Ataraxia Praeteritum, Perdidit Futurum

Chapter 4: Keeping Things in Check

After the daydream, I was brought back to the movie by the arrival of the end credits. Everyone around me had a look of shock plastered on their faces.

Instantly they began to discuss how incredibly horrific the movie had been.

"C'mon BB you don't even look like you were scared!" Cyborg shouted. I just rubbed the back of my head sheepishly.

"Um, yeah, I forgot to mention that I already saw this movie." It wasn't actually a lie. Cyborg just glared at me, so did everyone else.

I just smiled, "I just wanted to see your faces!" It had been years since I had joked around with anyone and even to me I was rough. However, they just rolled their eyes thinking that I was trying too hard to be funny.

I was just about to leave thinking that no one would ask if Raven was scarred, but Starfire just had to speak up.

"Friend Raven, you seem distressed, did the movie frighten you?" she asked. I just left the room knowing that Raven would be denying it and I had a plan to enact.

Turning into a fly I went throughout the hallways all night, until the scream. I remembered how everything played out and it went the same way until I didn't show up.

Everyone ran through the halls trying to find the exact location of the noise but they all ended up in the living room. I was currently situated on the Ceiling, watching the group below.

"I'm assuming everyone heard that scream, but where's Beast Boy?" Robin asked. Everyone had looked around, but it was Raven that spoke up, "Is it really surprising that he could have slept through that?"

I watched them as they conversed about what if could have been before the first figure stepped off the shadows. It looked the same as last time, the monster in the movie.

I watched as Cyborg fired his sonic blaster with no effect and Starfire threw Starbolts which hit but did nothing.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven called but nothing happened. With that revelation, Robin called the order.

"Titans, retreat!"

However, before any of them could leave the room the monster disappeared before their eyes.

For a moment they looked at each other.

"What just happened?" Cyborg asked. All of the team was still looking around like they expected it to appear again.

"I don't know, but we need to find Beast Boy," Robin said while leading the team out to the hallway.

Following them, they opened my door only to find that I wasn't there. Raven was still confused as to why she didn't have her powers, and at Robin's command, they took off to find Control Freak's remote in case it wasn't still there.

Walking down a hallway Robin tilted his head as if he could hear something. Turning he looked down to see a small four eyes rat.

"Um, guys?"

Before anyone could react and an entire army of them appeared from the shadows. All of the team took off running down the hall, but more rats came from the darkness.

Eventually, they even came from the ceiling, falling onto Starfire.

"Ahhhhhh" she screamed as she lost concentration and fell to the ground.

Instantly the warm was upon her. Having taken a Titan, they retreated back into the darkness leaving the remaining titans in shock.

Robin when absolute nuts trying to figure out how to get her back, but eventually was forced to give up when Cyborg insisted they pushed on.

When they went into the evidence room Robin found the remote, but was when he was taken, simply sucked into the wall, before he could tell them what he had figured out. Both Cyborg and Raven had tried to pull him back, but the darkness was simply too strong and all they were left was a glove.

Both Raven and Cyborg ran through the Tower trying to find and exit, but everyone was blocked or disabled.

It was then that Cyborg decided to just make and exit, believing the best place the common room. Raven entered the living room first, but to her surprise, Cyborg didn't follow.

She was all alone now and I was the one who was in the position to help her. She had collapsed onto the ground, confused and scared, I flew down and transformed in front of her.

"Beast Boy!" she exclaimed, getting up instantly, a rare sense of emotion was put into her words/

"Where in Azarath have you been!" she yelled

I shrunk back instinctively, "I've kinda following you guys around as a fly, the monsters don't notice me as one."

She shook her head before I could continue, "But I know what this is.

She looked at me with wide eyes, wondering how I had figured it out. "Raven you need to admit you're afraid," I said calmly and hopped she didn't lash out at me.

She did just that "Beast Boy, this is not the time for foolish jokes!" she yelled at me. I just remained calm "Your powers Raven, you lost control, you need to reign in your emotions, your fear is manifesting itself."

She just shrunk to the floor holding herself. "No, fear is a weakness, it holds you back, messes with you." She shook her head obviously in denial. The dark constructs appeared and began to steadily advance towards us.

"I don't do fear!"

I just looked down and sighed, the darkness was now pulling at my body "No Raven, fear is good, it gives you strength, pushes you to impossible limits, to control your fear is to control your limits, but you have to admit that to yourself first."

I hoped that my little pep talk had spurred some sort of reaction, at first I was worried, she just sat there, until I saw her mouth move ever so slightly.

Light washed over the tower, I was released from my shadowy restraints and Raven was passed out cold on the floor. I raised an eyebrow to myself

Well, that went well.

I carried her back to her own room, each Titan was at the spot where they were originally taken. I took a few moments to take everyone to their respected rooms and hoped that they all thought it was a bad dream.

While everyone was out I took the liberty of pilfering some books from Raven, blueprints from Cyborg and some designs from Robin. I would need them if I was going to recreate my old gadgets. Once all that was done I retreated to my room where I laid down in bed.

Easy as pie. I told myself.

Drifting off into sleep I found myself in Titans Tower. I knew exactly what this meant, I had this happen many times before. I went throughout the tower, seeing different Beast Boys along the way. Walking into a special elevator I was taken down deep under the tower.

Within a few moments, I was at the deepest part of my mind, where the most sensitive and dangerous thoughts, ideas, information, and personalities were kept.

The tower was only a fraction of the mind I had built up, outside there was an entire world teeming with different emoticlones.

Along each doorway, a number was painted in bold numbers. Each room had two guards specifically designed for that occupant or to keep out any would-be intruders.

Reaching the end of the corridor I was greeted with the door known as 52, it was guarded by six individuals, the best of the best.

And I thought Raven ruled her mind with an iron fist.

A series of different systems were in place to recognize only a few select people.

Once I passed the final security clearance I walked out along a circular catwalk. In the center, there was a solid floor. "Ah, look who's been gone for a few days, we were starting to worry." A figure that looked like me in the future stood there towering over me.

"I was beginning to wonder if you were stopping your daily visits."

"Don't kid me, you can see everything."

He was slightly taller at seven feet and clad in riot gear. Tear gas grenades and nightsticks were strapped to his body as well as a riot shield resting on the floor.

"Good to see you to Order, I was coming to check up on him, I hope he hasn't been too restless," I said with a slight smile. Order was the perfect counterpart to guard this, creature, but sometimes even I doubted if he would be able to subdue him alone.

"Nah, he thinks he's gonna get out soon tho." He said with a frown.

I gritted my teeth, "Bring him up, I want to talk to him."

I watched at the center of the walkway began to slide in 4 different sections. It went this way for ten doors and a set of rails lined the sides so that something would be driven up.

When it reached the top I examined him tall and muscular, he was a light red, his skin morphed from human to different ferocious predators repeatedly and his irises were a slickly black.

"Why hello, Changeling, Garfield, or is it Beast Boy now?" he smirked. "With all these changes I wouldn't remember what to call you."

I hated him with a passion, but no matter how hard I tried I could never stamp him out.

"So I hear that you think you're going to get out?" I asked him. He smiled and tilted his head "Of course, a man has to hope."

"That's someone else's job."

"Besides, we both know there's a fat chance of that happening if you don't recall I wasn't the only one who built this prison.

Both his hands and legs were completely encased in metal as well as several rings going around his arms torso and legs, in between, were force fields and surrounding him was the strongest magic I could conjure.

"O but I will and you're going to let me out willingly."

I raised an eyebrow "And how do you figure that?"

He glared at me, but the smile never left his lips "Because sooner or later you'll screw up like you always do, and you'll need me for some reason."

"Really and how do you figure that?"

"Easy, history repeats itself."

Hey, guys next chapter here, I kinda brushed over the details with Control Freak, it just wasn't that important to me. The real problem with this story is that when I go through the entire storyline for Teen Titans I want to do most episodes, but skim over others kinda like what I did for Control Freak. I'll just have to see how it all plays out. Till next time.