Beast Boy made his way through the underground tunnel on a concrete path that ran alongside the water line, his keen eyesight allowed him to see in the dark and look for anything that resembled a bomb. He had been walking for nearly fifteen minutes before he heard the pitter patter of something running behind him. However, when he turned around, nothing was there.
He started to freak out, remembering every horror movie that he watched. Pushing those thoughts out of his mind, he chuckled nervously and turned back to continue on the path.
"It's nothing. Probably just some rats. Yeah, rats." He told himself, although each sentence sounded even less convincing than the last.
He picked up the pace and continued forward. Unexpectedly, he felt something brush up against his legs. He yelped in surprise and nearly jumped out of his skin. But when he turned around, he saw no rats. He quickly called Cyborg on the communicator, figuring that the best thing he could do would be to talk to someone.
"Come on, come on." He mumbled as the communicator only showed static. Cyborg should have picked up by now. After a minute of silence, Beast Boy concluded that being underground was blocking the signal. Or at least he hoped that was what was blocking the signal.
The green Titan continued walking until he saw a small shape sitting on the rail that was in between the water pipes and the walkway. Beast Boy continued forward, curios as to what was there. He abruptly stopped when he realized what the shape was.
A green monkey sat on the rail grinning at him in a very human, very sinister, way. No, it can't be. He thought as he looked at the familiar animal, that thing was in Africa, how can it be here? The monkey stood absolutely still, even as Beast Boy drew closer to it. As he reached out his hand to touch it, the green monkey bit down on his hand and ran off into the darkness. The boy quickly retracted his hand and grimaced in the pain that it caused him. Suddenly he felt his body start to morph.
What's going on? Beast Boy felt every bone and muscle in his body start to twist and contort to a new shape, I'm not doing this! Why am I transforming? He felt the hair on his entire body start to lengthen. His muscles increased in mass dramatically and tore through Beast Boy's suit. His fingers turned into claws and his toes into talons. His fangs also increased in length and became serrated. As a final change, the pupils in his eyes narrowed into those of an animal.
After all of the changes were complete, Beast Boy pulled his now hulking frame off of the ground. He grabbed the rail and looked over the side to see the face of the Beast reflected back at him in the clear metal of the water pipe.
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Cyborg walked over to Starfire as she stroked Silkie in a very rough manner. Her face was contorted into a look of anxiety as she wonder if her friends were okay.
Cyborg put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, Robin and the others will be fine. This will be just like any other mission. Nothing to worry about."
Starfire looked up at him quickly, "Worried? Who is worried? I am not!" she gave a very fake and rather comical grin as she stroked her pet even harder, causing the mutated worm to wiggle out of grip.
Her metallic friend raised one of his eyebrows and crossed his arms. Starfire sighed, "Alright friend Cyborg, I shall do the fessing up. I have developed what Robin calls the 'gut feeling' that something bad is going to happen."
Cyborg smiled sympathetically, "Like I said before, this Scarecrow guy won't be any harder to beat than the villains that we have fought in the past. I mean, we've taken on some pretty big dudes; Raven's dad, Slade, Brother Blood. And we always came out on top. Now won't be any different."
Starfire, reassured by what Cyborg said smiled, "Thank you friend Cyborg for the words of kindness."
"No problem, it's what I'm-" before Cyborg could finish what he was saying, the lights shut off. The emergency lights kicked on and illuminated the room in an eerie yellow.
"Probably just a blown fuse, I'll be back in a second." Cyborg said as he left.
Something told Starfire, though, that it was more than just a simple electrical problem.
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Cyborg walked down the hallway, his robotic eye acting as a flashlight to help him see. Even though the medical wing had emergency lights, the hallway and the majority of other rooms did not. Cyborg cursed his negligence and continued down the hall way to the elevator. He arrived at the elevator and hit the button to go to the garage. The ride at first was easy, but suddenly, the elevator seemingly malfunctioned and shot down. Cyborg's eyes widened and he yelled as he fell at a rate that would surely kill him.
Against all odds though, the death trap he had entered into stopped. The door opened as it normally would and Cyborg released his grip on the bars. He shakily stepped out of the elevator and realized that he was standing on top of S.T.A.R. Labs. The sky was a steel grey and the air was stale. When he looked over the side of the building, he saw nothing but an empty void.
The teenage boy's half computer mind raced to try and understand what was going on. Before his processors could fully kick in, the whole building started to crumble around him. Chucks separated piece by piece. Some rose into the air while others fell into the abyss below, however the portion of roof that he was standing on stayed completely intact. While this was happening, the logical computer in his mind tried to tell him that it was only a hallucination, that this was only Scarecrow. The voice saying this was small though, and Cyborg's emotions overrode it.
When all of the building finally separated, Cyborg saw that the pieces that had risen into the air formed a sort of spiraling stairway leading upwards into the grey sky. As he stepped towards the first step of the stairway, the elevator behind him opened and the very creature that had killed his mother and maimed him seeped out. What the heck is it doing here?! Cyborg thought as he charged up his sonic canons and aimed at the inter-dimensional creature as it charged towards him.
The weapons on his arms only gave a low wurr before they automatically transformed back into his hands. The monster continued to charge forward, and Cyborg saw that he had no choice but to run. He climbed up the stairs, tailed by the creature.
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Having made it a bit farther than Beast Boy, Raven found one of the devices holding the fear toxin. She tried calling Cyborg several times on her communicator, but only got empty static each time. Being that technology wasn't exactly her forte, Raven understood little more about the bomb than what she saw. It was about a meter and-a-half tall and cylindrical in form. A large tube attached to the machine snaked down and connected with the water line. Raven noticed a small control pad resting towards the bottom of the machine, and reached down to see if there was a command on it to shut down the bomb. The empath was stopped when a hand grabbed her shoulder and turned her around. She stepped back in shock at who she saw. Standing in front of her were the two people that she had hated most, Terra and Malchoir.
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Starfire became alarmed after Cyborg did not return from fixing the power for several minutes. She shifted in her bed and looked at some of the books that Raven had brought her a little while ago. The alien looked at the elaborate titles and symbols covering the front pages and decided she would read one of her own books instead. The back cover read, English Phrases for Dummies. Starfire read from line to line, trying to improve her understanding of some of the things her friends said.
Several moments later, the common room door hissed open. Thinking that Cyborg was back, the girl looked up to great her friend. Instead she stared straight into the yellow eyes of Scarecrow.
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Raven found herself facing the two enemies on top of a large flat surface that reminded her of an arena. She looked around her and saw that mountains rose all around them. Trees grew at an unnatural speed and meshed together, forming a dome. Somehow though, it was still bright enough that Raven could see her enemies.
"How are you still alive?" Raven said looking back and forth between Malchoir and Terra.
"Did you really think you could keep us imprisoned forever?" Malchoir's smooth voice spoke first. "It was only a matter of time before you had to face us again. Why don't you submit now Raven? It will make life so much easier on you."
"I beat you once Malchoir, I'll beat you again." Raven turned towards the former Titan, "Why are you working with him? I thought you forgot who you were."
"Oh, poor Raven," Terra mocked the empath, not even smart enough to figure out how we came back. Here, we'll give you a little hint."
Both of the villains closed their eyes. When they opened, four red slits took the place of their former eyes.
"But how?!" Raven exclaimed, shocked at the telltale sign of her father, "He is gone forever."
Malchoir smirked and opened his mouth as if to say something. Instead he spewed fire from his mouth at Raven. The empath, her reaction time strengthened by Robin's training, summoned a temporary shield that blocked the fire. The shield was broken, however, when Terra threw a large boulder into Raven. This attack knocked Raven onto her back and left her easily vulnerable to the next attack. Malchoir created a bolt of lightning that shot out and launched Raven into the ceiling. Terra followed up the onslaught by causing the dirt to cluster together in a line. The dirt acted as a giant whip and wrapped around Raven. It pulled her into the ground and then formed into a layer of unmoving rock, completely encasing her.
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A hand punched out of the grave and pushed upwards. Robin pulled himself up and out of the dirt. The mud ran down his face as he completely removed himself from the coffin. Once he stepped out, he found himself to be in one of the last places he expected: The Batcave. Standing over him, was the familiar shape of the world's greatest detective. Robin felt like a small child in the shadow of an overwhelming father as he looked up at Batman.
His mentor's cold glare never broke and he began to speak, "You failed. Just like always, you failed."
"I don't understand." Robin said, not knowing what his adoptive father was talking about.
"Of course you don't, you never understood what it takes to be a leader. And now those that you loved had to pay the price." Batman stepped to the side to show Robin four examination tables. On each was the cold lifeless corpse of each of the other Titans. Robin drug himself over to the table that Starfire laid on and took her pale hand in his. He felt tears streak down his face as he stared at his teammates. "But… but I tried! I tried to be as good of a trainer and leader as you were! I only wanted to do the right thing."
"But you didn't. You failed. You're the same as when you were a small child, helpless. Useless. I don't know why I ever trusted you to go out on your own."
Robin felt the anger swell in his chest at Batman's harsh words. He suddenly drew his Bo Staff and swung it around, knowing that fighting against Batman would be futile. To his surprise, Batman didn't move from the spot that he stood, and the bar connected with his cranium. A loud CRACK! resonated through the Batcave as Batman dropped to the floor, unmoving. Robin paused for a second, not believing what had just happened. He quickly shook out of stupor and ran to his mentor's side.
"Batman?!" Robin shook his adoptive father, trying to get him to wake up, "Bruce! Oh god, I didn't mean it! I didn't mean to do this." His voice cracked and he began to cry.
Slade now stood in front of him, "Congratulations, son. You're now a killer. Just like me." Slade held out his hand for Robin, "Give in, join me."
Robin reached his hand out, but stopped. Something small in the back of his brain told him that all wasn't normal. Why would Batman, trained by the League of Assassins, allow Robin to kill him so easily? How did Starfire and the others die? When did Slade arrive? All these questions started to make him think harder and clearer. He remembered that Scarecrow could inject people with fear toxin and that it causes them to hallucinate. His logic kicked in and he narrowed his eyes.
All though his mind still didn't understand what was going on, Robin grasped what he needed to do. He looked Slade dead in the eye and said with calm resolve, "I am not a killer. And I will never be like you." With that, he slapped Slade's hand away and kicked upwards with his foot. It connected with Slade's mask and shattered it. The cracks seamed to spread all throughout the Batcave, and the entire scene shattered like glass.
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Robin gasped and opened his eyes. He shot straight up off of his back and looked around. He was still in the warehouse, but was laying on the floor. Next to him was a canister of fear toxin, the lid opened and the gas emptied. Robin ran back outside and hoped onto his bike. When he tried to call Cyborg, the communicator only showed static. This provided all the information he needed, and Robin sped towards the Titan's Tower.
Scarecrow was going down.
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I decided I could right o.k. stories in two to three days, or I could write a better story in four or five days. Thanks for all of the reviews and ideas. Let me know if you see any grammatical errors. Other than that, I don't have anything new going on. See you guys later.