plays with cell phone
Rimon: Samantha Lee, I swear, if I see that phone one more time, I will throw it out the window
Stay away from my phone!
Rimon: sighs she got a cell phone for Christmas, she hasn't stopped playing with it since she got it
I hated my old phone, it was crappy and I shared it with my mom. This phone is mine, all mine! evil laughter
Rimon: muttering until I throw it out the window. Then it's a pavement decoration. normal voice seeing as how Sam's busy, I'll introduce the chapter, and do the disclaimer: Sam does not own Teen Titans
But I do own a cell phone!
Rimon: that's it! grabs cell phone and runs out of room
Oh, I can not begin to say just how much I am going to kill him! Read the chapter, I'll be back when I'm done skinning him alive
Chapter 7- Into the Nightmare Realm
"It is the Trigon!" Starfire yelped, practically flying backwards, "Run!"
No one stopped to disagree, but took off after her. They finally found al place to hide, behind a pile of rocks, and collapsed, breathing hard and trying to figure out what was going on. "Wait a minute", Beast Boy said suddenly, "If this is a dream, then we can't get hurt, right? I mean, when I fell into those flames I didn't get hurt, so maybe this is the same thing! Maybe Trigon can't hurt us either!"
"Raven?" Robin looked over at the girl; she knew more about this than any of them, she could help more, "Well? Is he right or not?"
But she was refusing to answer. She was looking resolutely in another direction, determined not to tell her friends any more than she had to. ""That's it!" Beast Boy practically yelled. He stood up and stormed over to Raven, grabbed her shoulder, and whirled her around to face them. The remaining Titans stood up, ready to prevent a fight (and prevent Raven from killing Beast Boy), but to their surprise, she didn't do anything. Her purple eyes stared stubbornly into his green ones, which were filled with anger. "For the past week you've been keeping secrets, avoiding, and taken a whole turn for the worse!" Beast Boy continued angrily, "We're in trouble here, maybe it's time you start giving us some answer instead of just making more questions!"
Raven finally broke eye contact with the green teen and looked away, still determined to tell them more than they needed to know.
"Raven, Beast Boy is right", Starfire said timidly, "We are your friends, we know when you are hiding something from us"
"You have been acting a little weird lately", Cyborg added, "And now this? Well…I just get the feeling you know more than you're letting on"
"Now's not the time to be keeping secrets", Robin concluded, "If we want to get out of here alive, we need to know as much as possible, and you're the only one who knows anything. This is the time to tell what you know, not keep it to yourself"
Raven listened to her friends. She'd never heard them all make such good points before, and in her heart, she knew they were right. She sighed wearily. This was all her fault. She knew what had gotten them here. "You can actually get hurt here", she said finally. They did need to know what was going on. And she was the only one who could tell them.
"But the flames-"
"Your fears", she said simply, "You can be hurt by what you fear in here. You weren't afraid of the fire because you weren't thinking about it, if you had been, you would have been burned. And probably worst"
The Titans listened, still not satisfied they were getting all their answers, "And Trigon…"
"Nightmares are images created by a persons mind", she said, "Like I said before, the nightmare realm is a place where nightmares are created. I only know one thing that can pull an actual person into the nightmare realm"
"Which is…"
"Anger"
"But when…" Cyborg's voice drifted off as he tried to recall what had happened right before they'd been pulled into this whacked-out place. Then he remembered. His conversation with Raven after she'd gotten home. He'd definitely pushed a few buttons there. "So we got pulled into this place by you?" Beast Boy asked, cutting through Cyborg's thoughts.
"Now do you see why I didn't want to say anything?" she asked snippily.
"Doesn't matter now", Robin said quickly, "How do we get out of here?"
"I…don't exactly know"
"What!" Beast Boy did yell this time, and loudly. He was quickly shushed by the other Titans. "How can you not know!" he demanded in a quieter (but no where near calmer) voice, "Do realize how bad this is, we could-"
Crash! The rock pile they were hiding behind was lifted right off the ground, and they came face to face with…Trigon.
"Titans, scatter"! Robin commanded quickly. His teammates obeyed, and quickly split up in different directions. They all ended up in the same place though.
"What are we to do?" Starfire asked fearfully as they met behind a mostly destroyed building, "We do not know how to get out, we could be trapped here forever, or worse…"
"I do remember one thing", Raven said hesitantly, "About one way to get out of here…"
"Well?" Beast Boy asked as her voice drifted off, "Gonna share, are you gonna wait for horn head to find us again?"
Raven sighed, "Something…something about the person conquering their fears…"
"Is that all?" Beast Boy asked, a small smile creeping across his face, "Well, okay then, you kicked his butt once, no problem to do it again right?"
But something Raven said made bells go off in Robins head. Conquering fears…
"You really were scared, weren't you Raven?"
Her eyes flashed, and her head jerked around to face the leader, "Of course not!"
"Nightmares are fears, remember?" he pointed out, "Who's nightmare do you think we're in? Raven's, of course. And what was the one thing Raven always feared most?"
"Trigon", Beast Boy said, quickly understanding, "Oh man…"
Raven would have liked nothing better then turn around and backhand Robin. She should have known better, should have just kept her mouth shut, pretended not to know anything…
"So that's the ball game then?" Beast Boy asked, "If Raven is the only one who can conquer this, and she's scared…"
"Not necessarily", Robin said when Raven didn't answer, "We still have one chance. If Raven can't do it, maybe we can"
Starfire and Cyborg, who had both been quiet until now, both nodded in agreement. Beast Boy smiled. He knew they couldn't give up. But one of them wanted to.
"You can't"
"Says who?" Robin asked, turning towards Raven, "We took him once, we can do it again"
"You almost died before", she said pointedly. Beast Boy gulped, clearly remembering that day. How nice of Raven to bring it up.
"We can do it", Robin said firmly, "Are you going to help or not?"
She sighed, "You know I'm in, but that isn't the point-"
"It doesn't matter now", Robin said, "We fight, or we stay here forever, your choice"
And for once, Raven didn't have an answer.
"He's coming!" Beast Boy said suddenly. Trigon approached, the same evil smirk on his big, ugly face. He raised his hand and swiped at them as though they were flies, but the Titans were quicker. They jumped out of the way. Raven, as she was running, caught her foot on a piece of fallen debris, and tumbled, landing on her back, winded. She was out of the reach of the other Titans. She sat up, rubbing her head and trying to come back to her senses. She didn't recover quick enough though. Trigon, seeing her down, looked over at her. Flames shot out of his mouth, but even though Raven could see them, she didn't move. Maybe she couldn't. And the Titans were too far away. They watched as the flames enveloped their friend. And when the smoke finally cleared, she was gone.
Rimon- You do realize you just killed off everyone's favorite character, right?
She's my favorite to, but it had to be done, for the story.
Rimon- Fine, just don't come crying to me when an angry mob hunts you down and kills you
I don't remember asking your opinion, phone-stealer
Rimon- Hanging upside down by ankle, tied to window sill You're getting your revenge, aren't you?
Not good enough. Anyway, please don't hate me for what I did to Raven, I truly did feel bad, like I said, she's my number one favorite character. But for the story…anyway, there's two more chapters to the story, and I really hope you don't decide to stop reading because of what I did. Please review, and don't start an angry mob