A/N: I don't own the Teen Titans. I'd almost hate to, this is hard work! It's a labor of love, please review. Thanks to all 3 that reviewed the first chapter! I hope you enjoy,

CrimsonBlade117

Nightmare Revealed

Beast Boy sprinted through the corridors amazed at his own speed when he was scared. He raced around corners and bolted through hallways. Just as hope rose within him at the thought of an unobstructed and unchecked path to Robin's room his right ankle was snagged mid-sprint down a hallway. Beast Boy was flung across the corridor by his momentum, unable to stop he skidded for a while before coming to a rest facing his opponent. The form that was before him struck him frozen to his core, from heartless cold black eyes to the glinting claws, it all was the perfect killing machine. It sprung forward and he barely dodged a horrible attack that scratched the wall, leaving deep gashes in the metal. Beast Boy changed into a guerrilla once more and grabbed the creature from the side. It was surprisingly light and he crushed it within his powerful grasp easily, leaving no remains except a quickly dissipating vapor around his hands. Choosing to stay in guerrilla form he continued on, moving closer to Robin's room as he dispatched more of these deadly foes. They were very easy to crush but if they landed a vital hit he would die and he knew it. As he arrived at Robin's door he then used his enemies to open the door by pounding them savagely into dust on it until the door caved in from his furious attacks. He charged across the room and grabbed the figure of a man in a swirling red and black suit and used him as a weapon against the enemies he'd been fighting earlier. Using him as a club he beat them all out of existence while destroying his link with Robin.

Robin lay on the ground defeated, broken. Slade's cackling voice echoed off the facets of the room they were in, coming back in faded choppy bits of maniacal laughter. He had fought the hardest of his life, he had fought until both his arms and his right leg were broken, yet he had failed. Robin felt the shame burn it's way into his heart, staying there like acid, eating away at him from the inside.

"Oh my boy, you fought so bravely but were defeated very quickly. I'm sure your friends would be proud if I hadn't already killed them!" Slade said in a sickly victorious tone, laughing coldly as a single tear slipped out of Robin's swollen left eye. They all depended on him, needed him. He had failed them all, failed her...An image of Starfire flicked before his eyes, taking his breath away with her beauty and also the savage regret that tore at his insides. More tears flowed freely from his eyes at the thought of Starfire, he was jerked from his thoughts as he heard a roar that echoed in his ears. He began to wonder what beast Slade had brought to deal with him. That's not Slade's style though... Robin thought as he lay, what's going on here...he asked himself as Slade's boot raised about a foot above his face.

"I'll just have to be merciful and end your pain Robin, you were always a failure, no one deserves to live alone. But that's how you're going to die!" Slade screamed as he brought his metal boot down. As Robin looked up into the killing blow, refusing to look away from his death he saw it shred and fly away. The entirety of what was happening shredded and flew away like paper strips in a windstorm. Torn away from the dream world he realized that he was sitting in bed with a huge guerrilla shaking him and roaring in his face. Seeing he was awake Beast Boy changed back to his human form, a look of obvious relief on his face.

"Thought I lost you Robin, whew, I thought you'd never wake up!" He said as he wiped sweat comically from his face.

"That's probably closer to the truth than you think Beast Boy. I'll explain later but I think that dream was one or two seconds away from killing me. We have to wake up the others ASAP, I'll get Starfire and you get Cyborg. I'd say we need to stick together but it seems to me that getting them out of their nightmares quickly takes precedence. Cyborg and Starfire are closest, Raven will have to wait. Meet us in the main room when you've gotten Cyborg." Robin commanded as he collected his gear, picking it up as quickly as humanly possible.

"Just look out for those thingy-ma-what's-its out there Robin," Beast Boy warned, "they have sharp claws but can be beat out of existence pretty easily. Just watch yourself, if they score a direct chest hit on either of us we're dead." He continued.

"Understood, let's split up and head out. Good luck Beast Boy." Robin said as they exited his room, checking the hall.

"Okay, same to you Robin. See you in the main room." Beast Boy said as he confirmed it was safe, racing off to Cyborg's room.

They both proceeded to where they were supposed to go with furious intensity. They arrived at their respective destinations at nearly the same time. Beast Boy beat down the malfunctioning door leading to Cyborg's room. Changing into a velociraptor he jumped on the man connected to Cyborg, crushing him in his jaws and then throwing the disappearing body against a far wall. He ran to Cyborg and shook him in guerrilla form, slapping him over the face a few times to awaken him. Beast Boy changed back and screamed in his face, "Wake up Cyborg! Wake up!" Over and over.

"What, what!" Cyborg gasped as he awoke, desperately feeling his body to make sure that it was still there. Burned into his mind was the image of him laying on the side of the road screaming in pain as both his human and machine parts were eaten away by whatever force was doing it. His heart began to calm down as he started to understand that it was just a dream. "What happened there, I had the most awful dream BB." He said as he sat up, feeling the relief set in and his heart slow down.

"I don't know man, but we'd better high tail it down to the main room and check the sensors. Maybe they'll have some answers for us." Beast Boy said as they moved into the hallway, warning Cyborg along the way about the creatures that were in their tower. There was another more important objective on his mind but he knew that using the scanners to sweep the tower would be more productive than running straight to Raven's room and possibly getting shredded along the way.

Robin arrived at Starfire's door as soon as he could possibly get there. Out of breath he tried to open it and finding it locked he took out a semicircle directed explosive and planted it on the door. A red light showed around the black "R" on it's surface, beeping at a quickening pace. Robin stepped to one side and brought his cloak in front of him just in time to deflect some scrap metal that blew his way. Stepping through the ragged hole blown in the door he looked over to the bed to find a man standing bent over the bed, touching Starfire's temple. Robin leapt into the air deploying his staff he smashed straight through the man, disenintegrating him. If he had been real he would have been broken in half from the furious blow. Robin rushed to the bed and began shaking Starfire, desperate to awaken her from the hell in her own mind. She awoke in the arms of the one person who could have consoled her and she didn't care how it happened. She didn't care about the pain that had been tearing her very soul apart only seconds before, she only cared about the arms she woke up in.

"Whatever you saw in there, whatever happened before, none of it was real Star." Robin whispered forcefully into her ear as he pulled her into their embrace tighter. It must have been pretty terrible, Robin thought to himself as he held her close laying next to her, comforting her and himself at the same moment.

"Robin, you said terrible things. You said you hated me, they all said they hated me...it tore me apart inside to think that you hate me Robin." Starfire told him as crying over took her at the memory of the pain. She tried to say more but the force of her crying was too great to allow her to speak through it. Remembering his own dream he rocked her back and forth slightly, kissing her head as he consoled her.

"Don't be sad Star, I don't hate you," he said as he leaned in closer to her ear, "how can I hate you when I've loved you for so long..." He whispered into her ear as he finally let his feelings show, letting down the walls. "I've always known you were different from the rest, I've always known I would fall for you." He admitted as he whispered in her ear, calming her down and stopping her tears.

"I've always loved you and always will Robin, I'm yours." Starfire whispered into his ear after she had stopped crying. Robin picked her up in his arms before sitting back down on the bed holding her so she faced him directly.

"If it's I that own you Star, how come I haven't been able to get you off my mind for months?" Robin whispered as he moved his head towards hers, tilting it so they could kiss. He held her neck and head in his left hand as he held her close with is right, kissing her deep and strong. Robin felt all the built up tension ease as they kissed, almost like exercising a demon that's been haunting him for years he felt finally happy for almost the first time when he kissed her. Intoxicated by her lips he didn't notice for a few seconds that a light had activated. He finally noticed and located it's source, both of Star's temples were glowing with emerald green energy. "What's up with the light show Star?" Robin asked.

"Oh...that's the edgae baskleref, it means whatever you're doing, you're doing it right." She explained with embarrassment as he began to understand. A smirk surfaced on his face as he leaned in to kiss her, amazed that he could have ever not been intoxicated by her like he was now. He regretfully remembered that they had to meet Beast Boy and Cyborg in the main room to gather their forces and see what they were doing next. The glow began to start again and he figured that that was a good time to get moving.

"I'd love to stay here with you all day Star, but we have to meet up with Beast Boy and Cyborg and try to find a way out of this problem." He told her as he picked her up set her on her feet still kissing her.

"Okay Robin," she said breaking the kiss, with no trace of the pain and hurt before, "let's go meet our friends, hopefully they have good news." They left together basking in the power of the feelings they both shared.

Beast Boy and Cyborg look aghast at the readout in front of them. According to the sensors nearly half the tower had been silently destroyed by some unknown force and the villain who had invaded all of their dreams was on the roof of Titan Tower. That's it, Beast Boy thought, I'm going to go save Raven whether Robin's here or not! Then Robin and Starfire came in, looking oddly guilty somehow. It didn't matter, he had to get to Raven and save her. As Cyborg informed the others of the sensor's report Beast Boy noticed something odd. There was a man standing beside them that wasn't there before!

"Hello, my name is Nightmare and I'm here to kill you." He said coolly, his voice icy and with no sympathy. "And you want to know the sweetest part of this? The longer I can mess with your minds and keep you all under wraps the longer Raven has to destroy everything!" He explained as he took a fighting stance, ready to do just that. Understanding spread around the group and Robin simply nodded his head once at Beast Boy before he charged the enemy. As Robin, Starfire and Cyborg fought Nightmare Beast Boy flew away as a small bird, in search of Raven.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed, I know I loved writing it...no matter how exhausting that was! As a friend of mine in college would say, I hope this doesn't stink of Midnight Oil! I was up until 3:30 writing this, please review. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks,

CrimsonBlade117.