The rest looked around in surprise to see that she was right. The rest of the doors in the room seemed to have disappeared and this was their only option. They approached the door together and Robin slowly opened as everyone readied themselves to attack if something awful was waiting on the other side. The bomb was sitting in the middle of the room ticking away, but it appeared to be unoccupied.

The team stepped into the room, but as soon as they did a surge of electricity rippled through them. Every titan was knocked to the ground, groaning in pain, as the strange electricity grew stronger.

"Someone, stop it." Robin said through gritted teeth. His fingers were digging into the floor of the room.

Starfire slowly pushed herself up, the electricity still swimming through her body. The sounds of pains from her friends gave her the strength she needed to reach a standing position. Her eyes glowed green and she aimed a bolt at the machine that was producing the electricity. As soon as the starbolt made contact the electricity stopped. Starfire fell down to her knees, catching her breath.

"Nice work, Star." Raven said as she helped Beast Boy sit up.

Starfire smiled as Cyborg ran past her to the bomb that was running out of time. He quickly defused it and sighed with relief. Robin was helping Starfire to her feet when the wall behind them morphed into the Joker's face.

"Oh I guess you Titans are smarter than I gave you credit for. I know when I've lost." He said in a fake sad voice. "You may go."

The wall turned into a door that opened and led them back out into the street from where they had entered in when they first arrived.

"Does anyone else have a feeling that he let us go way too easily?" Cyborg asked as they all piled into the T-Car.

"If I know the Joker as well as I think I do, then I know there's something more sinister up his sleeve." Robin said as he pounded his fist into his hand.

"As long as we don't have to go into any more fun houses." Beast Boy said as he relaxed against his seat.

"Agreed." Raven and Starfire said at the same time.


"I believe these results have given you exactly what you wanted." The Joker said as he watched Chang smile gleefully at a few dozen charts and graphs.

"Now all we have to do is acquire the titan at the right moment." Change said as he rubbed his hands together greedily.

"Oh I'm sure it will come. Even titans need to sleep."


And chapter 2 is done. Lots of things happening and lots of things still to come! Again I really love the team dynamic and how close they all are so I like top play on that. Any thanks for reading!

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