Chapter 3
"You're sick!" Beast Boy yelled.
"Let him go!" Robin said at the same time.
"But why should I when I'm having so much fun?" The old man laughed his hacking laugh once again.
"That's enough." Raven levitated up off the floor, "Azarath Metrion Zintho- "
The surge of black hit her before she finished. She dropped from the air like she'd been shot.
"Raven!" Beast Boy caught her as she fell and set her gently on the floor.
"Oh... Poor little birdie got her wings clipped."
"No, no, no..." Shaking her head Starfire sank to the ground near Cyborg, "Why is this happening?"
"I wonder what your little friends are thinking... Their most horrible nightmares come true... What are they most afraid of? What makes them scared?"
OOOOO
What? Where am I? What happened to Nightmare? I sat up in bed, pushing the covers off. Was it all just a dream?
"Titans! Trouble!" The communicator? But I thought-
"Friend Raven! We must go! Please awaken!"
"Starfire?" But she was...
The door opened and Starfire hovered in, "Oh course it is I. But Raven, we have no time to introduce ourselves. Our assistance is needed."
Just nod Raven. Pretend your not going crazy. Nodding I got out of bed, following Starfire down the corridor.
"Where have you two been?" Robin demanded as we walk through the door.
"What's the problem?" That's right Raven. Act like you're not a complete nut-job.
Cyborg called up a picture on the view screen. "A boat, off the coast. Sent out a distress signal about ten minutes ago. We figured, Coast Guard will handle it. The signal stopped about two minutes after. Way too fast for anyone to have gotten out there by then."
"And the Coast Guard didn't send out any boats. So we need to check it out." Robin added, "We need a couple people up top, making sure the boat's all right. Star and Raven, you two take that. Me, Cyborg and Beast Boy will take the sub. Got it?"
Nodding I took off after Starfire, following her to the site. What is happening to me? Am I really going crazy? Was that a dream?
"This ship." Star pointed down to a crashed ship, grabbing her communicator, "Robin! We have located the ship. It-"
I knock the communicator out of her hand. It falls down to land in the surf below. I didn't mean to do that! What's wrong with me? I feel so angry!
"Raven! What-" A low laugh comes from somewhere deep inside me... What's happening?!
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
Starfire screams as she's knocked out of the air and into the water, she doesn't come back up.
Starfire! I try to scream, but no sound comes out. Nothing but laughter. Stop it! What's happening to me?!
"Raven! Raven! What's going on!? Why isn't Star answering?!"
"We're in trouble! Star's down, you guys have to get up here fast!" But I didn't want to say that! That's not me you guys! My hands seem to move on their own as I strip off my communicator and let it fall into the waves. Please don't surface. I silently beg. Please stay down there...
My silent pleas go unanswered as the sub emerges from the water.
"Azarath Metrion-" Please don't make me do this! "Zinthos!"
The sub begins to be consumed by black magic as it is lifted out of the water.
"Raven! What are you doing?! Where's Starfire?!"
Cruel laughter issues from my mouth. "Starfire is gone. Just like you will all soon be."
"What are you talking about? What's wrong with you?!"
The magic encloses the sub completely, cutting off their pleas. Weak. Too weak. Who are you?! What are you doing to me?! I am you Raven. I'm only doing what you want. No! Please! Don't!
I watch helplessly as the sub is smashed into the rocks and destroyed. The lifeless bodies of my friends float away on the tide and slowly sink below the surface. Laughter, cold and cruel ring in my ears as I begin to scream, with no one to hear me.
OOOOO
Raven's screams echoed in the Titans ears as she struggled against Beast Boy.
"Come on Raven! Snap out of it! Please!"
"She won't wake. Not now, not ever."
"You're sick!" Beast Boy yelled.
"Let him go!" Robin said at the same time.
"But why should I when I'm having so much fun?" The old man laughed his hacking laugh once again.
"That's enough." Raven levitated up off the floor, "Azarath Metrion Zintho- "
The surge of black hit her before she finished. She dropped from the air like she'd been shot.
"Raven!" Beast Boy caught her as she fell and set her gently on the floor.
"Oh... Poor little birdie got her wings clipped."
"No, no, no..." Shaking her head Starfire sank to the ground near Cyborg, "Why is this happening?"
"I wonder what your little friends are thinking... Their most horrible nightmares come true... What are they most afraid of? What makes them scared?"
OOOOO
What? Where am I? What happened to Nightmare? I sat up in bed, pushing the covers off. Was it all just a dream?
"Titans! Trouble!" The communicator? But I thought-
"Friend Raven! We must go! Please awaken!"
"Starfire?" But she was...
The door opened and Starfire hovered in, "Oh course it is I. But Raven, we have no time to introduce ourselves. Our assistance is needed."
Just nod Raven. Pretend your not going crazy. Nodding I got out of bed, following Starfire down the corridor.
"Where have you two been?" Robin demanded as we walk through the door.
"What's the problem?" That's right Raven. Act like you're not a complete nut-job.
Cyborg called up a picture on the view screen. "A boat, off the coast. Sent out a distress signal about ten minutes ago. We figured, Coast Guard will handle it. The signal stopped about two minutes after. Way too fast for anyone to have gotten out there by then."
"And the Coast Guard didn't send out any boats. So we need to check it out." Robin added, "We need a couple people up top, making sure the boat's all right. Star and Raven, you two take that. Me, Cyborg and Beast Boy will take the sub. Got it?"
Nodding I took off after Starfire, following her to the site. What is happening to me? Am I really going crazy? Was that a dream?
"This ship." Star pointed down to a crashed ship, grabbing her communicator, "Robin! We have located the ship. It-"
I knock the communicator out of her hand. It falls down to land in the surf below. I didn't mean to do that! What's wrong with me? I feel so angry!
"Raven! What-" A low laugh comes from somewhere deep inside me... What's happening?!
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
Starfire screams as she's knocked out of the air and into the water, she doesn't come back up.
Starfire! I try to scream, but no sound comes out. Nothing but laughter. Stop it! What's happening to me?!
"Raven! Raven! What's going on!? Why isn't Star answering?!"
"We're in trouble! Star's down, you guys have to get up here fast!" But I didn't want to say that! That's not me you guys! My hands seem to move on their own as I strip off my communicator and let it fall into the waves. Please don't surface. I silently beg. Please stay down there...
My silent pleas go unanswered as the sub emerges from the water.
"Azarath Metrion-" Please don't make me do this! "Zinthos!"
The sub begins to be consumed by black magic as it is lifted out of the water.
"Raven! What are you doing?! Where's Starfire?!"
Cruel laughter issues from my mouth. "Starfire is gone. Just like you will all soon be."
"What are you talking about? What's wrong with you?!"
The magic encloses the sub completely, cutting off their pleas. Weak. Too weak. Who are you?! What are you doing to me?! I am you Raven. I'm only doing what you want. No! Please! Don't!
I watch helplessly as the sub is smashed into the rocks and destroyed. The lifeless bodies of my friends float away on the tide and slowly sink below the surface. Laughter, cold and cruel ring in my ears as I begin to scream, with no one to hear me.
OOOOO
Raven's screams echoed in the Titans ears as she struggled against Beast Boy.
"Come on Raven! Snap out of it! Please!"
"She won't wake. Not now, not ever."