Your Nightmares are Killing Me!

Chapter three

It was raining outside, more like pouring outside. Lightning now and then flashed followed by loud rumbling high in the sky. The loud noises and bright flashes did not wake the sleeping girl in the darkest room in the tower. However she wasn't in a peaceful sleep either. She kept moving about in her bed as if she were struggling against something. She had her hands clenched in fists and her eyes tightly shut. She was in an uneasy dream, some might call it a nightmare.

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Raven was walking down a dark hallway. It was cold and made her body shiver. Goosebumps covered her bare skin. She held her arms around herself trying to warm herself. It did not work. An icy wind was her reply and nearly blew her over. Gaining her balance again Raven continued her stroll down the hallway.

She stopped as she heard some noises. She turned to her right side and saw what looked like a small window. She felt drawn to look inside and at the same time feared it. She feared what she would see. However she peeked in it anyway. As she did the window expanded surrounding her like she was inside it.

She looked around cautiously and noticed she was in a dark street surrounded by buildings. The hallway was not there anymore. Raven gasped when she saw, herself flying in the air fighting with someone. She heard someone scream her name and saw a pole/spear flying at her other self above. A green person pushed her roughly aside causing the weapon to miss by a few inches.

Before raven could act at all the street disappeared and she found herself back in the hallway. Reluctantly she walked further down the hallway. This time she saw a small window in her left and again peeked inside. Instead of the hallway disappearing she herself appeared.

Her other self sighed deeply. Suddenly she heard her own voice though it sounded a bit muffled. She wasn't talking herself and her other self was not moving her lips. Then Raven realised she was hearing her thoughts.

'Why am I relieved?'

'Visions are just people's imagination for desperate control of their destinies, their lives!'

'I don't believe it!'

Suddenly her other self disappeared. Raven looked around slightly panicked. A cold shiver went up her back and she involuntarily shivered. Her eyes widened as she heard a deep and strong voice.

'What are you afraid of?!'

Raven backed up against the wall panic rising. She wasn't afraid. What would she be afraid of.

'To believe!' The same strong voice spoke echoing through the hallway.

Afraid to believe? Was that it? Was she afraid to believe? No it was ridiculous. She wasn't even afraid.

'Yes you are! Afraid to believe, afraid to trust, afraid to die' the voice spoke again.

Raven shivered at his words. She couldn't help but feel he was in some way right. She was afraid to believe because it meant she was in danger. She was afraid to trust because it could be easily crushed. She was afraid to lose something. Afraid to lose her own life, but also the people who are important to her. She was truly afraid.

Just as Raven realised this a different voice spoke. It was extremely cold and sounded evil. It felt like her eardrums were ripped open.

'You fear everything! Fear to believe, fear to trust, fear to lose, fear to die, fear to feel, fear to destroy, fear to kill, fear of yourself!' The horrifying voice spoke.

Raven felt her head split and desperately held it in her hands clenching tightly. Yet another voice spoke.

'Everyone would be better off without you. Why not end it all? End you suffering, end their suffering, end you life, kill yourself and be done with it!' the voice cracked.

Raven's eyes snapped open and she backed up to the wall again. She slit down passed the wall and buried her head in her knees which she had pulled to her chest. She trembled as that order kept lingering in her mind.

'Kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself, NOW!'

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In another room a certain green looking boy was in a restless sleep as well. He however wasn't just tossing around. He lay with his head at the end of his bed and hung half beside it. His face however was scrunched as if in pain or fear. He clenched the sheet in his hands nearly ripping them apart. He too was having a nightmare.

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Beast Boy walked through the hallway of Titans Tower. As he passed raven's door he heard it open. Raven walked right passed him not even saying morning. However that wasn't what disturbed him. It was the fear or nervousness on her face that worried him.

Beast Boy sped up and walked beside her. Raven merely glanced a millisecond at him before focusing in front of herself again.

'Are you alright?' Beast Boy asked carefully. Raven shrugged her shoulder not in the mood to answer. 'Come on you can tell me' He pressed on.

They stopped in front of the common room door. Beast Boy was waiting for Raven do make a move on entering or not. She however turned to him looking rather depressed.

'I had a nightmare' She spoke monotone. Beast Boy was slightly surprised she told him this so easily.

'What was it about?' Beast Boy asked gently. Raven sighed before speaking.

'The details aren't important. It just made everything so clear to me' Raven spoke as though she was relieved.

Beast Boy was rather confused right now. 'What do you mean?' He inquired. Raven turned back to face him.

'Follow me' Raven simply said. Both titans entered the common room. It looked the same as usual except for the many wires in the room.

Raven stepped forward and stopped as she stood on some red cross on the floor. She hold her hand up to stop Beast Boy from following her. Before he could realise what was happening Raven was soaked. Beast Boy looked stunned as he hadn't seen the water appear from anywhere.

Raven reached out with her left hand taking hold of a exposed wire. Her right hand then moved to a switch that somehow floated in mid-air. Beast Boy felt panicked and terrified as he realised what she was doing. He dashed forward as Raven spoke.

'I have to kill myself' She spoke monotone and before Beast Boy reached her she activated the switch and the electricity poured into her body.

Raven twisted and screamed in pain. All Beast Boy could do was scream with her. He clenched his head between his hands and sank to the floor just as Raven dropped down as well. Both fell down, only one unmoving. A painful sting went through Beast Boy's head as he heard her voice one last time.

'I have to kill myself.'

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Two teenagers sat up in their bed in less than a second. Both were panting heavily, both were sweating, both with fear written all over their faces.

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Raven got out of bed seeing it was morning already. For once in her life she was up late. She refreshed herself and quickly left her room. As she reached the hallway her nightmare flashed back in her mind and she involuntarily shivered. Not being a great fan of hallways just now she phased through the walls to the common room.

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Beast Boy jumped out of his bed tumbling forward and hitting the ground painfully. He cursed as he looked back and noticed his right foot tangled in the sheet. He roughly pulled himself loose wondering why he always got stuck to his sheet and dressed.

He skidded out his room and stopped when he reached Raven's room. He waited at first, but after a while knocked. There was no response.

'So far so good. She hasn't come out of her room like in my dream. Wait in my dream I already passed by her room' Beast Boy thought and anxiously he walked passed her room.

Raven did not emerge from the room. Beast boy was still very anxious and without a second thought shape shifted in an ant and crawled underneath the door. After a few glances he realised she wasn't in her room. Fear overwhelmed him and he crawled back to the hallway reverting to his normal self and ran to the common room.

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Raven waited for the door to swish open. She stepped inside and within seconds felt a large amount of cold water splash over her and a bucket landed on her head. First thing she felt was shock, but soon followed anger. She could hear gasps all around her and indicated three different voices. However she was too angered right now to question any of those voices. Her power lashed out and the bucket went flying through the common room. Now three titans faced a rather cranky Raven.

Raven looked around the room. Cyborg was near the television which was opened up. Wires covered the ground. Robin was with Starfire eating breakfast at the one table they had. Well off course all three were at the moment doing nothing but looking scared and ashamed.

'Raven we're so sorry' Robin began.

'It wasn't meant for you' Cyborg chimed in.

'We apologise for any inconvenience this has or may have caused you' Starfire spoke.

It stayed quiet after that, except for the dripping of water from Raven. She wasn't just wet, she was soaked to the part where water was no longer absorbed, but simply sliding off of her.

Raven sighed and closed her eyes for a moment to calm herself.. after all if she hadn't been up so late it wouldn't have happened to her and she would be sitting with them waiting for Beast Boy to show up.

'It's fine' Raven said as she squeezed her cloak creating a nice puddle on the ground. The three other titans sighed in relieve, but their faces didn't completely cheer up as they felt slightly ashamed still.

Before another word was spoken the door swished open again and Beast Boy appeared. He looked shocked, but before he could stop his run into the room he slipped on the water on the ground and bumped into Raven. Raven fell forward while Beast Boy fell backwards. Beast Boy rubbed his head as he looked around the room.

He saw the wires and looked in horror shocking the other titans. 'A shit!' Cyborg shouted as the television gave off some sparks. Beast Boy looked at Raven who shifted on the ground. He saw her hand near an exposed wire. Her fall down had pushed away the safety cap Cyborg always placed over exposed wires or other stuff.

Beast Boy lashed forward seeing sparks coming from the wire. Raven just turned her head only to see Beast Boy jumping right at her. The heavy impact caused them both to slide across the floor away form the wire where raven seconds before was only inches away from.

A huge spark appeared from the wire, caused by the little water nearby. All the titans jumped onto something while Beast Boy lifted Raven in his arms. The electricity did nothing to him and seeing Raven was wet – though he had no clue as to why – he made sure she was anywhere from near the ground.

Cyborg quickly shut off the power and checked on the other titans. 'Anyone hurt?' He asked. Robin and Starfire who had jumped onto the table nodded.

'We're fine' Robin said.

Cyborg moved his shoulder light to Beast Boy and Raven and all went silent for a moment at the awkward position the two were in. Raven lay in Beast Boy's arms. Seeing it was safe now Beast Boy placed Raven on her feet on the ground.

'You two okay?' Cyborg asked. Raven simply nodded. Beast Boy however twisted as if he felt a jolt for a second.

'Yeah peachy' Beast Boy said. Only now did the others notice his hair was slightly smoking and standing upwards. Cyborg moved the light lower and noticed Beast Boy shoes were slightly smoking as well.

'Off course!' Cyborg shouted out loud. 'BB had rubber soles. Smart move, man' Cyborg complimented him.

Everyone looked surprised and happy. Beast Boy had acted smart and saved Raven in the proves. If she had been in contact with the floor she would have gotten seriously injured, but seeing she was also wet it would be far more fatal.

'I'm sorry Robin. Something went wrong with the…….' Cyborg began explaining to Robin and soon they were in their own world.

Starfire was floating nearby Robin listening, but not understanding. Raven glanced slightly at those three and sued her powers to float herself. She was a bit wary of the floor right now.

She then glanced at Beast Boy who had stopped smoking mostly. His green hair was a bit darker now than usual, but it could be fixed easily. Beast Boy noticed Raven looking at him and somehow felt nervous. He quickly forgot about he nervousness when he felt his feet burn again.

Raven noticed Beast Boy winced. Realising what was wrong she gently helped him to a chair. 'Thanks' Beast Boy said as he sat down removing the weight from his feet. With her powers Raven removed the shoes.

'I should be the one to say thanks' She said softly. Beast Boy smiled at her comment.

'It wasn't a big deal. I'd do it any time' Beast Boy replied.

'Thank you' Raven said very seriously. Beast Boy just looked at her accepting her gratitude. Then Raven floated away and returned with a bucket of water. Before beast Boy knew what she planned his feet were icy cold and wet, but the burning was gone.

Raven phased through the walls again leaving to meditate, again. She was pretty scared back then and needed to desperately calm herself down. 'I could have died today. Beast Boy saved me. Did he know something would happen? He did run inside practically hysterical. It doesn't matter for now. All that matters is if he hadn't been there I was probably dead' pushing her thoughts away Raven settled down on her bed.

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Beast Boy after twenty minutes left for his own room to get new shoes. His feet still hurt, but at least Raven was safe. The resemblance with his own nightmare were striking again. The electricity, though Raven didn't do it on purpose in reality it was still scary. The sudden water was explained as well, though he didn't see the water fall from anywhere. Beast Boy was far from calm. Whatever was going on, his nightmares were definitely involved.

'Whatever it takes I won't let Raven get hurt' With that as his last thought he left his room again to check how things were going in the common room.


Well that was chapter three. Hope it's any good. Let me know in a review. I apologise it takes so long for this story to be updated, but it's just moving slowly from lack of inspiration. But I'm not giving up on it!