Raven and Beast Boy stumbled into the Tower around one in the morning. They were laughing and chatting as they walked down the hall toward the living room when they stopped dead in front of Starfire's room. A dark pool of blood flowed out from under the door and emptied into a large puddle in the hall. Raven spoke first, breaking the silence.

"Starfire? Are you okay?"

Raven and Beast Boy waited a minute, and there was no reply. Beast Boy leaned forward and pressed his ear against the door, only to pull it back, spooked. Raven saw the bizarre look in Beast Boy's eyes.

"What did you hear?" she asked quietly.

"I heard a sort of munching, like something wet and squishy getting eaten" replied Beast Boy fearfully. Raven nodded grimly at Beast Boy, and Raven and Beast Boy both rammed the door. Their combined force broke the door down, splintering it into several pieces. Raven and Beast Boy ran into the room, pushed by the momentum of their ram, and were shocked at what they found.

Starfire was hunched over her bed, her head bobbing up and down, and she appeared to be eating something very sloppily, without using her hands. Blood stained the walls, ceiling, and floor. Raven and Beast Boy inched closer to Starfire.

"Starfire?" asked Beast Boy cautiously, putting a hand on her shoulder slowly. Starfire suddenly stopped eating at the contact and whirled around facing Beast Boy. Beast Boy gasped when he saw her face; it was covered with blood, especially around her mouth, and her eyes were no longer emeralds but completely black. Starfire hissed at Beast Boy and then let out several low, animalistic grunts. Beast Boy tried to shove Starfire back but she dodged his hands and lunged into him, knocking him over backwards.

"GET BACK! GET… AHHHHHH!" screamed Beast Boy as Starfire bit into is face, attempting to tear off his nose with her teeth. Blood flowed into Beast Boy's eyes and mouth, blinding and choking him as he frantically tried to shove off Starfire. Just when Beast Boy thought she would bite again, Starfire flew backwards off him into the wall behind her bed. She hit the wall hard, and made a grotesque snapping sound before falling limp to the floor. Raven's eyes lost their glow and she lowered her hand.

"Raven my face! She bit my face!" cried Beast Boy painfully, holding his throbbing face in his hands, oblivious that she had just saved his life. Raven ignored the sputtering Beast Boy and walked toward Starfire's bed.

"Ugh. Looks like Robin wasn't as lucky as you were" stated Raven grimly.

Beast Boy walked over to where she was and gasped at what he saw. What Starfire had been eating earlier was a very fresh corpse. The meat on the face was completely eaten, leaving only a bloodied skull with two glaring eyes and a full head of black hair. Parts of the torso were eaten at too, as the corpse's ribcage and small intestine were visible. Beast Boy's eyes then came upon the most horrific detail of all, a small "R" on the corpse's shirt.

"No…" Beast Boy backed away, sickened, unable to believe what had happened.

"Get to the phone. Dial 912, that's the number we want for things like this. I'll deal with her" said Raven calmly.

Beast Boy nodded and shuffled out of the room, still holding his face. Raven approached Starfire's limp form, and set to work.