Chapter 3: Once started…Vengeance is Dangerous

Disclaimer: The Teen Titans, The Joker, and all other DC characters are to their respective creators, chill and see what else is in store!

Puppet King: Why must there be a disclaimer on each chapter?

Pakkrat: I like to play it safe, no suing me!

Puppet King: Then why did we get this mail for you and saying, "We the owners of Teen Titans have made a joint suit against you."

Pakkrat: What? Well, guess it's time to hide in Mexico! Hope to see you all soon! Vamanos!

I just find out today, 02/22/2005 that for some reason Chapter 3 was not showing up. I hope that this will fix it, sorry…

Revenge is the act of taking repentance through an equal act of the violation. So many say, it is a form of justification. Then why, why does this act destroy so much, feelings are torn and lovers broken. Revenge for another's mistake is not the way, not often, but no one can leave the pain caused go un-repaid. Was it worth it, the pain, and the pain that is now a part of you're life? You will see how it kills you inside. How it kills you're loved ones inside. This is only the beginning of the pain, of the path that is vengeance.

Starfire was turning in her sheets, she kept rolling and tossing for hours. She was in a dream, and she was running the halls of Titan tower. Each time she opened a door she was getting shorter, and her voice more squeaky. She soon realized when she stopped running and looked at herself, she was changing into a little kid! She was 5 years old when she sniffled and began to wail like a child. Beast Boy who was still a teenager said, "Aw, did Stary-Wary get Losty-Wosty? Here, follow me." He gave out his hand and Starfire grabbed it still sniffling. The little Starfire followed Beast Boy to the living room. "Hey guys, Star got off on her own again! Who was supposed to watch her?"

Cyborg was playing his games, "Not me! I was busy playing a game, weren't you on Star duty?"

Starfire rubbed her eyes, talking to herself in a child like voice, "I'm not a little kid!"

"No, I was off duty for her tonight so I took it upon myself to go ahead and make my Tofu Surprise!" Beast Boy then sighed, "Was it Robin or Raven?"

Starfire giggled, "I like Robin!"

The door opened, and Starfire turned to see Robin, holding Raven intensely kissing her neck. "Robin!" screamed Beast Boy, "You were supposed to watch Starfire!"

"Oh please!" Robin broke away from the grinning Raven, "I was busy here! I was with a real woman, not some childish little alien girl!"

Starfire started to tear up, Raven rolled her eyes, "She's going to cry again, kids."

Robin nodded, pulling Raven over to his room, "Leave her here, she doesn't know any better."

Starfire fell to her knees crying now, she cried loud "Robin! I wove you!"

Starfire opened her eyes, wiping them and seeing that shadowy figure in the corner, it was creepy. It had one yellow eye looking at her from within the shadows, and as the eye seemed to levitate towards Starfire, the shadows would go with it crawling the floor in darkness to hide the master to that yellow eye. Starfire was now crawling on her back away from this monster, "Go away! Leave me alone!"

"Starfire…" the voice trailed her name out, it was low, crispy, and cold. "You always look around you, epecting an answer to everything! You are such a little child, always wanting others to do everything for you. Starfire… you know that Robin does not love you, he can't have some one so weak, so childish in his world of pain and darkness."

The images of The Joker's victims then appeared, Starfire was shaking, all those dead people, "See," said the voice, "Even now the dark world that Robin grew up in frightens you, how can you expect to help him if you are so afraid of the world he lives in."

"Robin…" Starfire screamed "Robin is not a part of that world!"

"Isn't he…" the voice spoke, as it lunged from the shadows, the clammy hands reaching for her causing Starfire to wake up in her room breathing heavily in a cold sweat.

Starfire heard the rain, some time in the night all of the outside world began to rain long and loud. She narrowed her eyes, and thought, 'Am I, a child? Do I truly act like a child even to Robin? Could Robin not want me, because I am not able to live in his dark world?' Starfire then raised her knees, wrapping her arms around her legs to then rest her chin on them. "I… I…" Starfire felt the tears pouring down her cheeks, and the pain in her chest, "I am so… weak."

"Richard!" screamed a man in a playful voice, with his wife laughing in his arms. "Richard, come here son!"

Yes, it was Robin as a young boy again. He was running after his parents when he realized they were now swinging on the same Trapeze, above an arena! This was the day they died. Robin was about to scream but the ropes broke, they fell, and Robin was now watching them fall. They smashed and shattered into glass, and the glass melted to a shadowy figure. Robin was now a young man in his Robin hero outfit. Robin swirled down the long pole he watched his parents fall from chasing after the shadow, "Come back here!" Robin screamed, the shadow stopped to face Robin with a strong yellow eye. The shadow revealed itself then as Slade.

"Robin, you always were so angry at me. Why, is it because you're so angry you let them die?"

Robin screamed letting go a long set of combos in a wild attempt to strike Slade. Slade dodged the attacks saying, "Look at you, so content in this game of beat on the bad guy, save the day. Robin, the boy wonder." Slade then gripped Robin's ankle from a round house kick, and held him in the air, "Or, Robin, the boy facade."

Slade tossed Robin, and Robin turned around to now be facing The Joker. The Joker twirled his cane grinning, "Oh Robby, you just have to be this way don't you?"

Robin screamed "Shut up and fight me!"

The Joker and Robin fought by bouncing staff attacks, "Robin, why the need to fight? Because you can't live any other way, because you're afraid!" The Joker knocked Robin's staff and then gripped the boy wonders scruff. Robin looked in horror at the face of his aggressor, it changed.

"What, what is going on!" Robin was struggling to break free. The person holding him now was not the Joker but was… Starfire?

Starfire grinned, "You are surprised? How silly, you know that deep down I am what you need." Robin was backing away from Starfire, she trailed after him slowly, "You need my innocence, because you are afraid all you're years of fighting and seeing horrible images has made you into a heartless, careless, monster like those you have already beaten. Robin, can you even look at yourself without hiding behind you're mask?"

Robin was now up against a wall, he shook his head trying to get his thoughts. He looked around to see he was standing in a small circle of light, darkness all around him. Starfire was at the end of the circle, she smiled as she said, "Robin, you're afraid of this. This is you're fear. You fear that you have lost you're innocence; you are no more a boy than a monster that fights crime. Robin, you want to use me to take your innocence back than tell me." Starfire levitated into the shadows, and when she did her eyes were all that shinned, but only one yellow eye that was slinky stayed, and her voice now sounded dark, "Which is the worst monster here?"

Robin jumped out of his bed screaming, "Starfire!" he was breathing heavily, and the lightning struck to cause him to look outside. Robin sighed as he thought of that dream, what in the world was that. He stood up, he was wearing a pair of loose black judo pants, the kind that you pull the strings to adjust the waist. Robin leaned onto the window thinking back to his days with his family, with Batman, the days he stopped trying to look into his own eyes worried he'd see an uncaring monster.

A pair of lavender eyes came out of the shadows, belonging to the hooded Raven. Raven saw a line dividing her and her friends, on their side was light and sunshine, a pastured field. Raven's side was her room, she realized the door was actually her door. Raven closed the door and floated to her bed to lay down. Raven then heard a voice ask, "Why do you act so creepy?" Raven was now looking at her door, "The goth thing is getting on my nerves Raven!" Beast Boy was yelling at her through the door, Raven ignored him and rolled over again. She was now inside of a mosaic room, with pillars and a strange aura. Raven heard a woman scream, it was her mother, and she looked to see through a set of curtains her father, Trigon, was now trying to force himself on Raven's mother. Raven grabbed her head, she fought the images, this was not right.

Now she was in shadows, her room again, and there was a book. Raven looked at the book, it was on the middle of the floor. She closed her eyes and concentrated again as the book blew open letting the large dragon, Malacoir, escape it to breath fire and roar all around her. Raven then yelled with her glowing eyes, "Who are you!"

The dragon stopped, and snorted, "A strong little girl aren't you." The dragon disappeared into the shadows, and Raven also followed. "I have never met anyone so in control of their mind, their fear."

"I'm not afraid of you! I know you're trying to scare me. Why are you doing this?" Raven could barely even see as the only thing now visible of her was her shinning lavender eyes. "Are you in league with The Joker?"

"No, I am in league with myself, I only want to make you Titans see the truth."

Raven turned abruptly, that voice had been behind her. Raven screamed "What was the truth then? What were you trying to show me?"

Behind Raven, a light came on next to her. Raven dodged it and the voice laughed, "That's it."

Raven screamed "What is?"

"You're afraid of the light!" the voice screamed back instantly. "You know it, you fear it, and you fear you'll never be able to except the light."

Raven paused, her voice was shaky, "That's not true."

"Heh." the nearly instant laugh angered Raven enough to cause her to blow up the light. "Look at you; you lash out at anything from the light every second you get! Tell me, why you even try to tell yourself that you could stop for Beast Boy!"

"I love Beast Boy!" Raven snapped back.

The voice paused, but soon answered, "Does he love you?" Raven felt struck, like she had been punched, "Could he love you? A creature so dark and resentful. You're mother was hurt by the man she loved, and you also fell to that betrayal. When Beast Boy betrays you what will you do?"

"Beast Boy won't betray me!"

She turned and that one yellow eye shinned down on Raven, "He already did, he betrayed you're feelings. See, there is no truth to love, it is only pain! Pain you hide from in the darkness of your room, of the walls that divide and hide away the light that would sooner reveal you to more pain!"

Raven went to attack when she saw a light come onto her and the figure, the figure was Terra. Terra grinned, "What's wrong, you want to hit me? Because of how I took Beast Boy, how he fell in love with me in only a day and he hardly can admit any feeling for you! Why, why would a stranger mean so much more than you?" Raven was stepping away from Terra, a look of shock on her lips; Terra followed saying, "Look at you! You are not just creepy; you're a total freak of nature! A half-demon that has even given her love to a dragon demon once already! You wonder why you're alone, it's not a mystery! You want to be alone!"

Raven then lost it, her face changed to a four eyed demonic form and she fired her beam into Terra, but the thing was Terra had turned into Beast Boy. Beast Boy screamed and flew into the distance, Raven screamed "Beast Boy!" and flew after him but he was going to fast.

"You know what you're really afraid of? You're afraid of being… human."

Raven jumped up flinging her blanket off. She was panting as she looked around the room. She was looking for that eye, but it wasn't there. She shook her head and grabbed her cloak, she wrapped it around herself and realized yes, she did feel safer in that. Raven then felt sick, there was truth in what her dream was saying but how much? Would Beast Boy really hurt her some day?

Beast Boy was on a stage, he slowly walked to the center and grabbed the mike, grinning. "Okay, so how's everybody doing tonight?"

There was silence, Beast Boy had his ears droop, "Gee, tough crowd huh?"

Beast Boy tried to peer into the audience but the only person he could make out was a man with one yellow eye. Beast Boy smiled, as he then knocked on an imaginary door. "Knock, knock!" no one answered, Beast Boy sighed saying "KNOCK,KNOCK!"

Then Beast Boy was knocking on a real door in Titan tower. Beast Boy was at Raven's door going, "Aw, come on Raven, we want to see the beautiful smile of yours." Beast Boy was being playfully sarcastic.

Raven opened her door slightly to have her one purple eye come out, "Sorry, not in a smiling mood."

Beast Boy gave her a grin, "Not even for this wonderful face?"

"Especially." She then closed the door. Beast Boy sighed, "Raven, please! I just want to talk to you! Open up just for once!"

The door opened, Beast Boy beamed as he ran through the door and now he was in the underground tome where Terra was. Beast Boy blinked, 'whoah, she didn't redecorate did she?' he stepped into a spider web thinking, 'Aw man, she's getting into real spiders again."

Beast Boy reached the center area and realized this was Terra's tome, Beast Boy looked and fell to his knees, "Raven!"

Raven was standing in Terra's place and she was crying. "Beast Boy." Beast Boy turned to Slade, he had one glowing yellow eye, "Look at you, crying like the weak little boy you always were."

Beast Boy stammered to his feet, "You did this! Just like with Terra!"

"I did this? Who was it that drove Terra to me? Who was it that betrayed Terra's trust first? Who hurt Terra and will now hurt his beloved Raven?"

Beast Boy changed into a rhinoceros charging towards Slade. Slade easily leaped over Beast Boy and landed behind the changeling. Beast Boy sped to a halt to turn back at Slade, Slade simply stood with his arms crossed behind his back. "Beast Boy, are you still upset, or maybe angry about you're inadequacies compared to the pretty boys like Robin or Aqualad. Let's face it, how many girls can take such a weird little troll like you seriously. You're fear of being misunderstood actually makes you seek acceptance through comedy and parlor tricks."

Beast Boy came charging again, and Slade dodged to cause Beast Boy to smash through… Raven. Raven shattered into millions of pieces, and Beast Boy barely had transformed to normal in time to catch her head. Raven's head opened it's stone eyes, and said, "Beast Boy, how could you do this to me?"

Beast Boy leapt awake, he shook violently as he would as a dog. He jumped up and twirled around, he wouldn't make Raven unhappy he loved her. He had to make up for his earlier mistakes, he would not let this girl he loved suffer like the last. Beast Boy then blinked, "Cyborg?" he knew Cy had fallen asleep out here, where did he go?

Cyborg was on the roof, he woke up to see a mist that was creeping around the tower. He last saw it leaving Beast Boy and so he figured he's find out what was going on. On the rooftop, Cyborg felt the rain hitting his hard metal casing hard. Then he heard some kind of slap sound, it was of plastic vinyl on hard steel. He blinked, and saw the basket ball rolling at his feet. Then, Cyborg jumped from the voice asking, "How long has it been? Two, three years since you're accident."

Cyborg looked around, his arm drawn, "Long enough, I'm used to it. Being metal ain't all that bad."

"Oh," said the voice, it was somewhat elderly and strong. "Then perhaps the realization has not stricken you're heart with enough fear yet. You are a machine; you have no place in the world of sports!"

"Maybe." Cyborg grinned as he honed in on that voice, "But beating up bad guys sure is more fun than my old games were."

Cyborg then felt a strong jolt to his back, he turned to hear a voice saying, "Perhaps, but since this was all just a dream, will it really matter?"

There was a shadowy figure, a tall point at their head's top shown he wore a strange witch like hat. The tip was wrinkled, and the point of this long brimmed hat twirled in the storm. The only other features visible were the glowing yellow eye that shown from under the raggedy hat. The shadow then backed away into some shadows, and seemed to vanish inside them. Cyborg watched, slowly falling unconscious and wondering, what it was really like to be human again, to feel the rain on you're skin again.

Robin was in the bathroom, he was really worked up now. He brushed his teeth and looked at the mask he hid behind. He never thought about it but he did hide. Robin put the toothbrush down and spat into the sink, Robin then walked out to bump into Beast Boy. Beast Boy narrowed his eyes saying, "Hey Rob, what are you up to?"

Robin shrugged, he was still wearing his loose pants but no shirt. "Beast Boy? You seem upset."

Beast Boy shrugged, "Maybe, why would you want to know."

Robin gave a somewhat worried look, "You're not angry with me are you?"

Beast Boy finally softened and smiled, "Nah, just tired." Beast Boy was walking off through the halls when he snorted, "Pretty boy…"

Robin now bumped into Starfire, she came out of her room and beamed at Robin's presence. "Robin! How are you?"

Robin looked at Starfire, his dream said he was leeching off of her innocence to make up for his. Was it true, did he really only feel for her because of her innocence. "Starfire…" Robin sounded sad, the way his mask bowed in the center made Starfire look worried.

Robin shook his head, and gave a weak smile. He brushed some of Starfire's hair back and said, "You know Star, you're really lucky you get to live like a kid sometimes."

Robin walked off, Starfire was frozen in place. She looked straight ahead, "Like a kid, am I like a child? Truly, am I a child?"

Raven was still in her room, she looked at the trunk where she locked away Malcoir, and the feelings came to her. Raven was able to control them but she still worried on the fact she could be hurt. If she was hurt by Beast Boy, she wondered could she heal from that. Some betrayal can just be to much. Finally Raven turned around and began to levitate out of her room. She saw Cyborg coming from the roof drenched unbelievably badly. Cyborg was drying himself wit a towel, Raven asked, "What happened to you?"

Cyborg was squeaky-cleaning his ears with his pinky as he said, "I must have been sleep walking, woke up on the roof. Was one hell of a dream too."

Raven narrowed her eyes, 'The dreams, what if they weren't just dreams. I might need to talk to Robin.'

Cyborg had pulled his finger out of his ear to spring a leak. His eyes turned into meters that showed how much water was coming out of his head. The meter fell from F (Full) to E (Empty) before he shook his head. Raven blinked at the fish now flipping on the floor, "How long were you outside?"

Cyborg just grinned, "Too long?"

The two entered the kitchen and no more than a moment Beast Boy grabbed Raven and flung her into a chair. Before she could say anything, Beast Boy flew around her putting her in a bib, cushioning her head with a pillow, and placing several plates in front of her. Raven stared at the nice little breakfast platers before asking, "Beast Bo─"

Beast Boy shoved a spoon into her mouth saying, "Well, what do you think?" He fluffed her pillow asking, "Ya comfy-cozy?" He then pulled on the bib to cause her to choke, "You're bib on straight?"

Raven lost it and began swinging her hands, "Beast Boy, knock it off!" She looked at his drooped ears and sneered, "What is going on?"

Beast Boy now beamed morphing a small straight French mustache, "Well madam, today we have many exquisite tastes from the city of love!" Raven had a sweat drop fall from her temple, "As you can see, we have croissants, omelets, and various breakfast type yummies for you're eating pleasure! I'm just trying to make you happy." Beast Boy thought to himself, 'Teach that dream how wrong it was.'

Raven rolled her eyes, "Whatever, just leave me go and get something." She was headed to the fridge when Robin came wandering in. Robin turned to Raven and blinked, he noticed her looking in the fridge but she had bent over. He blushed as he realized he was looking at her butt. Robin finally shook his head when he heard, "Get a good view?" Beast Boy stood tapping his foot. Robin blinked, "I… uh, thought I saw a bug." The lamest excuse he could muster. Beast Boy began to twitch, 'must be dead for how long you were looking pretty boy!'

Cyborg blinked, "Wow, Robin got a thing for Raven?" he turned to Starfire, and she was sitting on the couch gritting her teeth at the sight. "You know Star, getting jealous is kind of childish."

Starfire snapped her neck back to Cyborg, and then she punched him in the head. Cyborg turned and asked, "Did you just hit me in the head?"

Starfire was now watching the TV, her one eye was twitching but she said in a sincere voice, "Why no Cyborg, that would be rude of me."

Cyborg smiled, "Cool, because that would be really childish if you did."

There was a second hit to Cyborg's head; he turned to see Starfire was sitting in her spot on the couch. Cyborg narrowed his eyes, now thinking 'Something is wrong… like really wrong.'

Robin had sat down at the table, he was wondering why did he look at Raven? Something was weird about when he did it, like he wanted to see what that kind of girl was like. Robin slowly made a look to Starfire, she was on the couch watching the TV intently, then she turned to him slightly and grinned. Robin blushed, was it wrong to think about another girl?

"There it is." Raven popped out of the refrigerator and had a cup of cappuccino, Beast Boy blinked at her curiously, "I bought it a day ago but never finished it. It's from that new coffee house down town."

Beast Boy grinned, "Really, maybe we should go down there together next time."

Raven gave Beast Boy a discerning look over, "That's not really the kind of place for you, and the atmosphere is really serious."

Beast Boy snorted, "Oh, so I can't be serious."

Robin grinned, "The Beast Boy we know thinks "serious" is a pizza topping." Raven slightly smirked thinking it was funny, Robin blushed not knowing why it made him happy. Then as Robin went for a sausage from the table Beast Boy slammed a spatula down on Robin's hand grinning. "OW! What was that for?"

"Because." Beast Boy kept grinning, "Because?" asked Robin rubbing his hand. "Because I can!" Beast Boy roared out into Robin's ear. Robin now grabbed a wooden stirring spoon and began to duel out Beast Boy. The two swung spatula and spoon until they heard the slurp sound. Raven had taken a sip of her cappuccino which she had just warmed up from the microwave. Raven had that little foam mustache that happens when you tip the drink to far up and it goes onto the top of the mouth. Robin and Beast Boy stopped swinging as Raven instinctively used her tongue to swipe the foam off of her top lip. Cyborg blinked at the way the two guys were now looking at Raven, "Whoa… they both got a thing for her?" he felt a strong smack to his head, Starfire was sitting with a small vein on her forehead and "reading" a magazine. Cyborg frowned, "I'm going to jump in the ocean, it might be safer."

Robin shook his head, then screamed "That's it!" he was storming out of the room "I'm going to do some research on The Joker!"

Beast Boy gave Robin a glare when he was gone "Pretty boy…"

Raven took a second slip and looked up, "What?"

Beast Boy looked back and drooled, "Nothing…" he was phasing out like Mad Mod had brainwashed him.

Starfire floated over to Robin who was now headed to his room. "Robin?" Robin turned and she smiled, "So it is the Joker that has made you act oddly today?" she seemed really happy about that. "I was under suspicions you had… other reasons… for these actions."

Robin turned in a slight sigh, "Star… leave me alone."

Starfire was giving her grin, "Excuse me?"

"I want to be alone! I need to be alone!" Robin had snapped into angry-mode, Star was stepping back when he screamed "I want YOU to leave me be most of all! I don't need somebody asking me how's my life like a… a… A little kid!"

Robin stormed out of the halls and into his room, Starfire dropped her chin and had small drops fall from her eyes. She was crying, "Robin truly does see me as a child…" she floated off to her own room and closed the door.

Robin pulled out a box, and removed several articles from Gotham City. He narrowed his eyes to one article, it read, "Joker Uses Smilex Bomb On Downtown Gotham!"

Robin glared at another article, "Two-Face Gives Dual Image To Gotham!"

Robin then grabbed another article and sneered, "Boy Wonder Kills Girl In Botched Joker Captuer!"

Robin screamed as he flung the box into a corner, articles flying every which way he could imagine. He crawled over to the corner and sighed, then one article fell on his lap. Robin read it, then smiled, "… Fear…"

Raven narrowed her eyes, she went to drink her cappuchino but Beast Boy kept watching. Finally she slammed down the drink and said, "I'm done!"

Beast Boy snapped out of his trance asking, "Why? It was just getting good!" he then slapped himself in the head for saying it like that and said, "I mean, anything I can do for you anyways?"

Raven slammed the door and Beast Boy sagged his shoulders and dragged his knuckles on the ground. "I choked."

Cyborg was now looking at the depressed Beast Boy and thought. 'Man, did everybody wake up on the wrong side of the bed or what? The only other normal person here is Raven, and that's only because she doesn't let on she has emotions.'

The door opened and Cyborg blinked, "… No way."

There was a blue cloaked figure, and Beast Boy grinned, "So, what ya need Raven?"

The thing was, the person in the cloak wasn't Raven, it was… "Starfire? What the heck are you doing?"

Starfire was wearing one of Raven's cloaks, now things were really messed up! Starfire sighed saying, "I am realizing that to be an adult you must be grumpy, and somewhat dark. Therefore, since Robin has an attraction to he dark Raven, I will be like Raven for my love."

Beast Boy now glared, flames in his eyes, "Hold it, he's got a thing for MY Raven? I'm going to kill that pretty boy!" Beast Boy then flew out as a hawk hrough the tower. Cyborg leaned off of his couch smirking, "Man, you look like a kid playing as the Grim Reaper for Halloween!" he then began to laugh. Starfire's neck did a total 360 turn and was flaring at Cyborg. Cyborg whimpered as she lunged at him growling like a bear.

Robin came out of his room and saw Raven, he smiled at her as he grabbed her arm, "Raven, I think I know what happened!"

"What?" asked Raven, but then Beast Boy popped in screaming "Banzai!"

The two looked up to see Beast Boy doing one of his slams slowly turning into a hippo. Raven grabbed Robin and phased them both through the floor and back after Beast Boy had slammed past and into a wall. Beast Boy peeled off and with swirl eyes said, "Whoa, that was kinda painful."

"Think what it would have felt for us!" Raven snapped out.

Beast Boy flipped over and sat Indian style holding his ankles, "I see… so you like him more than me."

Robin blinked, "What?" he then saw her hand on his wrist and he blushed, "Uh… Raven."

Raven removed her hand saying, "Beast Boy, not only did you get jealous last night but now after you promised to stop you do it again!"

Beast Boy looked up slowly, "Well, he's the one that's getting all googly eyed! Besides, pretty boy show-offs like him always get the girl!"

Robin smiled, "So you think I'm a pretty boy." He then felt the jab from Raven in his side, "I mean, you have you're good looks to!"

Beast Boy growled, "Sure, I look like a goblin."

"What?" Raven smiled, it was one of her timid grins really, she never had a real smile. "I think you look fine."

Beast Boy's ears twitched, he smiled, "Fine or…" he swiveled his shoulders, "Fayne…"

Raven blinked, what was the difference. "Um, the second one."

"BOO-YA!" Beast Boy jumped up grabbing Raven and swinging her in his arms. When he realized, he blushed and sat her down. The funny thing was Raven seemed to be blushing more.

"So what started this anyway?" asked Raven?

Beast Boy pointed to the blushing Robin, "Robin looked at you're can at breakfast." Raven stood there for a moment, then turned to Robin awkwardly stepping away from him.

Robin rubbed his head, "Now hold on, I think I know what happened to cause that and all our trouble. I need to…" then the room flashed red, the emergency light had gone off. All the titans ran to the conference room and saw Cyborg was already logging in the complaint. Robin blinked at Starfire and he similarity to Raven. Raven was to busy fuming at the realization Starfire went into her room!

Cyborg shrugged, "Seems to just be a traffic jam, but there's a large box in the center of the street that has our names on it."

Robin narrowed his eyes, "He made his move." He then ordered the team to move out, Raven would transport them all but they had to stay really close. Raven turned into her shadow self and grabbed the party to then fly them all to the center of town. There was a giant block like object with a black cloak on it that had the Teen Titans on the sides. Robin said, "Don't touch anything. This has got to be one of the Joker's tricks!"

Beast Boy popped his head from under the cloak asking, "What did you say?"

Everyone screamed "NO TOUCHING!"

Beast Boy had his hair straight back from the scream, he dropped the cloak saying, "Yeah, got it."

Robin then heard something, a crackling sound. Then the cloak flew off and a giant lid opened, it was a giant Jack-In-The-Box! This giant clown on a spring had a giant purple spring body, and purple spring arms. The hands were white gloves, and the large white clown head with the one red eye and the one orange star with a red eye. The green wave hair looked exactly like the Jokers, and then Robin sneered as he saw the man on the top of the head under a blanket with a cap on. The Joker slowly yawned and threw off his cap and blanket to smile, "Ah, what a night. So how you kids doing down there?"

Robin screamed "Give it up Joker! I know what you're up to now where is he!"

The Joker frowned a little, "Oh, so you figured out the dreams? What a waste."

A shadow now came from the corner of the box, there was a man in a brown wrinkled hat with a large brim, he had hair that was ragged like straw. His black trench coat hanging loosely around his body, and the raggedly torn shirt and pants gave his some what dead appearance reality. He also wore a noose around his neck like a tie, and Robin cringed, "Scarecrow, I figured you were the one behind this! Our nightmares were all you're doing!"

Scarecrow, as he was better known, was the untold master of fear. His some what ill looking skin that seemed slightly dead white, smiled a grin and said, "I only showed you and you're friends what was in their hearts, their souls. My tricks can only make you're fears come to the surface. Nothing I did was a lie, it was you're only real truth."

All the Titans looked angrily at Scarecrow, except Robin who knew this was not over yet. "Joker, who else is here?"

"Oh, Robin! Just you, me, you're friends… and some of my pals!" The Joker clicked his heels now laughing and leaping down the back of the giant spinning jack. Scarecrow even chuckled as he followed and then the strange jack began to laugh, Robin realized it was another of the Jokers giant toys again. Robin screamed "Titans GO!" and dodged as the Jack pulled out a Tommie-gun and began to fire at the titans. Raven looked over to Scarecrow and flew at him, she needed to get that man. The Joker was running as Robin and Beast Boy began going after him. Cyborg rolled his eyes as he said, "Okay Raven looks li─" he snapped at his cloaked ally, "Got that stupid thing off Star!"

Starfire jumped quickly removing the cloak from Raven's room, "Then how will Robin know that I am not a child?"

"Oh for." Cyborg slapped his head, "Just show him you're not a kid, give him a kiss or something!"

Starfire blushed, she often wanted to but it wasn't like her to just do that. Cyborg growled, "Starfire!" he had a big pumping vein on his head

Starfire nodded, grabbing a hold of Cyborg she flew him into the air and flung him into the giant Jack, as he began to open his arm Starfire blinded it with her star bolts. Cyborg aimed carefully at the neck of the Jack and fired his sonic beam to cause the eyes to flicker and burn out as the head rolled off of the Jack. Starfire was still grinning as a gray blur smashed her into a building, and then followed. Cyborg screamed "Starfire!" but when he landed on the ground, two hands had broken out of the ground and dragged Cyborg into the sewers.

Robin and Beast Boy were after the Joker, Beast Boy figured he could out do Robin by taking down the clown and with a sly grin Beast Boy turned into a bull and began a giant charge. The Joker turned around and grinned bigger as he grabbed some kind of gum from his jacket. The Joker began chomping down fiercely as he outran the Bull then turned blowing a gigantic bubble. The Joker pulled out the bubble from his mouth and held it out to cause Beast Boys horns to pop it. The gum splattered all over Beast Boy trapping him in place. Beast Boy sighed, "Aw man, why am I always the one getting caught in this kind of junk!"

The Joker plopped next to Beast Boy holding up his own like it was one of those commercials. "Ce-Mentos, the sticky maker!" The Joker began to laugh madly as Beast Boy screamed "You know that Mentos are just breath mints!"

The Joker paused, and turned with a fiery glare, "Nobody ever makes me look like a fool!"

Beast Boy smirked, "Yeah, you do that for yourself!"

The Joker now had a twitch in his eye, "Oh really?" his voice was getting fluttery, "I guess you think you're a regular laughing box! Then guess what I have for you…" The Joker grabbed a yellow canister from his jacket saying "Smilex" on the side. "Time to give you a smile you'll never forget!"

Just then Robin jumped in flinging several Batarangs. The Joker stuck out his sleeve and shot out playing cards that were metallic. The Batarangs and cards smacked into one another making them fall to the ground. Robin gripped his pole weapon and grinned, "This time, you're mine Joker!"

The Joker shrugged, "If you want me so bad all you had to do was say it." He winked and gave a fake kiss. Robin screamed lunging at the Joker but The Joker swung out his cane smacking boy wonder back. Robin quickly launched a kick pivoting from his staff, but the Joker blocked that attack with his cane. The two began to walk off and block their attacks. Beast Boy squirmed, and sloshed, "Um… hello?"

Starfire was flying through the building being bombarded by strange flames. When she finally stopped she began to look around illuminating the room with her green energy hands. Starfire saw all of the cars, it was a garage. Starfire then felt the eyes in the back of her head and she turned to fire a bolt. The bolt struck but the person she hit simply sat there. He was crouched, and had placed himself on a rafter in front of a window. He had metallic wings, and a strange gray shinned suit. The helmet this man wore had a dual set of antenna and red orb like eyes. He slowly stood up branding a gun with a hose to his jetpack wings. "They call me Firefly, a mercenary by heart, The Jokers paying me a pretty penny to fry you."

Starfires eyes turned green, "Allow me to show you how difficult frying Tameranian women can be." She flew at Firefly, but he flew over her back firing his fire bolts into her back with his gun. Firefly laughed back, "Seems easy to me toots."

Starfire turned back, and flew again to try another slam. Firefly kept flying past her and then shooting another fire bolt into her. Starfire decided to try evading and twirled around his latest fire bolt. When Starfire got close enough to punch Firefly, Firefly swung to the side making his shoulder take the strike, then he planted the gun at her face to fire. The flames caught Starfire off guard and she screamed as she fell to the ground. Firefly landed on a car and said, "You seem kind of weak, the easiest 500 thou I made today."

Firefly pointed out his gun but there was a large explosion, Starfire had flung a star bolt into the car under Firefly to make it explode. Starfire let out a small pant, but then heard a sudden footstep. Firefly was walking through the wreckage looking at the flames. "Their so magnificent, I see the sirens in the flames, singing to me."

Starfire felt uneasy, Firefly pointed out his gun again and chuckled, "Okay kid, let's see what you're body makes me see."

Starfire fell unconscious, and as Firefly began to pull the trigger, someone grabbed his gun. Firefly turned to have a fist smack into his face, and then another to his gutt. Firefly pointed the gun and it was kicked out of his hands, and then the assailant planted his one foot into Fireflys feet, and then with the free leg did a seven point kick, striking the head, ribs, chest, and neck in a quick and strong fashion. Firefly fell unconscious, leaving a small moan. The person that now leaned over Firefly undid Fireflys helmet, and put it on. The assailant proceeded with the entire costume until Firefly was left in his boxers and then locked into a trunk of one of the cars. The assailant now in Firefly's costume cracked his knuckles and kicked the unconscious Starfire waking her up. He leaned down and said, "I'm not done with you yet." Firefly then grabbed her legs and twirled her around to then fling her through a wall. He flew out of the building saying, "Next time, I won't take it easy on you!" and Firefly flew off.

Starfire was confused, the man Firefly had somehow changed his voice. Also, she was pretty sure his jetpack was not malfunctioning so why did he run off? She smiled saying, "A lucky break for once." Starfire then jumped up realizing, "Robin!" he had followed the Joker, she flew off in search of him worried.

Cyborg was being plowed through a wall when he finally got a look at his attacker, a big man with green skin. This guy was like a crocodile, and yeah that was his name. Killer Croc was an ex wrestler Cyborg read about before. This guy was a violent man with a skin condition that gave him the hide of a crocodile like creature. He was also endowed with sharp fangs, and claws like a croc. In the end, he resembled more beast than man, his blue jeans the only thing he wore and no tail were all that defined the man as a man. Croc came running a Cyborg bearing his claws and fangs, and Cyborg ran back with his hands clasping to Crocs. Cyborg and Croc began to try and push the other over with their force, Croc grinned, "I haven't felt like this since my days as a wrestler!"

Cyborg grinned, "I haven't felt like this since that day we went to florida and I dropped my chilli dog in the marsh."

Croc growled, "Oh, funny." He then boosted himself and flung over Cyborg, now grabbing onto Cyborg's leg Croc flung Cyborg out and over into a sewer drain. "This ain't some game kid! I'll rip you're head off and use it for a suitcase!"

"Isn't that what rich guys do with you?" Cyborg made his joke daringly. Croc roared screaming "Stop making fun of me you puke!"

Croc began another charge when Cyborg fired his fist off connecting to Croc's chin. Croc fell back into the sewer water and laid there. Cyborg grinned, "How ya like my one two punch leather face?"

Cyborg reattached his arm, and Croc popped up his head saying, "Not bad," he had his legs sweep Cyborg, and then grabbed Cyborg raising him up in the air "But I'm a wrestle, not a boxer!" he then flung Cyborg deeper into the sewers. The current was getting stronger and Cyborg screamed as he went over a waterfall. Croc grinned, "How ya like my Croc Cruncher Toss!" he then sweat dropped, "I need a bit more work on my titles."

Raven was flying after Scarecrow, but she soon realized he wanted this. He had turned to her smiling several times. Finally, he stopped and grabbed a preachers staff from the side. "So, what did you want?"

"How did you get inside our heads?"

Scarecrow smirked, "It wasn't that hard actually, you see the last few years I have dove deeper into certain phobias. Perhaps you heard of the town of Salem?"

Raven narrowed her eyes, who didn't "The Salem witch hunts? Is that what you are getting at?"

Scarecrow laughed, "Yes, you are truly a magnificent girl. Salem was one of the greatest mysteries in fear. A whole town was turned to the will and whim of girls to pit family and friends against one another and in the end it failed out to severe loss." Scarecrow sighed, "I would love to be able to have that kind of control."

Raven narrowed her eyes, "I'm not getting this, what are you after?"

Scarecrow smiled, "Ah, I want you my dear to show me real fear." He then flung something into Raven's face, she shook and then convulsed, she was feeling hot. Raven looked up and felt ill, she saw Scarecrow changing, and morphing into some kind of variation of her father. She screamed as her body was surrounded by a black aura while she flew into the sky. Raven had four purple glowing eyes and flung out bolts of black lightning. Scarecrow smiled, "Oh, such emotion, such fear! I have found my masterpiece!"

Beast Boy was still trying to break out of his gum prison, he then saw Raven and screamed "Raven no!" He morphed into and elephant, snapping out of the strands of gum and transformed into a hawk flying at Raven. Raven turned and saw the hawk change into a dragon, "Malcoir!" she fired a large beam at the dragon and it stopped, but slowly turned out to be Beast Boy. Raven gasped before flying down to grab Beast Boy saying, "Beast Boy! I didn't mean to hurt you."

Beast Boy looked up smiling, "Ah, at least you're not crazy anymore."

Raven smiled, it was one of her real smiles. Beast Boy was grinning, "You know Raven, you're really cute when you smile."

Raven blushed, and then Beast Boy fainted. "Beast Boy!" she shook him but he was already out of it. Scarecrow looked out from the distance smiling, "If something were to happen to the boy, perhaps this Raven would lose to madness. That truly would be a sight that extends the fear."

Robin was still trying to match the Joker, but nothing worked. Finally, The Joker swung and Robin blocked to then pull off a swipe to knock away the cane. Robin chuckled, "Game and match! Give it up Joker."

The Joker sighed, "Fine, you win kid." He raised his arms and pushed a button in his palm. A boxing-glove shot out from under the Jokers jacket and hit Robin in the chest, now shooting him back onto his tailbone. Robin grabbed at his bottom and cringed, he really hurt it. The Joker now had his cane and forced it down on Robin's throat. The Joker was breathing onto Robin saying, "Kid, we really are so much alike you know."

Robin snapped, kicking the Joker off and then flinging one of his batarangs. The batarang was broke from one of the Jokers swipes and Robin leaped up. The Joker stood up and twisted his cane head to make a pogo-stick. The Joker began to pogo away as Starfire came in, she screamed "Robin!"

Robin was still running when Starfire flew ahead of him. The Joker chuckled as he flung a yellow canister that exploded on Starfire. Starfire coughed and fell to the ground. Robin was passing her when he heard laughter. He turned and Starfire was laughing and now dropping to the ground. Robin ran back screaming, "Starfire!" he picked up the canister and felt faint, it was Smilex. Robin grabbed at his utility belt and pulled out a syringe. Starfire was still twisting and turning, a giant smile on her face. Her eyes were closed and she was crying horribly. Robin injected the serum of the syringe into her arm, and she calmed down. Her smile stopped growing and she slowly opened her eyes. Robin smiled, "Starfire…"

Starfire was slowly going back to normal and she said, "Robin, I am sorry for getting in the way."

Robin shook his head, "Forget it Star, I'll get him soon enough."

The Joker looked back on his pogo-stick and smiled, "Well, well, Robin has himself a girlfriend." He then let out one of his laughs and escaped.

The titans had returned to the tower, Cyborg was sitting on the steps with a toilet lid around his neck. Beast Boy was about to ask when Cyborg gripped the changeling's lips saying, "Don't ask."

Robin and the others entered their home and laid down, or rather fell down. Robin slowly stood up and crawled over to a chair. Starfire stood up smiling her normal innocent smile, but rubbing her cheeks as it still hurt from the smilex. When she stopped she sat down next to Robin saying, "Atleast our nightmares were all false."

Robin sighed, "They weren't, they were what we really fear. The was Scarecrow works is he coerces people through their fears, worst part is he has never killed anyone but he did cause tons of suicides. I hate knowing the Joker has him now."

"I also had a run in with a man, a mercenary called Firefly."

Robin looked at Starfire, he wondered why her clothes were slightly singed before, that explains it. Cyborg drained out some water saying, "Some scaled freak called Killer Croc attacked me in the sewers. What are we going to do Robin?

Robin grabbed his chin, he was going to think when the screen in the conference room blinked on and a giant grin came in. The titans looked as the camera slowly panned out to show The Joker, "Hey kiddies! Today we have a great episode of Joker's Playhouse!" The Joker walked over to the rubble saying, "First, as you can see here," he pointed to a Smilex canister and he said, "This is Mr. J's wonderous happy gas! It's to die for, as Charlie here can show!" there was Charlie the man that owned Lord-Laughs-A-Lots. The Joker kicked Charlies giant grinning can out of a swivel chair and began to twirl, "WEEE! Crazy fun!"

Robin screamed "JOKER!"

The Joker turned to the screen and laughed, "Aw, what's wrong Robby? I know, you want me to get to the catch! I have planted several of my handy-dandy canisters in this city. Each one will explode and cause the grin-o-mania I always dreamed of all over. I originally wanted to do that in Gotham but Bats always messes me up, you could stop me even easier than him though, you only have to come to my new pad and one up me. For a clue of where I am squirt, I'm where old one eye hid out."

The message ended, and Robin grit his teeth. "Slade… that's where he is."

Cyborg smirked, "Of course, so we head there tomorrow or what?"

Robin turned grim, "No, tonight! We end this now!"

Starfire grabbed his shoulder saying, "But Robin, we are quite fatigued, even you!"

Robin pulled away and screamed "NO! I want it over now!"

Starfire flew after him, Raven was already headed to her room. Beast Boy grabbed her and asked, "Hey, where are you headed?"

Raven shrugged, "Meditation."

Beast Boy smiled, "You know I meant what I said, you are cute when you smile."

Raven turned and frowned, "Beast Boy, stop."

Beast Boy blinked, she then continued, "I can't let you get any closer. Afte today, after my powers got out of control I realized any day I could lose it and hurt you. I'd rather that didn't happen." She closed her door on Beast Boy.

Beast Boy yelled "No you don't! You can't do this! You can't keep locking yourself away from us, from me!" Beast Boy then waited and she didn't open the door. He sighed saying, "Fine, if you really have to hide away in the dark than go ahead! Just remember." He put his hand on the door, "I'll… be here if you need me."

Raven had her hand on the door as well, she felt sick to her stomach. Raven wanted to have Beast Boy right there with her but if she lost control. Raven shook her head in defeat, she knew it was the only answer. She had to be alone, it was the only way. Starfire grabbed Robin again saying, "Robin, please."

Robin swirled around screaming "How can you act like everything is okay! After what he did to you!"

"It is not okay but we must rest. Even if for only a moment Robin."

Robin looked at Starfire's face, and he turned away, "I don't love you."

Starfire took a float back, "Pardon?"

Robin slammed his fist into a wall, "I don't love you! I can't! I'm a monster Star, look at me!"

Starfire was confused, and she felt like a dagger was being swirled into her chest. "You do not mean that Robin, you are not a monster."

"Star, I can't even take off my mask because I'm scared I'll see an uncaring monster behind it. I'm afraid I'll never be okay. I realized that long ago." Robin then fell to his knees, shaking with tears, "Long ago… I was never going to be a normal kid. That's why I thought I liked you, because you remind me of that innocence I never had. Starfire, I can't love anyone while I'm like this, and only after I defeat that monster Joker, I won't be able to see who I really am. I killed because of him." Starfire gasped, and Robin stood up and wrapped himself tightly in his cape, "I killed a girl trying to capture that monster."

Robin remembered as he was still in Gotham, he flung a batarang that exploded in a building with the Joker, and it caused a chain explsion that destroyed that building and several others. One building a girl was found dead from the flames and Robin blamed himself for that. "Starfire, I am a monster and nothing more."

Robin walked out of the room and Starfire wept. She fell to her back, leaning it on the door she came through. "Robin…"

The Joker was walking through the wrecked building with Scarecrow, and Firefly. Scarecrow asked, "Doesn't being in this guys place bother you, what if he returned?"

The Joker shrugged, a large grin now gleaming, "Beh, he's dead. Supposedly he was killed in a lave pit."

"Yeah, supposedly." Said Scarecrow, "how many supposedlies have you survived Joker?"

The Joker stopped and turned, "Tell ya what, when the Teen Titans are dead I'll leave my compliments to the dead guy. Till than, screw it!"

Firefly asked, "Wouldn't killing his enemies just make this Slade guy angry?" The Joker turned, "I mean, they were his, it's like walking into a man's house and using his fridge!"

The Joker chuckled, "Oh please, if he doesn't like it than let him do something about it!"

Firefly shrugged, "How can he if he's dead."

The Joker clapped his hands, "Exactly my good man!" He then stopped inside a main room, he saw several shadowed figures in the room talking. The Joker raised his hands like a president would to settle everyone down. "My fellow villains, I am here to inform you of you're missions, simply put, I have the speech right here." He pulled from his jacket a rubber chicken, then paused… "Wait a minute." He then began to pull out handkerchiefs and then pictures. Firefly grabbed the pictures and said, "Whoa!" he passed them to Scarecrow and Scarecrow said, "Harley…"

The Joker grabbed them and blushed, "Whoops, those are for later." He hid them back in his jacket and then pulled out a couple of papers, "Ah bingo! Now…" then a light went off. The Joker grinned, "The heck with it," he tossed the papers and said, "Those of you who want a certain titan right now, and will be more than willing to rip them to shreds go to the specified area. Everyone else go to the main hall and wait there. I'm going to my computer room." The Joker pointed at a certain figure that was immensely huge, "You my good man… er, thing, can come with me!" he then grinned madly at that thought.

Note: Nothing to say except, keep an eye out. The next chapter will be the last.

Inu-Chan:

Yeah, guess the suspense died out but I think you may like this more so. How will everyone's emotions play out in their toughest night now?

Rose Eclipse:

Yeah, Joker is great! I love his charater, I am really glad you liked the chicken robot, I was going to use the jack-in-the-box but figured, go for something REALLY original.

Also, thanks to NatashaTeenTitan because my idea to get Beast Boy stuck in gum came from her OC and his attack. Still, here's her story for all that wanna check it out!

http: that's all, keep on the look out cause I am really going to work hard on the next chapter and getting it done soon!