I am so tired right now. But I missed my personal deadline for updating, so I like have to do this. I've been busy. Homework has been a factor, and I've been spending a lot of time talking to my girlfriend, who I recently got with. I was surprised at how no one seemed to notice it. Well maybe some of you did and you didn't want to mention it. Someone finally did say something though. In the last chapter, Thunder and Lightning said "him" when talking about the killer. This was not an accidental revealing of the killer's gender. There is something that they both saw that made them believe it was a guy. I just didn't put what it was, but what they saw will be revealed around chapter six. So anyone who jumped to conclusions about the killer actually being a guy, don't be so sure. Like I said, it could be anyone. If no one mentioned anything then this author's note wouldn't be so long. I bet you all thought I slipped up and accidentally told you the gender... But it could still be a guy. Or a girl. Or something inhuman even. There could be three killers, one killer, two killers. You won't find out or a while. And to anyone who has said don't kill off their favorite characters: Anyone can die. Anyone could be the killer. My story, so please don't freak out over whatever I write. Enough rambling, read on!

I do not own Teen Titans.

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Chapter 5: Body In The Basement

The Killer's View

They rushed away from the scene, making sure that they left no evidence of who was actually there. They ran into the first room that they found, closing the door quietly behind them. The killer quickly took of their mask to get some fresh air, and they let out a deep breath as they felt the cold air meet their face. Then they smiled. Those last two had been easier than they expected. They had to pay, just like all the others did. One of them, if not more, had done something.

The killer put their mask back on with a sigh, adjusting it so that it fit perfectly to their face. They ran their hand over the logo on their chest. It gave them a rush. They were debating who to kill next. There was definitely a member of the Titans that may be able to find out who they were. He was a fantastic detective after all, and a great fighter. His mentor had done well. But it would not matter. They would die, just like all the others. The killer opened the door quietly, and stepped out.

They stuck to the shadows, not wanting to be seen or heard. They didn't sense anyone in the area, but that didn't mean someone wasn't lurking. Thunder and Lightning had been hiding from them. But those two didn't know that they were being tailed. If only they had locked the door, it might have been much more difficult to kill them. The killer turned the corner of the hall way and saw two figures. Cyborg and Bumblebee. The killer stepped back quickly. The two were talking about something. About the killer. About them. The murderer stayed back, and began to listen.

"Who do you think is doing this Cy?" Bumblebee asked. Cyborg grunted. "For the thusandth time. I. Don't. Know. Quit asking," He said. The killer saw her give him a sad look. "I'm sorry. I was just wondering... do you think it's a Titan?" Bumblebee said. Cyborg stopped in his tracks. "I- I just don't know. It could be anyone I guess. I wanna believe that it's someone else. An old villain. A new one even. But it could be Robin. Raven. BB. It could even be Star," Cyborg said sadly. Bumblebee patted him on the shoulder as they moved down the hall. "It could be Speedy, Aqualad, Thunder, or Lightning too. It's probably none of them. Let's just go and get some supplies," She said. Cyborg sighed and walked down the hall with her. They passed straight by the killer.

They stepped out of their hiding spot when it was all clear. They quietly wondered whether the two of them would stumble upon the bodies of their friends. The killer took off running silently down the hall but turned back. A door had opened. "Ahhh!" A long drawn out scream went off. They laughed to themselves. It sounded as if Bumblebee had found the bodies after all. "There will be more where that came from," The killer whispered as they went looking for their next victim.

Speedy's View

There was no doubt about it. Aqualad was definitely freaking him out. They had left the group to be safe, but Speedy wasn't sure if this was what he had in mind. His friend had been acting strangely. First, he had run away, saying he had to do something. Then eh started talking to himself, twitching, and cting jumpy. It really wasn't Aqualad's style. He was usually calm and collected, though he had somewhat of a temper. If he was the killer, he sure wasn't doing a very good job of hiding it. Aqualad was acting liking a psychopath right now. Speedy turned to his friend, going for an effort at calming him down.

"Everything is gonna be alright man. You just need to calm down," He said. Aqualad's eyes shifted over to him for a second. He looked Speedy up and down, then looked back ahead of himself. Speedy sighed. 'Oh well, I tired' He thought. There just seemed to be no use. Aqualad seemed to be fucked up beyond all repair. Perhaps finding the body of HotSpot had been more than he could handle. Despite their difference in powers, Aqualad had always been close to HotSpot. It just must have been too much...

"Was it you?" Aqualad asked suddenly. Speedy stopped walking, and turned to face Aqualad. "What are you? Insane? Of course it wasn't me," Speedy answered with a forced laugh. He began to walk away when Aqualad grabbed his shoulder roughly and pulled him back. Speedy was surprised to see his friend's eyes wide and blood shot. He looked crazed and paranoid. Speedy felt his fear rise at the sight. He had never seen someone who was supposed to be so good look so evil.

"I don't know what you think I did. I left Beast Boy because I heard something. The next thing I know, I see someone slip by me. I followed them, but couldn't keep up. Then I heard a scream. A door. It opened, then closed. I went into Beast Boy's room, and there was HotSpot's uniform in the water, and I knew he was dead," Aqualad said. Speedy studied him. His friend seemed genuinely scared, but Speedy wouldn't be fooled. They all knew how to act like that, as if something was wrong.

"I'd like to believe all this, but it isn't easy," Speedy said. Aqualad gave him a sad look as he let go of his shoulder. "We've known each other a while Speedy. I thought that you of all people would believe me," Aqualad said, his voice turning cold as he shoved his way past Speedy. He stared at his friend as he walked away and turned the corner. Speedy let out a quiet sigh as he realized he may have been wrong. "How could I have doubted him?" He said out loud to himself.

"Because just like everyone else, Aqualad could easily be the killer," A monotone voice said from behind him. He turned to face the owner. Raven. Her hood was up. He couldn't see anything except for her mouth, which wasn't a very easy way to identify her feelings. "You always like to lurk in the darkness?" Speedy asked her. He looked her up and down for a moment and smiled. "I guess you're the wrong person to ask that," He said. She nodded and walked by him quickly. "Don't follow me," She said. Speedy quickly ran along side her.

"Why not? Don't trust me?" He asked. She stopped moving with a sigh. He let out a shocked noise as she disappeared through the floor, only to appaear behind him. Speedy turned around angrily and followed. "Don't ignore me!" He yelled. Raven stopped once again. "I don't want you to follow me because I'm not sure whether I am the killer or not," She said. Speedy stared at her blankly. "How could you be killing and not know about it?" He asked her, his confusion obvious. Raven let out a deep breath. Then she pulled down her hood.

"There is a power inside of me that is evil. It gets out when I'm angry. And when this happens, I don't always remember what I did. I've been getting these flahses in my head, bad thoughts. I'm not sure if I'm picking up the killer's thoughts or... if they're my own," She answered. Speedy took a couple steps back from her. He always knew that Raven had some problems, but not like this. "Shit! You could really be the one doing all of this?" He asked. Raven nodded. "I suggest that you stay way. I don't want to hurt you Speedy," She said and walked away. This time he let her go.

"So that's what Robin was talking about," Speedy muttered. He made a mental note to avoid Raven. Could she really be the killer? He didn't want to think so. She was nice when she wanted to be, and kind of cute. 'In a dark sort of way' He thought with a smile. Speedy stood there for several moments, trying to think of who could be doing this. Raven just didn't make sense. If it was her, why wouldn't she have killed him when they were alone? He kicked the wall angrily.

"Brother Blood, Slade... Ah c'mon! Who else? Red X. Dammit! Who would wanna kill all of us?" He yelled. He had to find Robin. He would be able to help him out. He was the best, after all. Speedy ran down the hallway, turning the opposite direction that Raven had, silently beginning to wonder who had screamed earlier. It was a girl. Bumblebee. Starfire. Could have been Raven too. He stopped. "Aqualad was gone when I heard that," He realized. Speedy took off running again. Raven was right. The killer could be anyone.

Bumblebee's View

Beast Boy had gotten there first. Then Robin. One had heard her scream, the other was contacted by Cyborg on the communicator. Beast Boy was there in mere moments. Robin arrived a few minutes later. They reacted a lot like Cyborg did. Shocked looks, accusing stares. Neither of them looked too unsettled, not like she was. When Bumblbee saw those bodies, she just couldn't take it. The sight was horrible. Thunder was face down on the floor in a pool of blood, a machete in the back of his head. Lightning had a large hole in his stomach, and his face had been smashed to bits. It was obivous that neither was alive. What she saw caused Bumblebee to scream louder than she ever had in her entire life.

"What happened?" Beast Boy asked her. She didn't say a thing. Bumblebee just wrapped herself up in her arms, tears swelling up as she stared at the fallen brothers. She backed into a corner, shaking wildly. She wasn't used to seeing death, not like this. She had never seen a body so beaten. Bumblebee never knew that someone would ever want to do that to another person Beast Boy stepped away from her and said a few quiet words to Robin, who nodded and walked over to her.

"Did you see anything?" He asked. She didn't answer. "Did you see anything!?!" He yelled furiously. "Back off Rob, we didn't see him. We didn't see the killer," Cyborg said quietly. Robin stepped away from her. "I'm sorry," He said. She nodded slightly, turning to face Cyborg. He knew what she was thinking. 'Get me out of here' She thought. "She needs to get away from here guys," Cyborg said. "Go ahead, we'll close off this spot," Robin said. Cyborg grabbed onto Bumblebee's shoulders gently, then led her away.

"I'm sorry that you had to see that," He said. She wiped the tears from her eyes. "It wasn't your fault Cy. I just... I just didn't expect to see something so gruesome," She told him. Cyborg put a large metal arm around her. It was comforting, even if it wasn't skin touching her. "I know, neither did I. I promise, we'll get the son of a bitch doing this," Cyborg whispered. She smiled. Whoever was doing this... they deserved what they had coming to them.

They moved down a couple floors, nearing the basement area. She stopped Cyborg as they passed a storage room. "We should make you a battery pack, get you some juice," She suggested. Cyborg smiled. "Good idea. Then I can use my sensors again," He said. Bumblebee grabbed onto his hand and led him into the store room, then began to shift through some boxes. "Find some car batteries, we got like nine in here," He said. She nodded and, no sooner than she did, Bumblebee found a box full of batteries. "Here Cy," She called for him. He walked over. "Booyah!" He yelled with a laugh. She quickly clamped a hand over his mouth. "Be careful," She said. He mouthed sorry and grabbed a few of the batteries.

"Some of these just won't do. I only need a couple though. That way a portable pack should keep me charged for hours," Cyborg said. Bumblebee shivered in the cold. She suddenly noticed how out in the open they were. Their backs were to the door, which was wide open. If the killer was near, it would be pretty easy to finish them both off. She turned around quickly and shut it, smiling. She felt much safer now. "Alright," Cyborg said. Bumblebee faced him, and saw that he was now holding a large group of batteries. They were packed together. "Let's move to the basement. I can get the generator on manually," He said.

They began to leave the room but Bumblebee stopped. She grabbed a flash light on one of the shelves. If Cyborg's light was out, she wasn't going downstairs without something to shine in the area. They left the store room and turned a few corners until they were at some stairs. She turned on the light. "Stay behind me," Cyborg said. 'Read my mind' She thought to herself. Bumblebee walked down slowly, careful not to trip. They were soon at the bottom, and the first thing she noticed was a box open on the floor. "What's that?" She asked. Cyborg walked over to it slowly, a look of horror on his face. "No," He whispered.

She crept forward. The box was full of stuff. Large metal S's, black and orange fragments of cloth. "What is it?" She asked. Cyborg kicked the box aside. "It's a box of Slade's stuff, but his mask is gone. That means either someone around here has been prowling his old junk or... Slade was here," Cyborg said. Bumblebee suddenly felt an urge to run. She had heard bad things about Slade. Powerful, ruthless, deadly. She did not want to deal with him. "Lets just find the generator, and fast!" She said. Bumblebee dragged Cyborg away.

"So where is it?" She asked. Cyborg was walking in circles. Finally, he stopped before a plate of metal on the ground. "It's gone," He said. Bumblebee felt her heart speed up. "What do you mean gone?" She asked. Cyborg turned to her and pointed at the spot in front of them. "I mean it's gone! The generator is suppose to be right here and it's not! It's gone!" Cyborg yelled. He angrily tore the battery back off of him and threw it against the wall. It fell against the ground with a thud. She went to go pick it up.

"We have to get out of here then. I have a bad feeling about-" She stopped in mid sentence. Something stuck out. She shined the flashlight over to the corner of the basement. Sure enough, something was there. Bumblebee walked slowly over to it and pushed aside the boxes blocking her view. She stared down at what was there. Something she had definitely never expected to see. Then she began to scream again. Cyborg ran off, and together they looked down at what was on the ground:

A dead body, and it wasn't a Titan.

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Took me long enough to update. Like ten days or something I think. What a chapter, eh? I'm just kidding. There was no dying, much to some of your dismay I am sure. I just decided to give some story. Put the view on the killer. I thought that was an interesting idea. To put one more thing on here: Yes, that was Lightning assuming it was a guy from the last chapter. And Thunder assume it as well. The question is... Is it a male doing the killing? A female? You'll find out eventually. Look for an update withing a week. Review please.

Next Chapter: The Titans try to figure out who's body it is. After some arguing, the Titans get nowhere. But soon, Cyborg and Bumblebee are attacked once again. But this time, there is a clue to the identity. Who could be doing these attacks?

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