Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans

I'm baaack! Lol, I just wanted to say a few things, but if you don't want to read all this just skip to the story, which I'm sure many of you undoubtedly do.

Thanks for the great reviews for the last chapter. I got all the psychology info from this awesome book I read, called The Batman Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manualby Scott Beatty. Lol, there was a chapter on defeating phobias. It's a good read, check it out . That's also where I got Raven's fear from. I was going to go with Nyctophobia, but I decided that would be a little too unreal.

Definition: Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or night.

Lol, on with the show!

Chapter 16: Fighting Demons

Robin grunted as he was tossed against a brick wall. He looked down beside him and fingered a piece of broken glass from a nearby window. It would be so easy, just a prick and the monster would split apart.

He was tempted, but stopped himself. Alice had told them that if the monster was split before Raven and Beast Boy had taken control of it's body, their bodies would die immediately. Robin had disagreed, pointing out how the creatures had stayed alive for a while before they died, and they would be able to inject something into Beast Boy and Raven before they died. In the end Alice had explained to him that it was different now. This time instead of dealing with merged animals, they were dealing with merged humans. Humans were more complex.

Gritting his teeth, Robin slowly stood up. He watched as Starfire tried holding the monster's arms behind its back, but she was tossed off by its magic.

Robin just hoped that Raven and Beast Boy took control soon.

Raven and Beast Boy continued to walk through the field. As they walked there were a few times when Beast Boy could have sworn he saw Raven run passed him, even though she never left his side.

"Raven, I think I'm seeing things," he told her nervously.

"No, I see them too. They're my emotions. This is partly my mind as well as yours, so my emotions are here… they're just not as strong."

"Oh," Beast Boy replied lamely. "Where are we?" he asked, looking around once more.

"I don't know," replied Raven.

"Well, where are we going?"

"I'm not sure."

"Are we just supposed to keep walking?"

"Do you expect me to know everything?" snapped Raven.

"N-no," stammered Beast Boy "I just thought… you just seem to know everything in here."

Raven sighed.

"Maybe we should just try summoning our demons here," she suggested, massaging the bridge of her nose.

"Sounds good," replied Beast Boy.

They stood in silence for a while until Beast Boy broke it.

"Um… how?" he asked hesitantly.

"Give me you hand," commanded Raven, holding out her own. Beast Boy did as she ordered.

"Now close your eyes," she added. Beast Boy closed his eyes, silently thinking about how many times he had closed his eyes that day.

"Now you're going to tell me to concentrate on something, aren't you?" joked Beast Boy.

"No," replied Raven, surprising Beast Boy a bit. "Now, we wait."

Beast Boy did as he was told, but nothing seemed to be happening. He was about to say something, when a strong wind blew between them. The blast of wind was so powerful that they had to let go of each other's hand and flew about ten feet apart.

Raven groaned, lifting herself up from the ground and looking towards Beast Boy. He was also standing up.

"What was that?" asked Beast Boy, rubbing his wrist, which he had landed on awkwardly.

"'That' was us," replied a voice behind them. They both turned and saw two figures standing there.

"Who would you be?" asked Raven cautiously.

"We're you," came the reply. The two figures moved closer and Raven and Beast Boy found themselves staring at gray versions of themselves.

"I know you!" exclaimed Beast Boy, pointing at his doppleganger. "You're the bad side of me that Trigon pulled out during The End!"

"Oh, sounds like someone took his smart-y pills today," replied the dark Beast Boy, smirking.

"We know you want to take control of the monster," said the dark(er) Raven. "We won't let you though."

"That's too bad," replied the real Raven, who by comparison looked quite bright and colorful. "Because we are going to take control of you."

"I know how!" exclaimed Beast Boy confidently. "We just have to switch clones, just like me, Cyborg and Starfire did!"

"Nice try, grass stain," replied Raven's doppleganger "But you're in our element now. You can't defeat us by fighting."

"Then how are we supposed to get rid of you?" asked Beast Boy, slightly confused.

Dark Raven laughed. It was a nasty laugh, not at all like Raven's real one.

"You can never get rid of us, we will always be inside you."

"True, but we can overcome you," snarled Raven.

"She's hot when she's angry," Dark Beast Boy smirked. The real Beast Boy growled.

"Shut-up!" barked Raven, turning on Dark Beast Boy.

"Ooh, feisty," Dark Beast Boy wiggled his eyebrow so suggestively that Raven blushed.

"Let's just get this over with," growled Dark Raven. The black and white doppleganger charged at Raven and the two disappeared.

"Where did they go?" yelped Beast Boy in surprise.

"I guess you'll have to wait and see," smirked Dark Beast Boy.

Raven fell to the ground and looked around. She was back in the dark place where she and Beast Boy had first been.

"Where are you?" Raven called out to her dark side.

"Everywhere," came the ominous reply. Dark Raven's voice seemed to come from every direction.

Before Raven could say anything else, Malchior appeared in front of her. Looking carefully she noticed that he was slightly transparent.

No, Raven thought, It's like a hologram. He's not really here!

She was right. As she turned around, she found that four more figures had appeared around her.

In front of her was Malchior, to her right was Terra, to her left was her father, and behind her was a fake Beast Boy.

"Hello, sweet Raven," said Malchior.

"Raven, what a pleasant surprise," added Terra snidely

"Daughter," greeted Trigon.

Raven felt her confusion mounting. She knew that these weren't real people, but still she could feel her sadness, anger and fear growing.

"I can't believe you ever thought I cared about you," said Malchior mockingly.

"You thought you could trust me, you should have known better," added Terra.

"You defeated me once, but I will be back," warned Trigon menacingly.

"You know I'll never love you," Beast Boy's voice joined in.

"The only thing you're good for is helping evil," sneered Malchior.

"I know you were jealous of me and Beast Boy. Why would he want you after he's been with me?" sniggered Terra.

"When I come back, I'll make sure you hurt you get rid of your friends," said Trigon.

"We aren't really your friends," added Beast Boy.

Raven listened to everything they said, feeling a stab at her heart with every comment. Screaming, Raven fell to her knees, covering her ears with her hands and forcing her eyes closed.

She felt tears start creeping down her cheeks as she continued to listen to the relentless comments. Suddenly a warm hand rested in her shoulder and the voices stopped abruptly. Raven opened her eyes and looked up to see Beast Boy looking at her in concern. The real Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy!" Raven exclaimed, throwing her arms around the changeling. He rubbed her back as she sobbed onto his shoulder.

"Shh," he whispered, cooing like he would to stop a child from crying. "It's OK, I'm here, shh…"

After a while, Raven stopped crying.

"How did you get here?" she asked, looking up at him with eyes bloodshot from crying.

"I made my dark-side mad and he tried tackling me, the next thing I knew I was standing here, listening to these fakes lie to you," Beast Boy smiled softly.

Raven was about to say something when suddenly they were cut off.

"Don't waste your breath, I'm never going to love you," came Raven's voice from behind them

They both looked up and saw that there were even more figures than before. There was now a translucent couple named Marie and Mark Logan, an image of Robin and one of Raven.

"You should have saved us," said Mark Logan.

"It's your fault we died," added his wife.

"Careful Beast Boy, you might fall in love with Raven like you fell in love with me… and look where that ended up," sneered Terra.

"It won't matter, Raven loves me," replied Robin.

"Does she now? Won't she ever stop falling in love, it is not like anyone will ever care for her back," commented Malchior

"Especially not me," added the picture of Beast Boy.

Raven and Beast Boy listened sadly as the pictures took shots at both of them. Suddenly Raven realized something.

"Beast Boy, stop listening to them. These are just our demons! They're just repeating our worst fears, memories and regrets," Raven explained, grasping his hand. "None of it is true."

"But, it seems so real!" whimpered Beast Boy.

"It's not. We just need to stop and think about all these statements until we understand that they aren't true" Raven told him. Beast Boy looked at her and she continued.

"That man and woman, they're your parents aren't they?" Raven asked. Beast Boy nodded. "They keep saying it was your fault they died."

Beast Boy looked at his feet sadly.

"It's true. They died in a boating accident when I was eight. My father told me to turn into a fish and swim back to the shore. I should have saved them, like turn into a whale or something," he explained, ashamed at himself.

"It wasn't your fault," comforted Raven. "You couldn't have saved them."

Beast Boy looked into her violet eyes and saw so much sincerity in her eyes that he found himself believing her, despite years of blaming himself. He nodded. The picture of his parents disappeared.

"Trigon kept telling you that he would come back," said Beast Boy. "And he might." Raven looked angry for a moment but Beast Boy continued, "But if he does, it's not your fault, and you aren't going to hurt us. We know you never would… even under Trigon's influence."

Raven nodded. Trigon's face disappeared as well.

"You know," she told him "Now that I think of it, the pictures of Malchior, Robin, Terra, you and myself were all contradicting each other."

Beast Boy nodded thoughtfully, before he realized something.

"The picture of me said that I would never love you," he said to Raven, who immediately looked down at her shoes. "So does that mean that you're afraid I would reject you if… if you told me… you loved me?" he asked her hesitantly.

"Maybe…" Raven mumbled.

"Because… I wouldn't." Beast Boy continued. Raven's head shot up.

"In fact," Beast Boy continued "I would tell you that I was afraid of the same thing."

Raven felt her heart beat speed up and hope raised in her chest.

"Maybe we should confront our fears?" suggested Raven, blushing.

"Yeah, I think we should," agreed Beast Boy, feeling the now familiar butterflies in his stomach.

Raven took a deep breath.

"I… I think I'm falling in love with you…"

As soon as the words left her mouth she felt nervous. What if she had misunderstood what Beast Boy had been saying? What if he didn't really feel the same way?

Beast Boy smiled softly.

"I know I love you," he told her, placing a hand on her cheek.

Raven's heart soared at his words. He loved her. He really loved her! She was so happy that she almost didn't notice the rest of the figures fading away. She wasn't too happy, though, to notice Beast Boy's face leaning towards hers. She closed her eyes, excitedly preparing for the kiss that was sure to happen.

They were interrupted by a sudden jolt. That's when they realized they had taken control of the monster.

There you go! I think the story's almost done, but you never know with me. There should be at least three more chapters... but that could end up being seven