Author's Note: Hi guys! Er sorry for not updating in quite a while. This one been giving me a struggle on how to start and…I've been busy watching Batman: The Animated Series heh I just love the Joker XD "Jingle bells, Batman smells. Robin laid an egg…" hehehehe

Shout outs: Thanks to TrumpetNeard for following and reviewing. Thanks for beastylover for reviewing.

Summary: After fighting crime for a long time, something terrible had happened to one of the Titans. However, the Titans just now started to realize that there is something wrong with the member and they must figure it out before it is too late for them…

Chapter 9: Possessed

The door slid open, revealing a shadowy figure. It was also clear that it was nighttime since there were no lights at all though when the figure walked into the room, it was now dimly lit.

Robin narrowed his eyes as he was searching through the evidence room. Just to make sure everything was still in its rightful place. After all, they had been gone away for a long time. Before all this, he even went to the prison to make sure the villains—old and new—were still stuck in their jails.

He then stopped in the middle of the room only to have something to capture his attention. Robin turned his head at the right side to see the many clippings of newspapers and such. His eyes narrowed down as he was staring at a one particular picture.

It was none other than Slade.

Right after Raven saved the world from Trigon, he was never found. Never captured.

It had been quite a while from the last time he heard from him. Trying to shrug it off, Robin walked towards the door after everything was in its rightful place. He flickered off the lights and exited out of the room.

Right now, he could use a good night sleep.

:(/\):

Robin clenched his fists as he moved around in his bed.

"No…stop…" he muttered.

Beads of sweat were sliding down at the side of his forehead.

Robin suddenly found himself in an empty void of darkness. Just then, several of figures started to show up from the shadows. At first, it was hard to tell but eventually, the shadows faded away from the figures and it revealed the villains.

They all had menacing looks on their faces but something else was…different about them. Robin wasn't sure what it was bothering him though he had little time to think about it since the villains started to walk towards him, making him to step back.

As they started to walk, they unexpectedly stopped which caused Robin to be suspicious about it.

Why would they suddenly stop?

His question was soon answered when the villains began to split up equally so that there was an empty spot between them. And then, it happened.

Robin had his eyes wide when he saw a pair of two great red eyes staring right at him through the fog…

Robin gasped, pushing himself up just as lightning flashed. He panted heavily as cold sweat was rolling down his forehead. He moaned softly, placing his face into one of his hands as though he was trying to forget about that…nightmare. When he removed his hand, instead of having a white mask…

The white in the mask was replaced with red…

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"Beast Boy! Give me back the remote!" Cyborg shouted, snarling at the green one.

"No way! My favorite TV show is on and I told you guys that I was going to hog the TV every Tuesday!" Beast Boy exclaimed back.

"Does it look like I care?" he growled.

The two were now fighting over the remote as they both held their hands on to it, trying to get the remote out of each other's grasp. Meanwhile, Raven who was sitting away from them, started to twitch in annoyance since every now and then, she would look at the two arguers.

"Friends, I have baked the pudding of happiness—"

"I DON'T NEED FOOD!" Cyborg hollered. "I just want the remote!"

"Finders Keeper, losers weepers!" the green Titan exclaimed, laughing as he succeeded in getting the remote.

This only made Cyborg to growl even more furious.

"You will be the one weeping when I throw you off a cliff and say it was an accident!" the half robot threatened.

"Empty threat."

The door of the living room slid open, revealing Robin. Upon seeing the newcomer, Starfire flew towards him, carrying the pudding of happiness.

"Robin!" she exclaimed, happily. "Might you wish to try the pudding of happiness?"

The last time he ate the pudding of happiness, it didn't exactly ended well…

"Er, no thanks Star. Um…I just had er breakfast." Robin responded though he thought it didn't sound very convincing.

"Oh I see." she then flew away.

When she flew away, Robin raised one of his eyebrows and stared at the scene ahead. Sighing, the leader walked towards it.

"Woah, woah! Calm down, guys! You're going to cause a World War three with the chaos you two are doing."

The two fighters stopped for a minute so that they looked with a small glare on their faces. They then resumed back to their fighting with Robin in it this time.

Raven, who was just about ready to throw the three boys out of the window, twitched in annoyance.

"This argument is pointless. You are wasting your energy and losing your emotions." Raven spoke.

Sadly, they didn't hear her. Just as she was about to blow her top off, the alarm began to blare loudly which finally interrupted the argument between the boys.

Quickly, Robin started to type away at the keyboard and soon a map showed up.

"It's at the centre of Jump City. If a fight ensues there…"

"Then the whole thing can go." Cyborg finished.

"Titans, go!"

:(/\):

A few minutes later, the Titans arrived at the battle scene. But by the time they arrived, instead of evening, night had fallen over Jump City.

"Put it down nicely or no one's going to get hurt."

Because of the new voice, the creature stopped what it was doing and looked over the large object of what it was currently holding.

"I thought Plasmus was in jail." Beast Boy responded.

Robin narrowed his eyes. "I thought so too."

And then, the fight was ensued when the ugly creature threw the truck towards them and they jumped or flew out of the way. The truck collided with another car which caused an explosion.

"Titans, go!"

With that, everyone leapt into action.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

Three cars that were covered in dark magic were hurdled towards Plasmus. It did little effect but it stopped him from reaching another truck.

"Yo, slime ball! I hope you're ready because this one's going to be loud!" Cyborg shouted who was riding on the green rhino.

At the right time, he jumped in the air and blasted his cannon at the creature. It created a hole right in the middle which allowed Cyborg to go through. A groan came, indicating that Beast Boy got hurt since he was shaking his head. The creature gurgled before fixing up the hole and then faced Cyborg.

He gasped when Plasmus threw its muddy substance, causing a mud slide. When that was over, Cyborg pushed himself up only to spit up the substance from his mouth.

"Bleh!" he spat out. "Aweh, man. I got goo in my gears."

It seemed that the creature was laughing at him since it made odd sounds but his laugh didn't last long since raining starbolts came upon him. It screeched from the pain until it released its arm, grabbing Starfire around the waist then slammed her down on the ground.

When she was on the ground, Robin swung his staff as he gave off a charging yell. Before he could even reach Plasmus, he stopped groaning while placing a hand over his face.

His white mask—or really his eyes—seemed to be flickering to red then back to his normal color. After that was done, he blinked but he didn't saw the oncoming attack from Plasmus.

"Robin!" Star called out.

But it was a little too late.

The creature smashed his hand at the ground to grab a pipe but that also tore the road apart. It then swung the pipe upwards which smacked Robin from underneath, sending him to fly away from the battle scene.

"Let's just finish this." Raven replied, flying towards him. She then crossed her legs and chanted her words.

A shadowy form of Raven flew out of her before it went flying towards the creature. The creature started to bloat until it finally exploded, sending the horrible substances everywhere and some struck the Titans.

"Well, that's one way to do it." Cyborg commented, seeing Raven lowering himself down.

Raven gave him a look until the rain and thunder followed by lighting came.

"Let's go find Robin." Raven said.

:(/\):

Robin groaned, pushing himself up while rubbing his head.

Well, at least he knows that he can fly now…

The minute he looked up, he knew that he was no longer in the battle scene though he only wondered who had won the battle. Surely, the Titans had won considering the fact that they had beaten Plasmus countless of times. Why would this be any different?

Apart from that question, there was still one question left in his mind.

Who had set him free?

Was it Slade?

After all, he was never found. Never captured.

Robin eventually got up and he knew that his teammates were looking for him right now as he speaks. He continued to walk further ahead until something made him to stop.

There it was again.

His eyes went wide as ahead of him, two great red eyes were staring right at him.

"Urgh." Robin placed his hand over his face as he felt the familiar feeling. His eyes kept on flickering red to his usual colors then back to red until it stopped at red.

When the odd feeling was gone, he removed his hand away and looked up. He stared at the red eyes with his own for a while until a voice spoke.

"Sorry for interrupting your little bird watching, but where were you?!" Beast Boy screeched.

Upon hearing the voice, Robin blinked and his red eyes went away. He turned around to see his teammates, looking at him. He looked at them for a while though that only earned concerned looks from them.

"Robin, you are okay?" Star asked, worried for her friend.

"You look kind of…distant and a little bit pale." Raven noticed.

Robin shrugged it off. "I'll be fine. Now, let's go."

Robin walked in front of his team, leading the way. The Titans stared at his leader, raising an eyebrow at his odd behaviour.

"You know what I've always wondered?" Beast Boy began.

"What?" Cyborg asked.

"How come every time we are in a battle, we always lose Robin?"

For once, nobody had an answer.

:(/\):

Robin stared at the images that were on the computer screen. It was nighttime which meant that the other Titans were probably fell asleep. His eyes darted from one image to the next as though he was trying to find something. And that something just happened to be the red eyes he kept on seeing.

Just who did it belong to?

Unexpectedly, the lights in the living room flickered to life which alarmed the leader. He slightly turned his head to the side to see who it was and saw that it was Raven and Cyborg.

"You still up?" Raven asked.

"I've got work to do." Robin said, immediately bringing his attention to the images.

Cyborg and Raven looked up at the images of Jump City.

"Whatever you're looking for, it's probably asleep. Like you should be." Cy stated after a while.

Robin sighed, shaking his head. "I don't get it. I thought we all locked up every single villain there is. Some of them are in jail or some of them are frozen." he said, getting up to face the two Titans.

"There is still one question left unanswered."

Knowing where this was going, Cyborg finished it for him. "How did Plasmus escaped? I know where you're going with this but it's not Slade. We haven't heard anything from him in a long time…since Raven ended Trigon."

"We can't be too sure. He was never found. Never captured. How do we know Slade's not going to threaten the city?"

"We don't." Cy replied, walking towards the security that was implanted beside the door. He then placed his hand over the hand scanner and the red went over the green of the map. "Lockdown initiated."

He walked towards the door and stopped, turning around to face Robin.

"Don't go looking for things that are not meant to be found." he said though his voice held a warning.

Narrowing his eyes, Robin pushed pass by Cyborg once he reached him. The door slid open, casting a shadow over the leader.

"I've got to know." was the last thing he said before he exited out of the room.

However, when Robin passed by Raven, her eyes was still wide before she too narrowed her eyes. Seeing this, Cyborg turned his attention to the fellow Titan.

"You okay?" he asked.

Raven stared at the door until she spoke. "I guess…well…I'm not really sure."

"I know something is bothering you. Don't try to hide it."

"I feel like something is wrong with Robin…like the inside of him…I think…something is taking control over Robin."

Cyborg had his eyes wide. "You sure? I mean…he still acts normal…"

"Like I said, I'm not too sure. But just in case, let's keep an eye on him."

The Titan nodded. "And the others?"

"We will tell them when we are completely sure."

Little did they know, outside of the room, was Robin. He was leaning against the wall that was beside the door. He was listening to their conversation and just as their conversation had ended, the familiar red eyes were shown.

He then walked towards his room after the red eyes vanished and tried to get some good night sleep. But it didn't really worked out for him since halfway of the night, he kept on rolling around in his sleep until he pulled himself up.

Lighting flashed as thunder boomed. Robin slowly brought his head up until again, the same red eyes were revealed. He looked at the closed door of his room. It felt like he was going to say something since there were words that were haunting inside his head and so he repeated it.

"Destroy…" he muttered. "Destroy…the Titans…"

:(/\):

A whoosh sound appeared in the dark hallways of the Titans Tower. Footsteps were heard followed by a swish of a cape. It seemed as though whoever it was, it didn't want to be found since it was using the darkness as a camouflage.

Once it reached its destination, the door opened which allowed him access to the room. He walked towards his victim and took out an object-like weapon and was ready to strike…until something beat to him first.

The person grunted when he got smacked to the wall. He struggled to get loose since something was wrapped around his wrist. Seeing what it was, he lifted his arm only to have a tweezer-size tool showing from his glove.

"I think we got him." a voice said, alerting the trapped figure.

"Okay now just as we plan…"

Seeing that it has little time, he quickly nit-picked the cuff until a click came. However, the person paused when he heard his victim shuffling around in his bed so he waited until it was safe to move.

The figure observed that the only way out was through the window and since he turned his head towards the door, he quickly moved to the window and smashed right through it.

"Wait." the new figure replied. The door slid closed.

"…I…think he got away."

"Damn it. He could be anywhere by now."

Inside the room, the sleeping person woke up and had a daze looked, clearly showing that he was still not awake yet. He was only fully awakened when he noticed the window was smashed and hearing the door being opened till it was closed.

"Huh?" Beast Boy muttered.

Did someone broke into my room?

He scanned his room only to gasp after he saw what it looked like a flying figure passing by his window. Eyes narrowed, Beast Boy felt himself transforming into an animal then got out of his room.

:(/\):

A light illuminated a part of the dark hallway and it looked as if it was either searching for something or if it was making sure that the hallway was clear.

"Well, I think its clear." the voice from before replied, walking out of their hiding spot.

"It is. I would've sensed him if he was nearby." the second figure said.

Cyborg sighed. "Ugh we were close."

"Don't give up. If we had caught him before then we can do it again." Raven responded.

"Yeah but Robin has darkness."

Raven gave him a look. "Uh…he isn't the only one who can use darkness, you know." she scowled.

Cyborg blinked. "Oh…right…" he said, sheepishly.

Just as Raven was about to speak, she stopped herself and raised her arms. "Someone is coming. We need to hide."

With that, she wrapped her large extended cloak around Cyborg and as if by magic, they disappeared.

Meanwhile, just around the corner which is not too far from where Cyborg and Raven once were, a form of an animal was walking in darkness. The only thing that could be seen was his white eyes.

He was sure of it.

Beast Boy, who was in the form of a tiger, could've sworn that he heard voices right around here. He turned around the corner, searching the dark empty hallway…

Or so he thought.

Unaware, something was starting to come up at him but at the last minute, Beast Boy turned around and saw two shadowy figures. He bared his teeth as though it was warning them not to come any closer. And then, he ran towards them and started to jump, ready to slash at them since he brought his claw.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

It happened all too fast.

In less than a second, Beast Boy was covered in dark magic while the light brightened the place a little. It showed that the green tiger was only an inch away to actually scratch Cyborg at his chest but at the side, Raven held her hands up and that made the green Titan to stop from attacking Cyborg who held his cannon.

Since it was safe, Raven lowered Beast Boy down to the ground and allowed him to transform into his humanoid form.

"Cy? Raven?" he asked, blinking. "Uh what are you two doing in the middle of the night?"

Raven looked at Cyborg and nodded.

"Well…" the half demon looked at both sides as though she was making sure that they were the only ones here. "After the battle…I…well…" she sighed.

"We decided to check up on Robin after the battle. We found him in the living room, staring at the big screen with images of Jump City. It looked as though he was searching for something but we weren't sure what it was." Cyborg started.

"However, when Robin passed by me, I sensed that…he felt different…it's hard to explain but the closet explanation I can come up with is that…I think something is taking control over Robin but I'm not sure what."

"You sure?" Beast Boy asked, getting up.

The two nodded.

"Oh…"

Cyborg raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing here?"

"Well let's just say the smashed window and the closing of the door caught my attention."

The two looked at one another and knew.

"The smashed window…that was definitely Robin. I know Starfire is still asleep." Cyborg responded.

Just then, Beast Boy's ears pricked up as though he sensed something. He then turned around and stared at the dark hallway. He gasped when he saw something running in the darkness.

"Guys, I think I saw something." he said before running straight to it.

The others followed suit.

When the green one was halfway of the hallway, he quickly changed into a cheetah since he figured that it would be faster and plus he wouldn't lose…whatever he saw. Upon seeing the shadowy figure, Beast Boy started to run at full speed. He followed its every movement until the running figure turned around a corner which made Beast Boy to temporarily lose him.

Meanwhile, the mysterious person walked backwards a bit to make sure that the animal didn't follow him. When he was sure, he resumed walking forward. But, at the last minute, he turned around and gasped.

The animal tackled him down though the figure managed to escape from the cheetah's grasp since he kicked him at the chest. The figure rolled away from the cheetah a few centimeters away until it came to a halt.

"Beast Boy." Raven said, catching up to him.

The two Titans stopped and since the light was shown onto him, it showed him being transformed back into the animal.

"I think I got him but I didn't see who it was. He's right over there." he said, pointing his finger at the fallen figure.

The light from Cyborg followed the path until it reached the figure that just went on his knees. At first, they didn't see who it was since the black cape was covering him until it fell down after the figure rotated around.

The Titans gasped at the familiar figure.

"Robin?"

It was indeed Robin. However, instead of answering, he only stared at them with his glowing red eyes…

:(/\):

Robin struggled under the tightness of the rope. He was currently tied to a bed in the Med Bay. However, he paused when he heard a voice talking outside the room.

"Must we keep him restrain?" Star asked.

"Right now, he's dangerous Starfire. We still need to figure out why he's doing this…why he nearly attacked Beast Boy." Cyborg said.

Star sighed.

"Don't worry," the half robot replied, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. "As soon as we know the answer, we will cure him and he will be back as the old Robin."

Starfire placed on a small smile.

"In the meantime, try and get some rest."

Nodding, she went back to her room. Once she was gone, Cyborg gave out a sigh as the other two looked at the window of the door.

"You really think we can cure him?" Raven asked, staring at the dark room.

"If we can't, then who?" Cy asked.

Beast Boy looked through the window of the door as thoughts were running through his head. He then got up which alerted the two Titans.

"Where are you going?" Raven questioned, stopping him just as the door opened.

A shadow cast over Beast Boy and the only thing that he spoke was:

"To get some answers."

Meanwhile, Robin still continued to struggle against the strong ropes. Having an idea, he started to make his hand to go to his pocket until he stopped. Raising an eyebrow, the leader looked up and saw another figure who had his hands on the rail of the bed.

"I want some answers and you're going to answer them."

Robin sneered. "And what if I don't want to?"

Eyes narrowed, Beast Boy found a nearby box and threw it against the wall.

"Then let's hope that you're still going to be in one piece." Beast Boy said, having a dangerous edge in his voice.

Silence settled in.

"Now, talk!" he demanded. "I know Raven said that something is controlling you but I want to know exactly what. What made you to attack me?"

Robin growled but little did Beast Boy know, in Robin's hand, was none other than a birdarang in which Robin made sure to cut the ropes quietly

Silence.

"Answer me now!"

"Sorry," Robin responded. "But you're the not leader around here."

With that, Robin got up to his feet. Even though they were tied, he still took a punch with his hand and he struck Beast Boy at his chest. This caused him to fall back, falling to the ground. The green one groaned, rubbing his chest and Robin took this time to free his ankles.

Gritting his teeth, Beast Boy quickly transformed into a gorilla and brought his two fists into the air so that he could smash the bed in which Robin was currently on. Seeing this, Robin quickly performed a side backflip to get out of the way. The two fists smashed at the bed, splitting it in half.

"What the?" Cyborg asked, upon hearing the sudden noise.

The two looked at each other before they ran towards the door only to halt and gasped.

"Beast Boy!" Cy shouted.

Diagonally ahead of Cyborg was Beast Boy who was on the ground and looked like he was injured but the half robot wasn't sure. The Titan groaned, rubbing at the side of his head.

"Beast Boy, what…where's Robin?"

Opening one of his eyes, the green one stared until he looked up and gasped.

"Guys, look out!" he exclaimed.

On the ceiling was Robin who came down from it. He then had his hands on Raven's head though he twisted the cloak around her so that she got tangled up in it. Since she can't see, she fell to the ground while Robin flew past by Cyborg who turned at the side so he wouldn't get hit.

"Oh no you don't. You're not getting away!" Cy shouted. He ran after him and grabbed his cape.

Feeling the tug, Robin turned to the side and used his leg to kick Cyborg at his chest which caused the Titan to lose his grip on the cape, letting Robin to be free. Robin stopped for a second when he reached at the door and looked at the fallen Titans.

It was only then that Beast Boy gasped when he saw the two red eyes staring right back at him. And then, Robin left the room.

"So much for keeping him tied up." Cyborg growled before noticing that Raven was still untangling her cape.

When she was done with it, Cy extended his hand and helped her up.

"The question is where is he gonna go next." Raven replied.

Scrambling up, Beast Boy started to walk. "Isn't it obvious? We gotta go. He's going to attack Starfire."

:(/\):

In the dark hallway, there was Robin who was walking straight ahead until he turned a corner. He still had red eyes and inside his head, it felt like a voice…a voice that seemed to be telling him what to do next.

He reached his destination which was a closed door and a sign that read Starfire. The door opened, revealing a sleeping Star. Looking at her, he moved his hand and out came a birdarang and then walked towards her.

Away from this, the other three Titans ran at full speed as they are all worrying if they're gonna make it or not.

In Starfire's room, Robin was now close to Star and began to raise the birdarang. Soon, the Titans were now in the room only to see Robin who was about to strike.

"NO!" Raven screamed.

And then, in a flash of green, the birdarang was shot out of Robin's hand. He grabbed his injured wrist before he got smacked from the same attack at his stomach, sending him to fly backwards then finally struck the wall. He hit his head hard, falling into unconscious.

Nobody moved.

That was until Star pulled herself up to face her friends. She looked at them who all had their eyes wide before having her eyes to land upon Robin. She bit her lip and ever so slowly, Beast Boy hesitantly walked up to her.

"Star…" he spoke, quietly. "Star, you okay?"

It was silent until Star lifted her head and faced him. "I will be as long as he will be too."

Raven placed a soft smile. "He will be alright."

:(/\):

"Well, the scanner says you're all good." Cyborg replied after a while.

Robin gave out a sigh, taking out the strings that were attached to him.

"I don't believe this." he muttered.

Seeing that he would beat himself for it, Raven interrupted him. "It's not your fault. You couldn't—"

"It was my fault, Raven!" he snapped, angrily. "I could've controlled it! But no. I let it control me and ended up almost hurting you guys."

A short silence fell upon the Med Bay.

"You didn't hurt anyone." Raven spoke.

"You're lying." Robin replied, instantly cutting her off.

Her expression was straight which made him to know that he was right.

Sensing the intense atmosphere, Beast boy broke it.

"Okay, you're almost hurt us but that's beside the point. It's not like we're bleeding to an eternal death here."

Cyborg and Star gave him a look while Raven nudged him at the side. They both gave them a glare as if to tell him "now is it not the time."

Robin sighed. "We've been fighting crime for so long…it's just kind of hard to relax whenever the crime rates are dropping. It's just hard to let it go. I thought I could relax…but I guess I was wrong since I'm always looking…always searching for things."

"That's why you got us." Cy replied.

"Yeah. If there's ever a criminal on the loose, we got your back." Beast Boy responded, giving him a thumbs up.

"Now, try and get some sleep." the half robot said.

"That sounds like a good idea."

With that, Robin walked out of the Med Bay which left the Titans.

"Something is wrong?" Starfire asked, seeing the troubled look on Cyborg's face.

He shook his head as he had his thoughts running around. "What I don't get is that…Raven said that she sensed something was troubling Robin's mind. All she saw was a pair of red eyes."

"The question is…where did the red eyes came from?" Raven replied.

Cy nodded then went back to the scanner and placed on a serious look. "The red eyes…nobody triggered it from inside the Tower…it came from outside the Tower…"

Everyone had their eyes wide.

Outside of the tower, in a dark corner, a pair of two glowing red eyes appeared…

A/N: …erm…I don't know what to say but other than, did it give you the chills? :3 like I said, I was struggling with this chapter but the point of it was too be dark and creepy. I just hope it wasn't similar to Haunted—I need to watch that episode again =D so yeah, I might redo it once I finished the seasons and stuff…now I wanted to say something but I forgot…damn it. Oh! Now I know and it is…who did the red eyes belong to? Welp, see you next time! Thoughts about this chapter? Though, I felt like I could've done better…