Author's Note: Yo, yo, yo! What's up!? I'm excited that my mom is finally coming back home tomorrow (she's been at another country to visit her parents, sister etc) soo yeahhh anyways, I'll shut up and let you guys read.

Shout Outs: Thanks to Dixxy for reviewing. Thanks to Red Fiend for following me as an author, favoring me as an author and for reviewing TT: Season six

Summary: Ever since a strange spirit made an appearance in Jump City, things have been strange. But when the Titans finally learned where the villain is located, they go on a little road trip to investigate if the legend which they kept on hearing is true or not.


Chapter 12: Road Trip

It was dark, cloudy and rainy with thunder lighting flashing and booming every now and then. Many people would be in homes, being cozy and safe from the stormy weather.

However, there was a certain group of people who seemed to be running. Up ahead, another silhouette ran away from that group. Thunder boomed and for a few seconds, it just managed to reveal the person who was at the front.

Out of the group, a person got his cannon out and fired a bluish white. He aimed it at the runaway but missed since the criminal dodged it. A green starbolt shortly joined though he also avoided it.

A black streak that encased a nearby trash can came and this time, it managed to strike the villain at the back. It made the enemy stumble forward and not too soon, a pair of birdarangs came and it pinned the foe to a wall.

"End of the road." Robin said, grabbing him by the scruff of his shirt. "Tell me who you're working for!"

This only made the opponent laugh as lighting flashed.

"No matter how good you are, you will never capture him. The legend will still live on!" he replied, having a wicked look.

"What legend? Tell me!"

"The legend of which people speak still haunts you…The legend says there is a spirit at the old Hollows Road…at midnight, it will strike, taking souls of whoever dares to disturb its slumber."

Robin narrowed his eyes. "We will catch him. And as for you, you're going to jail."

He gave out a throaty laugh. "You are either really brave or…really foolish."

As the throaty laugh echoed, the thunder boomed followed by a flash of lighting.

:(/\):

"You know…even though that villain gave me the creeps, I'm not so sure if we should believe him." Beast Boy said.

"But what if he is telling the truth?" Raven pointed it out. "I mean, pretty much everyone in the city is talking about it."

Just then, a scream came and it sounded frantic. Raven and Beast Boy had their eyes wide but the group followed towards the scream. There, it showed a woman who was crying non-stop. The police were also there; either trying to calm her down or asking her questions.

"What's wrong?" Robin asked the minute they joined her.

"My baby girl. My precious little girl. She's gone missing all of a sudden."

"What? How?" Cy quizzed.

"I told her to stay in the car so I can pick up mail and when I returned, she was gone. My precious little Cherry." she wept. "Please help me find her. Please."

"Don't worry. We will. But for now, you need to rest. Ease your soul." Raven replied, staring into her eyes.

Just like that, the woman's eyes widened and then she started to collapsed. Raven caught her with her powers and she placed her into the car.

"Dude, what did you just do?"

"I merely used a sleeping spell on her so she can be at ease. She will wake up within hours. She will be fine."

Noticing that their leader didn't spoke after he asked the question, Star asked.

"Robin, everything okay?"

"Yeah…" he narrowed his eyes.

"So, what's the plan?" the half-machine questioned.

He turned around to face the group. "The legend…the spirit. I'm starting to think that the villain was telling the truth."

"Even if it is true, where would we investigate? I'm sure that old…shack or whatever it is would give us little information." Raven stated.

"Maybe so…but it's the only plan we got." the leader spoke.

Beast Boy had his eyes wide. "You mean to say…"

"Titans, we're going on a little road trip." the Boy Wonder announced.

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"Oh we're going around the mountains when we comeeeeeeeeee!" the green one sang as they were scaling around the road.

At the other side, Raven looked like she wanted to kill herself. "Can you please stop singing that song?" she asked, annoyed.

"Just because you're all moody it doesn't mean that we all have to be." the green one muttered.

"Sorry BB, but I'm going to have to agree with Raven…you're kinda giving me a headache." Cy replied as he was twitching while staring at the road.

"You're all Grinch." the changeling muttered, sulking.

By the time they had reached the Hollows Road, the sun had already begun to set and once they got to the top of the road, the brilliant glowing orb was already gone, darkening the place.

"Well…we're here…" Robin pointed it out.

Beast Boy made a sheepish laugh. "Heh…sure looks inviting."

Cyborg found a parking place and shut off the engine.

"Everyone out!"

There were groans as everybody stretched out their stiff legs. Starfire flew out of the car to stretch out.

"For a place that was once said to be cheerful, it does not look welcoming." the alien said as they gazed at the path ahead.

Up ahead, stood a wooden house that looked very old but yet somehow, its pieces were still holding up. The feeling gave off creepy vibes, automatically giving out a message that the visitors should turn back. Behind the house were trees; some of them had bare branches.

"Anyone knows if the owner is still…here?" the empath asked, searching from left and right.

"Well, there is another house over there. Maybe we should go in and search?" Cy suggested.

Everyone else shrugged and they set out to walk towards the house. As they were walking, a silhouette that was in the forest was watching them until it vanished. Raven stopped walking as though she had sensed something so she turned around to stare into the woods before she walked away.

:(/\):

"Um, hello? Anyone here?" Raven called out as the group reached the house.

She turned around to face the group and gave a shrug. With that, she continued to walk in further, hoping to reach out for the owner. When Raven was in the house, a hand was suddenly placed on Starfire's shoulder. Curiously, she turned around and gave out a scream. At once, everyone got out their weapons but then stopped as they realized that it was merely a man.

"Forgive me…" the alien laughed sheepishly.

"What business do you have here?" the old man replied, grouchily.

"Uh, we're the Titans and we merely want to spend a day here for a uh vacation." Robin answered.

"Spending a—mmpfh!" the green one got muffled from Raven's magic so he gave her a silent scowl.

The old man gave a hard stare at the group before he shrugged. "I suppose that can be dealt with. Hardly, anyone comes here for a vacation. Anyways, you will be staying in that house down there." he replied, pointing down the road which the group had seen the house earlier. He then scoffed. "You must be really brave…or really foolish." he muttered as he walking away.

But that made Robin have his eyes wide.

"Wait, what did you say?" he suddenly asked.

The old man stopped walking and slightly turned his head around. "Enjoy your stay…"

With that, he walked off, giving Star goosebumps. "That man was most unpleasant."

"Tell me about it." the green one spoke.

"Yea…" the leader gave one last look at where the old man once stood before he joined his group.

:(/\):

Morning came, having the sun rise into the sky with its shining rays brightening up the place. Cyborg opened his eyes and gave out a yawn as he got up. Realizing that he wouldn't go back to bed, the half-machine went out of his room and into the kitchen…where his fellow teammates are.

"Morning." Cy greeted.

"Good morning, friend Cyborg! I have baked the pudding of joy. Would you like some?" Star asked, showing the strange food.

"Er…no thanks, Star…"

"So, amigos, what's the plan for today?" the green one asked.

"Well, I was thinking that we could start searching about the legend…to find out more about it and to know what we're…dealing with." Robin answered.

"Hey you said yourself that we're on a vacation. I don't know about you but shouldn't we lay low for a while? Or otherwise that man would become suspicious about us." Beast Boy pointed it out.

"I hate to say it but I agree with Beast Boy." Raven said. "So far, everything looks normal to me."

"Yeah but this is our first day spending here so of course, everything would look and seem normal." Cy said. "Now…who wants breakfast?" he asked as he turned around.

Naturally, everyone agreed. After breakfast, Cy washed the dishes then took out the map once he was done with kitchen chores.

"Now since we're not going to do any of the investigation, I had planned out everything! I thought maybe we could do a little hike at this park right here." he said, pointing it to a map.

:(/\):

The sounds of the birds chirped happily while the weather was absolutely gorgeous and there wasn't a breeze at all which made a perfect day for a walk in the park.

Cyborg stopped walked as he inhaled deeply before exhaling. "Ahhh nature! Just smell that fine fresh air!"

"Yeah…until it gets polluted…" Beast Boy muttered, making Cy scowl.

"At least try to stay positive will you?"

"I have to admit. It is rather nice. Being outside does do good for the body." Robin responded as he was trekking up the hill.

"Just listen to the sound of nature. The birds calling…the wonderful smell…" Star said as she was flying upwards. When she reached at an evergreen tree, two birds chirped. "Well, hello there."

"The whole point of the hike was to walk and get together. Not using your powers." Cy called out.

"Oh…" she flew back down.

After an hour had passed, the group had finally reached at the top of the hill much to Beast Boy's delight mainly because he was ready to pass out. Even though it was tiring to reach the top, the view was worth it.

The sun rays' shone at the glistening river, having it shining like diamonds. There were trees here and there, making it a beautiful scenery. Occasionally, birds would fly across the crystal clear blue sky, indicating that there is life.

Robin whistled. "The view is worth it."

"Told you." the half-machine said.

Star giggled. "I had never seen such beautiful scenery…" she paused. "Other than my home planet Tamaran."

"Now, let's all unpack things so we can play some football! Yeah!" Cy exclaimed as he dropped the stuff down.

Raven turned her head to the side and walked towards the spot she had eyed. It was a nice shady spot with not too much sun and once she reached it, she sat down, cross-legged.

Noticing that one of the Titans wasn't here, the leader turned around and spotted his fellow dark Titan.

"Hey, Raven. Don't you want to play?"

"I don't do fun." she answered with her eyes closed.

"Oh come on. You can do your voodoo stuff back at home. This is the day where we can finally spend some time together…you know, without having to chase the bad guys and all." Beast Boy added.

Raven sighed. "Fine. I'll be a referee."

Once she joined, the group automatically got into their positions.

"Alright, let's go! Hut 23, go!" Cy threw the football to Robin who was running upwards in order to catch the ball.

He almost caught it but Beast Boy interfered by changing into a chimpanzee and he threw it at Star who caught it. Since she decided to play it fair (which means not using her flying abilities), unfortunately for her, the ball slipped out of her grasp when Cyborg charged at her. She grunted when she fell to the ground.

"Whoops. Sorry, Star" the half-machine apologized as he rubbed his neck sheepishly.

Seeing that Robin was about to grab the ball yet again, Star quickly released her green bolt which struck the ball though because of the bolt, Robin gave out an exclaim of shout when it nearly struck him too.

"Sorry, friend Robin!"

As a result, the ball flew right into the river.

Beast Boy groaned. "I'll get it."

Just as he grabbed the ball once he reached the river, the green one was unaware that something underneath the water was heading towards him. Sensing that something wasn't right, the changeling turned around and stared at the sparkly river and shrugged nonetheless.

With the ball in hand, Beast Boy started to walk back towards the group but the thing that was in the water decided to show itself. Because of this, the green one turned around since it saw a shadow looming over him and he gave a good loud scream.

Seeing the trouble, Cyborg, Starfire and Robin all got out their weapons and was ready to fire but the monster (that had an oval for a body and eight tentacles. There was an eye right in the middle of its oval shape) that grabbed Beast Boy by his ankle was suddenly covered with sparks of black magic. The beast gave out a loud screech of agony, quivering and then its tentacle dropped down Beast Boy. Because of the attack, the monster retreated back.

Blinking, the threesome turned their heads to the side only to see Raven that had her eyes glowing white. After the monster was gone, her eyes changed back to violet and looked to the side to see her teammates staring at her.

"What?"

"Uh, nothing." Robin spoke as everyone else made their weapons disappear.

"I did not know your rivers held such strange creatures." Star said.

"They don't. Most rivers hold small creatures like fish." Robin stated.

"Either someone summoned it to attack us or it got lost randomly." Raven spoke, making the leader narrow his eyes.

And the sun was just starting to set down…

:(/\):

The moon finally rose, having the sky be filled with thousands of glittering stars. If one simply looked at the sky, they might get lost in its beauty.

Tick tock, tick tock

Raven stared at the ceiling with wide eyes as the ticking sound of the clock echoed in the room which they are currently sleeping. Well, everyone else is sleeping—Raven isn't.

She slightly turned her head to the side and saw Beast Boy who was snoozing away, having half of the cover covering his body. Rolling her eyes, the empath used her dark magic to encase the cover so that his body is now covered with it.

She then went back to gaze upwards and shut her eyes tight, hoping to get some wink of sleep.

Tick tock, tick tock

Ugh, I give up!

With that, Raven got out of her sleeping bag and walked out of the house. Letting out a sigh, the Titan sat on the stairs of the house to gaze at the starry sky.

Almost instantly, she could feel her mind and body being relaxed and she let her thoughts to wander off.

Oh, how she loved the stars and—

Wait, what was that?

Sharply, Raven stared ahead as she thought she saw something. She stared at the spot for a while until whatever it had caught her attention finally appeared. Narrowing her eyes, the empath got up and resumed staring.

Up ahead, it seemed to be a figure all covered in white and appeared to be transparent though Raven couldn't be sure as it was far away. Deciding to know what it is, she went after it.

As though it knew that Raven was going to follow it, the strange silhouette disappeared into the woods.

"Wait!" Raven called out.

It looked as though that the shadow didn't hear her since it continued to fly away further into the woods. Raven resumed chasing her until they finally reached at a place, making the Titan halt.

The minute she reached this place though, the silhouette was nowhere to be seen. Raven panted, placing her hands on her knees to catch her breath. Her eyes scanned the area until she realized that they were at a graveyard…

Why are we doing in a graveyard?

After catching her breath, Raven went back to search for that…figure or whatever it was. After a couple of zig-zags here and there, Raven was about to give up but it wasn't until then that a whitish color was caught at the corner of her eyes.

Hoping that it was the shadow, Raven followed the path until she found out that it was indeed the figure which she had been chasing.

"Hey, uh are you lost?" Raven asked.

Raven raised an eyebrow when she didn't respond. So instead, she took this time to observe that the girl was staring at the grave…

"Are those your parents…?" Raven made her hand reach out for shoulder but when she touched it, Raven gasped when her hand went right through it.

She quickly withdrew her and as though the girl sensed it, she slightly turned her head around and it was then that the empath realized that the thing…the shadow she had been chasing was…a ghost.

Raven drew a sharp breath when the girl's ghostly eyes stared at her, feeling as though they were piercing right through her soul.

"You're a…ghost." Raven said.

"You must leave…" the girl said in a haunted voice.

"What? Is it because of the legend?"

"The spirit which the legend speaks of…will come…it will come to take your friends souls…"

"So it's true then. Do you know anything else?"

"The legend says if the third sister appears, the spirit shall be awakened…under the night of when the moon is at its fullest. Only then will it begin to devour the lost souls who dare disturb its slumber…"

Raven had an unnerved look. "Wait…the full moon? That's…in one day!"

"You need to leave…"

"Do you know how to stop it?"

The ghostly girl gave one last eerie look at the Titan before it vanished into the grave.

"Wait!" she exclaimed.

"Who's there?!"

Raven gasped upon hearing the new voice so she quickly summoned her powers to make a quick getaway. Just as she disappeared, the newcomer was revealed, showing that it was the old man who raised the lamp. After a quick scan, he gave a mutter and walked away.

:(/\):

"DUDE, WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?!" Beast Boy screeched the next morning. "We thought something bad had happened to you last night."

"Agreed. We had thought that perhaps the legend of which they speak had gotten to you." the alien replied.

Annoyed, Raven answered. "Look, I was simply taking a walk in the woods because I couldn't sleep so I thought some fresh air would help. Now, are you going to ask me another question or can I go without being interrogated?"

No one answered.

With that, Raven briskly walked out of the living room.

"Gee what got her so bad?" Beast Boy muttered.

"Maybe the fact that you guys were invading her personal space?" Cy suggested.

"Hey we were worried. Don't tell me you weren't worried when she suddenly disappeared."

"I was worried…but it doesn't give you the right to invade people's personal space. If she doesn't want to talk about, then she doesn't have to." Cy replied, defending his friend.

"Hmph."

Deciding to move out of the conversation, Starfire glided towards her other fellow teammate who was staring at what it seemed to be some pieces of an old article.

"Robin…?"

"I've decided that we should at least start investigating the legend. And to do that, we should start by reading about this house. Obviously, this house is old…I mean old, old." Robin stated as he narrowed his eyes while searching through the pieces of paper he had found.

"And I think this house was owned by someone else…before the old man." a new voice came, alerting the group. Everyone turned to the empty spot and from the floor, revealed a black wavy circle before it took a form of a person.

Raven handed him what it looked like to be a picture frame. As he was examining it, Raven spoke.

"I found it in the attic. I thought I would do some research as well." she stated.

Robin raised an eyebrow at the picture before he went back to the articles until he found the one he was looking for.

"They're called the Latene family. They were a happy family, living in a perfect life until one day…their father acted a little strange. One night, the father went into the kitchen and…" Robin suddenly paused.

"And…?" Cy asked, urging for him to continue.

He took a breath before he resumed. "Took a knife from the kitchen drawers and went into one of the three sisters' room and…stabbed her."

Horrified looks were on each of the Titans' face.

"As for their mom, no one knows what happened to her. The dad left, leaving the two sisters alone." he finished.

And there was a sudden cold air that filled in the room. Robin went back to the picture frame which Raven had gotten him and examined it, narrowing eyes.

"Nothing adds up. The article stated that there were three sisters, all of them born on the same day—I can only assume that their mother died of giving birth but in this…frame, it only shows two." Robin said.

Raven had her eyes wide but went back to normal when she heard Beast Boy speaking.

"What's so weird about that?" Beast Boy asked. "I mean maybe the two remaining sisters decided to take a picture…"

"After their third sister's death? I don't think no one would do that if one of their family members got murdered…they would still be grieving inside. But them taking a picture might cause too much memory pain, if you know what I mean." Raven said, instantly shooting down Beast Boy's suggestion.

"The legend says if the third sister appears, the spirit shall be awakened…under the night of when the moon is at its fullest…"

Raven's eyes went wide with realization. That ghost…that girl…there is a slight chance that she could be one of the two sisters…

"We need to find out where this ghost will strike and stop it." Robin spoke, snapping Raven out of her train of thoughts.

Starfire placed on a thinking look before she spoke. "Tomorrow is the full of the moon, is it not?"

"Uh, yeah?" Cy said. "Your point?"

Knowing where Star was going with this, Raven continued. "I think the ghost will come out tomorrow…at the full moon. That's when it will strike."

"You know this because…?" Cy wondered.

"Uhh…superstitious stuff?" Raven shrugged. "Ask Starfire. She's the one who thought about this in the first place."

And everyone turned to the alien's direction.

"Uh…I had heard somewhere that most superstitious…things comes out in full of the moon…like the one with the were of the wolf." she said.

Everyone groaned.

"Alright Titans, we're going to do some ghost catching." Robin declared. "And I know just the plan to do so."

"Why do I have a feeling that this is going to be a bad idea?" Beast Boy wondered.

:(/\):

Tick tock, tick tock

The clock on the grandfather's clock ticked throughout the dark silent room. It ticked for a while until both of the hands struck at exactly 12, having a nice dime ringing throughout the house.

At first, the house seemed as though no one was living in it considering the fact that it was deadly silent except for the grandfather clock.

Just then, the floorboards started to make a creaking sound. And then, there stood an empty silent hallway that was pitch black.

Outside of the house, the clouds that were rolling away like a soft gentle wave disappeared and out came the full moon. The moon's rays shone through the house's window, making the hallway to be eerie.

Just like that, something was passing down the hallway with an ominous aura surrounding it.

Raven had her eyes wide open and her body tensed up.

Don't move.

The sudden voice that was in her head startled her for a minute until she realized that it was Robin.

Robin…it's here.

After the house went completely silent, the two got up from their sleeping bags and started to get out of the room. But before Robin exited, he halted and went back towards the frame which he had placed it on the table. He narrowed his eyes and there, on the frame, instead of having two people, a third one appeared as though out of nowhere.

He stared at the frame with an intense look before he walked back towards the door and exited out of the room.

:(/\):

The ghost glided in the woods and it eventually revealed the graveyard. Without stopping, the spirit kept on flying towards its destination and it did so by reaching three certain graves.

Robin urged to throw his birdarang at the ghost so it will alert that it wasn't alone but he resisted as he and Raven were hiding at the nearest trees. As they continued to watch, Raven couldn't help but to think that maybe the spirit didn't mean any harm…maybe it just wanted to be reunited with its family…

But that still doesn't explain the sudden disappearance of that little girl.

Robin, I don't think nothing is happening…

Just wait a little longer.

As if on cue, the two graves started to slide open and out came two identical ghosts.

Part A is in progress. Let's hope it actually works.

After the two ghosts appeared, they then trekked back into the woods (which made the two Titans find a new hiding spot) and went back to the house. However, before the ghosts even went inside the house, the third one stopped and it seemed to have raised its arm as though it was summoning something…

Just then, out of the shadows, something did appear only to reveal a small form. It was hard to see considering that shadows were covering the silhouette.

Raven gasped once she saw who that figure belonged to.

Robin, it's that girl from that mother!

No one replied but a few seconds later, all they heard was Beast Boy's voice stating:

I knew this was a bad idea.

The group of phantoms plus the human then glided towards the house but before the main spirit of the group could even go through the door, something flew into the air and it struck the door which made them stop what they were doing.

"Hate to break the fun but your ritual are at an end." the voice announced, gaining the spirits' attention.

The main silhouette stood for a few seconds until it turned around to give a one furious snarl. It flashed its demon eyes as it gave the snarl.

Out of the shadows, revealed Robin and not too soon, Raven came out of the ground, being covered from her dark magic.

A few seconds later, the second ghost started to glow a whitish green color that eventually revealed Starfire who eerily gave out an otherworldly light. And then, she shot her sparkly green bolt that struck directly at the main ghost and it hit its back at a nearby pillar.

The glow on Starfire (which eventually died down) seemed to be connected with Raven since her eyes were also glowing white when the alien struck the ghost.

Eventually, the alien joined the group.

Shaking itself, the ghost got back in order and gave out an unearthly screech. The third spirit flew towards the three and right when it was about to attack, a bluish white streak shot at the figure and not too soon, a strange suction device made its appearance and it sucked the silhouette away.

"The updates on my sonic cannon are awesome! Nice updating, Rae!" Cy said, cheerfully.

"Anyone needs some ghost catching?"

The two newcomers showed joined the group which showed that it was none other than Cy and Beast Boy.

Angered, the spirit gave out a screechy yell before it went through the door.

"Uh…hellooo! The good guys are over here!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "Dude, what's the deal?"

"We haven't got much time. If I'm correct, that ghost will perform its ritual. Come on." Robin said, running towards the house.

The Titans reached the house and went inside; all of them racing upstairs and flung the door open. True to his words, the spirit did appeared to be doing the ritual but it seemed that the Titans came a bit too late since the air around them suddenly got even colder than before and the candle lights started to glow dimmer.

The circle which the spirit was in started to be covered in black, pulsing every now and then. Then, two red eyes appeared in the circle and eventually, a shadow started to come out of it.

"No!"

Raven stuck her hand out and quickly produced a spell that would destroy the spirit. True to her aim, the black streak struck the ghost and it gave out a bizarre horrible screech. The shadow that came out of the circle went back inside and everything seemed to die down as the spirit started to evaporate away.

Just like that, everything went back to normal.

:(/\)

A loud slam was heard and followed by a click.

"Well, that's the last of it." Cy announced.

"Yeah I'm just happy that I won't have to deal with ghosts again." the green one replied.

"Everything seems normal now. No more signs of odd signs…" Robin replied as he was clicking on his small computer. "The girl is back to normal and is now reunited with her mom."

"So should we get going then?" the empath asked.

"Uh should we not alert the old man who owns this place? Despite the fact he was…nasty, I still say a nice farewell should be made." the alien spoke.

The empath shook his head. "Robin and I made a quick swipe around the house. The man wasn't to be found."

"Oh…"

"Alright, everyone in!"

Everyone scattered into the car and Cy start the engine. The car roared to life and it drove away.

Little did they know, inside the house at the upstairs room, the circle that was once activated started to glow black again and then, two red demon eyes appeared…

Author's Note: Oh my…About freakin time I finish this mammoth chapter -_- I suppose the battle wasn't that bad but still felt like I could've done better…on the other hand…I'M FREE! NO MORE EXAMS! YASSSSSSSS! Until January but beside the point…I'M FREE!