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Chapter 2

New Enemies

The Titans arrive at the cave and spread out to search for anything that might help lead them to whoever took Terra. After about an hour, all they came up with was the footprints left behind by Nightmare.

"I'll analyze the footprint when we get back to the Tower." Cyborg said, as he scans the footprint quickly into his analyzer.

Beastboy slowly walked out of the cave, his head hung low, a sad expression on his face. Starfire came up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I know you care about Terra very much. I am sorry we could not find anything that might help us find her."

Beastboy looked up into her eyes.

"Star, it's ok. Maybe it's better that I don't see her...maybe Cyborg's system was wrong and Terra somehow got out herself and just ran away again." Beastboy sadly replied.

Before Starfire could answer, Beastboy walked out and turned into a Falcon and flew off. The Titans walked to the edge of the cave, looking after Beastboy.

"He'll be fine. He just needs to calm down." Said Raven, as she walked towards the Tower.

The rest of the group sighed and started after her.

Later that night, Beastboy returned, walking through the hall of Titan's Tower, he saw that the rest of the titans were watching a horror movie. Slowly walking past them, Beastboy went to his room. Before he walked into his room, Starfire appeared behind him.

"Beastboy? Is everything well with you?"

Beastboy turned and looked at Starfire, his eyes puffy, obviously from crying.

"I'm fine Star, really. You don't need to worry about me." Replied Beastboy, managing a small smile. "I just...I just need to be alone for a while."

Beastboy turns and walks into his room, leaving behind a worried Starfire.

The next day

Cyborg was on the couch, beating some poor soul online at Omega Race, while Raven was sitting across from him reading her favorite horror book, and Starfire was trying to get Robin to try her latest dish. Beastboy walked in and sat down quietly, not saying a word, not even cracking a bad joke. Starfire looked at Beastboy with a worried look.

Before she could say anything, the alarm went off. The Titans ran to the screen and Robin pushed the button, showing that the alarm was a robbery down at Wayne Enterprises.

"TITANS GO!" Came the familiar rally call from Robin.

The Titans arrive on the scene just as Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth are leaving the building.

"And where do you think you 3 are going?" Raven said in her monotone voice.

"Hey look who it is, it's the snot-masters!" Said Gizmo. "We got a secret weapon this time you barf-brained losers!"

As if on cue, Nightmare walks through the doors of Wayne Enterprises and onto the street, holding a computer disc. Putting it into a safe compartment in his armor, Nightmare advances on the Titans. Behind him, the 3 H.I.V.E. members started to attack as well.

"Attack Pattern Alpha!" Shouted Jinx, as the 3 teammates went in to attack the Titans.

Gizmo went after Cyborg; Mammoth went after Robin and Starfire, while Jinx leaped after Raven, leaving Beastboy to battle Nightmare.

Gizmo zoomed around Cyborg on his jetpack, shooting at him with little missiles that Cyborg shot down with his own cannon. Jinx was pestering Raven with her agility and powers, and Mammoth had grabbed Starfire and flung her at Robin.

Beastboy stared at Nightmare in pure awe, wondering how to approach this new enemy. Nightmare took Beastboy's hesitation and rushed him, grabbing BB by the neck and flinging him into the wall of the nearest building. Walking slowly towards Beastboy, Nightmare began to invoke his own powers.

Suddenly, Beastboy was no longer on the street, but out in the African jungle. Looking around, Beastboy sees the people he never thought he'd see again. His parents. They were in the boat on the river, showing a young Beastboy, then known as Garfield, all the wildlife in the jungle.

"No...not again..." Beastboy said, knowing what was about to happen.

The boat was suddenly rocked with an explosion, the engine overflowing with gas. Beastboy's father picked up Beastboy and tossed him onto the shore, which was about 5 yards away. Beastboy watched in horror as his father went to get his mother, when the gas tank exploded one, last time, engulfing his parents in the flames. All Beastboy could hear was their screams, and he saw himself just sitting there on the shoreline, crying.

"Nononononononono!" Beastboy said over and over again. "Not again...please, not again."

Beastboy rolled into a ball on the ground, living his worst fear over and over again, his parents screams continuing for what seemed like an eternity.

Nightmare looked at Beastboy, curled up in the fetal position on the ground. Turning away from him, Nightmare headed towards Cyborg, who had just blasted Gizmo into the nearest building. Nightmare walked towards him, once again falling into his powers.

Cyborg quickly looked around, realizing that he was not fighting Gizmo anymore, but was in a laboratory. Cyborg realized where this laboratory was immediately. It was the one that came to him in his worst nightmares. He slowly walked towards the table that sat in the middle of the room, a sheet covering whatever was on it, though Cyborg already knew what it was. Pulling the sheet away, he stared at what was left of his body after Gizmo had gotten to it. All that was left of his body was torn into pieces, his components laying everywhere. His head was the only thing intact, and as he looked closer, he realized that he was still awake, the head being powered by a small battery, the human eye moving in all directions. Cyborg stepped away slowly; horror was the expression on his face. The head was trying to talk, the mouth moving, but nothing coming out.

Slipping on some liquid on the floor, Cyborg fell flat on his back. Looking at what it was, he realized that it was blood. His blood. Cyborg scrambled to get up, but kept slipping in it. Cyborg started to panic, his heart pounding as he struggled to get to his feet. His hand touched something solid and meaty. Looking at what it was, he realized that it was what was left of his human body, torn to shreds. Cyborg started to scream, when Gizmo, dressed in a white smock covered in blood, hovered over Cyborg and went towards the body on the table.

"I told you I'd pull you apart piece by piece, you snot-nosed loser!" Gizmo said, as he started to laugh. "Now, lets see what your mechanical brain looks like, you robo-bozo!"

With those words, he pulled a screwdriver out and started to open Cyborg's head. As Cyborg watched this, he started to scream once again, as the scene replayed over and over in his head.

Nightmare watched this, as Cyborg kept still, his eyes locked on something that wasn't there. Gizmo ran up to Nightmare's side, panting.

"That krud-sniffing loser busted my jetpack! I'm gonna..."

Gizmo stopped speaking as he saw Cyborg's face in pure terror, trying to get up, but slipping over and over, screaming all the while.

"What in the name of snot did you do to him?" Gizmo asked.

Nightmare turns and looks at Gizmo, his black eyes burning with excitement.

"Nothing I couldn't as easily do to you. One more Titan shall fall today. Then, we leave." Nightmare said, as he started to walk towards Raven. "Get the others ready to move. Our work here is almost done."

Gizmo stood there for a brief second before he moved to locate Mammoth, who was still busy with Robin and Starfire.

Raven had her hands full trying to stop the agile Jinx, telepathically throwing things at her.

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos!" Came Raven's signature words, as she picked up a nearby empty bus and hurled it at Jinx. Jinx jumped with surprising speed and ran over the bus's roof, landing on the ground right next to Nightmare.

"Gee, done with everyone else already?" Jinx asked, throwing one of her hexes at Raven, making her dive for cover.

Nightmare looked at Jinx. "Just finished with the Robot. One more, then we leave."

Jinx turned and saw Cyborg, who had stopped screaming, but was still trying to get up and away from his own worst fear. Jinx glared at Nightmare.

"You didn't have to do it to him! Why not one of the other Titans? Why him?" Jinx asked angrily.

"I see you still have feelings for the Robot. Then go to him. We'll see how Master Blood takes to it." Nightmare says calmly, before rushing towards Raven. Jinx looks at Cyborg helplessly, and then runs to help Gizmo and Mammoth, who were having trouble with Robin and Starfire.

Nightmare stops in front of Raven, his powers already taking effect. Jump City dissolved around Raven and she stood in the Nevermore realm. Nightmare stood at the top of a rock, staring at Raven.

"I know how your powers work. But they won't work on me. I don't do fear." Raven said.

"Ah, but I think you do." Nightmare said, once more invoking his power.

Raven stepped back, as a hole in the ground suddenly appeared. After a few more seconds, she heard a noise from the hole. Taking a few more steps back, Raven gasped as she saw what was coming out of the hole. Hundreds of thousands of little Trigons came crawling out, and heading towards her, all of them getting bigger the second they were out of the hole. Raven's face hid her fear, as she flew up in the air, but to no avail, as the many Trigons flew after her and brought her down.

"I knew you had some fear in the expressionless body of yours, dear Raven." Nightmare said, his voice full of amusement.

Nightmare exited himself out of Raven's nightmare and looked at what was happing to her. It looked as if she was trying to fight an invisible enemy, and failing, as she flew into a nearby car.

Nightmare laughed and started to walk away from the scene, calling to the other members of H.I.V.E. to hurry up and join him. Jinx and Gizmo launched one final attack on Robin and Starfire, blasting a huge hole in the street, causing them both to jump out of the way. When they looked up, the 4 enemies were gone.

As the images faded from the 3 fallen Titans, each started to get up slowly. Beastboy had tears coming down both cheeks, his eyes puffy from crying. Seeing his parent's death again was something he should have never seen again. Cyborg slowly got to his own feet, looking as if his system just crashed. And Raven extracted herself from the car she was embedded in, her face still showing no emotion, but was feeling scared on the inside.

They all met in front of Wayne Enterprises, Robin and Starfire noticing something was wrong immediately.

"Friends, what has happened?" Starfire asked, her voice and face showing great concern for her friends.

"We'll tell you when we get back to the tower. I really need some tea." Raven said. Cyborg and Beastboy nodded in agreement, both still shaking off the effects of Nightmare's power.