Raven heard what her friends said, but it wasn't processing in her brain. She would never hurt, or kill, her friends. It just wasn't something she'd do. NO MATTER WHAT!!!! It wouldn't matter how much she lost control, Raven could never hurt her friends.

"No, you're wrong. If wouldn't…I couldn't do this to you. Never!"

Beast Boy came forward and looked at Raven, hatred shining in his eyes. Raven did not like seeing that expression from him.

"Then how do you explain this Raven? We didn't just wake up this way, you know. It was done to us. And since you're the only one who isn't mangled and dead, and you're the only one who has the power to do this to us, this it stands to reason that it was you who did this."

Okay, no offense to Beast Boy, but in any other circumstances, Raven would have been impressed with Beast Boy's speech. Apparently he gets smarter after he dies.

"Now, you have to join us. You have to suffer and become like us."

Suddenly the lights all turned on, temporarily blinding Raven. After her eyes became accustomed to the change, she immediately wished they hadn't. Devices of the utmost torture were scattered throughout the basement. In fact, she took a fearful step back.

In one corner was a stereo system; in another was an apple-bobbing tub. There was a shrunken head toss and a pumpkin smashing area. Everything was a game, a Halloween party game.

"This is my punishment? A Halloween party?"

Raven wasn't sure whether to run for her life or laugh. Either scenario seemed plausible right now.

Beast Boy came forward and grabbed Raven's hand. Raven tried not to cringe at the feel of his decomposing flesh, but it was hard. Over some speakers blared the song "Monster Mash."

Running seemed like a really good idea right now, as she was forced, by Beast Boy, to dance. The other three Titans were strangely quiet, and stood back and watched.

Beast Boy held Raven tightly to him. Raven got his flesh and juices all over herself. She tried not to gag, but she could feel the bile rise to the back of her throat. He spun her out, pulled her back, causing squishy noises to sound, and then twirled her around and around.

When the song finally ended, Raven wanted nothing more than to throw up. She didn't have anytime for rest, because Cyborg immediately took Raven to the apple tub. She cautiously peered inside and saw the reddest, plumpest, most beautiful apples, floating in crystal clear water.

"Now, you have to bob for apples, make sure you get the biggest and reddest apple."

Raven was very apprehensive about doing this. She wasn't really sure if she could trust these people, these shadows of her former friends. They weren't the same friends she once knew. They really didn't like her, and she was not about to put her face anywhere near that water!

Cyborg, however, took the decision away from Raven when he grabbed her by the neck and pushed her face into the water. He held her under until she was sure she would inhale the water. But at the last possible second, Cyborg let Raven up.

"What, no apple?" It was a sneer. Without any warning, he dunked Raven back in. She barely had time to close her mouth from taking great gulps of air. As a result, she got a mouth full of water. It tasted foul, worse than anything Beast Boy could have ever cooked up. Raven struggled and tried to fight, but Cyborg was too strong. She couldn't concentrate enough to use her powers either.

"This ain't gonna stop until you get an apple, Raven." Again, Cyborg dunked her, but this time Raven was prepared. She moved her head until she found an apple. Opening her mouth wide, she bit into it, getting a good hold.

Cyborg let her up when he saw that she had an apple in her mouth.

"Good girl. Now, take a big bite." He was holding her hands behind her back with one of his. His free hand, Cyborg used to hold the apple to Raven's mouth. Since she couldn't breath, Raven had no choice but to bite. She closed her eyes and took a large chunk of the apple. It was…juicy. Juicier than a normal apple should be. Its flavor was off too. She opened her eyes and looked straight into the apple…

…And promptly choked on the bite in her mouth. However when she went to spit it out, Cyborg wouldn't let her; he put his hand over her mouth, forcing the chunk back in. Convulsively, Raven swallowed.

On the outside, the apple was beautiful; it was shiny and red, and big, and perfectly formed. But on the inside…inside it was rotten. Maggots and worms were crawling around, and Raven could swear that she could feel them crawling inside her. Cyborg let go of her and Raven looked down at herself. Her skin was flaking off, and underneath, she could see little the worms and maggots crawling. She started frantically scraping and scratching at her hands and arms, panicking, trying to get them out. Her skin was peeling off, blood leaking through, falling on the floor and running down her arms.

The others were walking around Raven, circling her, like a shark circles its prey.

"You hurt us, Raven. Now you must suffer as well." Starfire finally spoke. As she did so, she stopped circling. Robin walked up behind Starfire and wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned his head on her shoulder.

"Look, you skin is peeling off, maggots are crawling inside you. But your punishment is not yet over." As soon as Robin stopped talking, Beast Boy started.

"You fear losing control of your powers, of destroying what you hold most dear. You think if you feel, you will lose control." Cyborg now picked up where Beast Boy left off.

"But, that is not what you fear the most. You fear, most of all, not feeling. At least with feelings, you can believe you're human. But what would you become if you lost all ability to feel? What kind of monster would you be then?"

Starfire once again spoke. "Your emotions have been slowly disappearing since you entered here. What will happen to you know, friend Raven?"

Raven looked around at her friends, in differing stages of death and decay. And felt nothing. She looked at her own hands and arms, skin missing, bugs crawling around, blood seeping, and felt nothing. She felt no sadness, no alarm, and no panic. She couldn't even force the emotions, or remember what it felt like to have any. She looked up at her friends…but could not associate any feelings about them. They weren't her friends anymore. But they accomplished serving their punishment perfectly.

From out of nowhere long chains encircled Raven; binding her arms to her side and her legs together. She couldn't move, but she didn't care. She saw the other Titans slowly walking towards her, maniacal gleams of satisfaction in their eyes. Slowly, Raven's eyes closed. She could feel her life force draining away, running down her arms and legs. She could feel her powers seep out…but she didn't care. Music started playing, a haunting, slow dirge, and the other four titans danced.

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Hello. That is it for this chapter. The next one will have Robin, and the conclusion. I know this isn't much right now, and I know it is short. But just bear with me. My schedule was a bit more hectic than I had first anticipated.

Raven was hard to do. I didn't want her fear to be so un-original that it was easy to guess, but hard to write. So I twisted it around. Her fear is losing control of her emotions, but her greatest fear is losing her emotions. For her, emotions are what make her human. Being the daughter of Trigon must be hard, so whatever humanity she can get, she grasps with both hands. And since her powers are charged by her emotions, losing her emotions means losing her powers. I hope that was clear.

Also, this was like a dream type thingy. So, things aren't necessarily supposed to make sense, that all gets revealed at the end. Just read it for enjoyment purposes.

The next chapter shall be posted forthwith. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Thank you and Please review.

Jemi