The Only thing to Fear, is Fear Itself
"What the Hell happened" Nightwing yelled as he exited the room he and Star were making out in.
"Man I don't know what the fuck is going on, I think we're in some kind of Gravity field." Cyborg said. Batman looked over his shoulder to make sure all the Titans were here.
"Okay Titans listen we are in a Magnetic Field, but it's coming from nowhere" Batman responded like a professor.
"Actually I think that is pulling us it" Reese commented as the Titans all looked up on the Screen to see that they were all being pulled into that meteor thing.
"Whoa, that thing huge" Changeling Said, Raven was behind him with her arms around his waist.
"But to small to be a meteor" Batman Stated The titans all stared at him then back at the figure. " The thing is, is that thing is to small to have this strong of a magnetic pull"
"Maybe it's coming from somewhere else" Electro questioned
"Like where, the empty region of space surrounding it" Raven said sarcastically. Cyborg turned to the rest of the team.
"No, it's defiantly coming from there, and unfortunately Tameran is going to have to wait because there is no way to get out of this magnetic pull." Cyborg told the rest of the team.
As Cyborg finished the pull got stronger and soon they were speeding towards the meteor.
"Everyone brace for impact I can't slow it down" Cyborg Shouted. Raven held on to Changeling, Starfire did the same with Nightwing, and Reese, did the same with Electro?
Even with the confused look Electro knew Reese still had it for him, she just wouldn't admit it. She was stubborn but none the less she held tight to him.
The T Ship hurtled toward the Meteor at speed that would make your head spin. They all shouted as the ship hit the surface of the Meteor, but no damage was done. Instead they sank into the Meteor like a giant goo ball. The meteor was soft but looked hard, and it was full of catacombs.
"Uh, that was painfull" Electro wined as they all got up. Reese was currently on top of him in a sideways fashion.
"Owie" Starfire said getting up off on Nightwing. She looked over at Raven who was clinging for dear life to Changeling her eyes closed.
"Raven it's okay you can let go now" Changeling said in a soothing voice. Raven then realized she was safe. She let go… then the ship rumbled and she grabbed him again. He hugged her back.
"What was that" Nightwing asked in his usual voice.
"It came from outside" Cyborg said. Batman then walked towards the door.
"What in the hell are you doing" Cyborg asked. Batman turned to face him.
"I read the amount of oxygen levels in the air, we should be able to go outside, I'm going to find what ever made that sound" he said.
"We're coming too" Nightwing told Batman as all the Titans walked up to him.
"Fine" was all he said
As the Titans walked outside they noticed that the ground was rock hard but it was just soft a minute ago. Batman lead the Titans to a small area. As they looked around the walls around them all the sudden turned Red.
"What the hell" asked Nightwing. All the Titans stared at the walls Then Starfire screamed. "Starfire, what's wrong" Asked Nightwing.
"Look" she said. She was pointing at a figure standing in the middle of the room.
"What is that" Changeling asked.
"Titans, so good to see you again" The figure said. Cyborg then turned on his built in light and scanned the figure.
"No it can't be" Cyborg said.
"What who is it" Nightwing asked.
As the figure moved into the light Cyborg said "It's Slade" The figure showed himself and was indeed Slade.
"What how the hell did you get here" Nightwing yelled. Then he smiled and said "Well it doesn't really matter you can't take all eight of us without the powers you received from Trigon" He said cockily.
"I'm not here for them, only you and right now you should say bye bye" Slade said and then the floor dropped out and the Titans landed in 7 separate rooms each with it's own tunnel leading somewhere.
"How did you get here" Nightwing yelled. Slade simply laughed and evil laugh and charged forward.
Then Nightwing took out his bo staff and did the same. Slade jumped and kick a roundhouse while Nightwing dodged and blocked. Then with a swing of his Staff smacked Slade in the Face. He simply got up and cracked his neck back into place. Then took out his own staff and attacked.
In a similar chamber below Nightwing and Slade, Cyborg was trapped.
"What the hell, how the shit do I get out of here" he yelled. He then realized there was a path. "Well, might as well start walking" He said as he walked forward. Then the walls again glowed red. And a figure appeared before Cyborg, he couldn't quite tell what it was but it soon showed it self to be… a Giant monster Candy Bar? Cyborg looked sick the he heard a light evil laugh as the Candy Bar advanced on him.
Back with Nightwing and Slade
"Slade how did you get here, and why are these walls red" Nightwing asked his evil foe.
"Nightwing, what you don't realize is the answer is all around you, I'm not the Real Slade." He finished then a voice from nowhere came up
"But your worst fear come to life" it said.
"What the hell, who are you, what do you want with us." Nightwing asked.
"Your fear, I feed of it, and the more you fight the more powerful your fear becomes. Your friend are just now meeting their fears and soon they shall be destroyed by what they fear most" It said
"No I won't let you do this" Nightwing yelled "I will figure out a way to defeat you" he yelled again.
"That is highly doubted" it said back. Then Slade attacked and Nightwing having enough turned two bird-a-rangs into a sword ran toward him. The two clashed and in a split second Nightwing drove the sword deep into Slade's stomach. He gasped in pain and surprise. The he fell over seemingly dead. Blood seeping from the wound soon covered the floor and Nightwing turned to walk away. But he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see it was Starfire, she had a sad look on her face.
"Starfire what is wrong" Nightwing asked. "And how did you get out of that hole" he questioned.
"Nightwing I have some terrible news" She said sadly
"What" He asked she looked deep into his eyes.
"I cannot marry you" She said
Raven was in deeper than she could have thought. She stared in fear as a large creature covered in mouths walked nearer and nearer. It had tentacles coming out of everywhere.
"Stay back" Raven commanded. It still advanced. Then once it was close enough for the glowing red walls to illuminate it she saw that it was the same creature she saw in Wicked Scary. She never wanted to admit it but it still scared her.
"Azerath Metriom Zinthos" Raven chanted as she picked up stalagmites and hurled them at the creature. They hit it with extreme force and it backed up so it was far enough away to hit Raven with it's tentacles. She tried to dodge but failed. She was smacked down by one of it's tentacles. Raven once again chanted her magic words and threw rocks at it.
"That won't work my dear" said the voice. "This is the fear you try to conceal most, this creature is actually quite intriguing I think I may keep it as a guard to myself."
"Piss off, where are my friends" Raven yelled. Anger flustered up as random things glowed of black energy
"They are in the same situation that you are, and if you ever wish to see them again, you must first defeat this creature." It said laughing evilly.
"Stop it" Raven yelled then she was hit over the head with one of the arms of the creature. "Stay back you bastard" she warned. It advanced.
"Oh man what the hell is going on" Cyborg asked as he fought the Monster candy bar.
"Die" he said firing his sonic cannon.
The Candy Bar fell apart as Cyborg hit it with his cannon. Then the smaller pieces came alive as well.
"What the" Cyborg began then he heard a voice.
"These "Candy Bars" are not what you fear most, but they make you physically sick, they are worse than your greatest fear." The voice said.
"What are you" Cyborg yelled
"That is for me to know and for you to find out, but until then enjoy your time with this chocolaty creature." Then the voice disappeared.
" Ah man this thing is going to rip me apart. Take this" Cyborg yelled. The Candy Bar just took it and separated itself even more. Cyborg was getting nowhere. He started to back up, then he saw a small pool of liquid behind him, and he knows chocolate can't exist in water. So Cyborg lured it back to the pond. And as the Bar attacked Cyborg dodged and shot his Sonic Cannon and hit it on the back this caused the creature to fall into the water and melt away into nothing.
"Boo Ya" Cyborg shouted. "Now to get out of here" he said running into the exit to the cavern.
Back with Nightwing
"Starfire, what do you mean" Nightwing said worried.
"I…I…am sorry, our betrothal is over, I no longer wish to marry you." Starfire said. She turned and began to walk away.
"No, this can't be" Nightwing said.
"Let it go, we can still be friends" Starfire said.
"No, I mean, you aren't Starfire are you? It's the meteor, he found a fear in me worse than Slade, and that's loosing you." Nightwing said. Then he raised his sword and said "I'm sorry" to the fake Starfire. He then sliced her in half and she and the Body of Slade disappeared. "Now to find the others and the real Starfire" Nightwing said as he ran to the exit in his cavern.
Changeling was walked down the dark tunnel his cavern emptied out into.
"Dude, I can't see a damn thing" Changeling said to himself. He squinted his eyes but saw nothing. He perked up his ears and heard nothing. So he continued to walk. As he walked into another room the walls light up red and he heard the most chilling voice ever, even more chilling than Raven's.
"So, another one I can feed off of" the voice said. Changeling spun around and did a double take and still saw nothing. "Yes, I sense much love for another in you, but I also sense a fear you hold even worse" The voice said.
"Who's there, show yourself" Changeling yelled. Then in the midst of the illuminated red room he saw a figure, no several figures. He squinted his eyes and realized they were the worst thing ever. "No, no, don't come near me, leave me alone" As they got closer Changeling looked for another way out. He found one, nut it was only big enough for a small dog. So he changed into one and squeezed through it. After he got to the other side he saw the creatures were following him. "No stay back you evil disgusting Fleas." Just as Changeling finished his words the fleas number doubled and Changeling ran, fast. He screamed like a little girl as he ran too. He then heard a scream much different than his, and he realized it was Raven's.
"Stay back, Azerath Metriom Zinthos" She yelled as the giant tentacle monster advanced on her. She was running out of rocks to throw at it and quickly figured she needed to use her powers much wiser. So she fired a beam of black energy instead of a foreign object. This beam smashed the creature into the wall as it roared in pain. "Got ya" she said victorious. Then the creature just got up undamaged. "Shit" she said. Raven then heard a girly scream coming her way, and she soon found out it as Changeling.
"Raven" he yelled happily
"Changeling" she said in the happiest monotone she could muster. They came together and hugged. "This meteor, it's creating images of the creatures in our memories.
"No" He said back "It's making our fears come to life" "And the more we fight the stronger they become" Changeling said.
"Then how do we defeat them, if we can't fight them without them becoming more powerful we're finished." Raven stated. "Wait, if they become stronger when we fight them, then what if we switch fears" Raven said as a light bulb went off in her head.
"Hey you may just have something, you can take the blood sucking fleas, and I'll take the brain eating monster". Changeling said. Then they broke apart to attack their new targets.
Raven was first to attack she chanted her magic words and surrounded the small black insects with her black demonic magic. Then she squeezed the life out of them. Once she was done with the first round the second came up behind them, and Raven did the same over and over again. Changeling turned into the biggest meanest creature he could thing of, a Giganotosaurus ( basically bigger than a T-Rex with longer arms, and three fingers). He roared in magnificence as he charged forward. Changeling then head butted the tentacle monster into the wall. Then he tried to tail whip it but his tail was caught by the Tentacle Monster. The Monster then used all of it's tentacles to lift him up and throw him into the floor. After cursing in his mind he got up and charged again. This time he took a huge bite out of the creature, as much as he disliked it. The Monster's blood splattered everywhere and since it wasn't fighting Raven it couldn't regenerate. Then Changeling quickly tail whipped it into a wall and it disappeared. Changeling turned back into a human form and began spitting.
"Yuck, patooey, I can't believe I not only took a bit of damn meat, but did it to a giant monster." He groaned while spitting and wiping off his tongue. Raven giggled a little at Changeling's act then got serious.
"We have to find the others" she said "then we'll deal with what ever is causing all this." Changeling agreed and they were off in the only direction they could go, strait. Changeling and Raven ran down the dark tunnel connected to the dark room they were in.
"Damn it" Electro said as he was knocked back by a giant figure. The Creature Electro was fighting was huge and had 6 fingers and 6 toes. This Giant was called a Gibborim. These Gibborim were evil ancient giants that in ancient times were suppose to hold the peace. The creature before Electro though was no Gibborim but more of 1/4 of one. It was as tall as Cyborg.
"This is a creature which strikes fear into your heart, the Gibborim is a powerful creature, too powerful for one mind, so this creature is half of what they are" The voice said in a haunting voice.
"Who the hell are you, I've read a lot about these monsters and I know that this is no Gibborim" Electro yelled. Then the six fingered giant charged at him with fire in his eyes. "I better make this quick" Electro said to himself. The monster fired a large blast of flame at Electro who took to the air and blasted it with electricity. The Gibborim stopped in it's tracks and shrieked in pain. Then it turned to Electro and shot a laser out of it's eyes. The beam hit him directly in the chest and blasted him against a wall. Then the creature jumped in the air and was about to make a deadly blow to Electro.
"No you don't" Electro commented as he dodged and kicked the Gibborim in the chest. It backed off then charged again. This time in close range combat. The two fought with a series of punches and kicks that were making contact and being blocked. Then the Gibborim used a flaming fist and pinned Electro to the wall. Then Taking a leap into the air was about to make a final blow. Electro watched as the Gibborim quickly plummeted down in a killing position. He had lived a great life, and it was to late to stop the Gibborim, it was too close and had too powerful of an attack, he would die. "No" Electro said quietly. He won't be killed by the fucking stupidest thing on Earth. "NO!" Electro yelled as he got up. Then he pointed both hand at the Gibborim and said "I won't go down like this!" then a giant blast of electricity surged out of his hands. I mean HUGE it was more powerful than anything Electro had ever done, and it was powerful enough to consume the Gibborim at the last second. The Electric blast Electro created wiped out most of the Gibborims body, while pushing it back. The Gibborim was much less than it use to be, an arm and a chest and a head were all that remained. It landed on the floor with a smack and twitched for a little bit, then it died and disappeared into thin air.
"Now I have to find the others" Electro said then he heard a slightly familiar scream "Reese?" Electro asked. He then directed himself in the direction he heard the shrill and flew to it.
Reese was slowly backing up from her creature. But her creature was no ordinary fiend and to understand why this is her fear you must understand Reese's powers and past.
In the Past Reese was blind. She could not see. Electro though would help her out and be her friend. Once Electro got his powers though everything changed. Some for the better. Once Electro was a hero, he didn't have enough time to visit her everyday. And soon when her mother arranged for a surgery to give her back her sight, she never heard from him, until that wonderful day that is. On this day the surgery was a success and Reese learned that she was a psychic. But not a normal psychic, she couldn't read minds or fly or any other psychic stuff. She could only move objects and people with her mind, and she could only do it when she could see them, she was a Sightpath. Ever since her changing from a blind to a superhero whose powers really on light and sight she has been deathly afraid of the dark.
"Stay back please, some one help me Ahhh" Reese screamed she couldn't fight this, it didn't even have a form. Than she heard the voice.
"This is a marvelous fear, yes you have the darkest fear of all. This shadow creature can consume you into everlasting blackness."
"Who…who are you, what do you want with me" Reese said as she looked at a bolder and threw it at the creature. The bolder hit it but did nothing.
"I feed on your fear, the more you are afraid the more my hunger intensifies, and the more I need to feed, the fears of you and your friends are defiantly the best I have seen in a long while." The voice finished. Reese looked kind of confused but then noticed that her powers had not effect on this creature, t was a shadow for crying out loud. Reese could do nothing as she screamed and the shadow covered her in darkness.
Reese could see nothing and she began to hyperventilate, which is bad. She was having a panic attack because of the darkness. "No I don't want to be blind, it want to see. Please let me out, I don't want to be blind again" She yelled tears streaming down her face.
"You don't have to" a voice said from no where.
"Who's there" Reese asked still in her frighten form.
"It's me the" the voice said then a spark of yellow electricity illuminated the shadow creature as it screamed in horror and pain and died from the light.
"Electro!" Reese shouted in joy. She ran up and hugged him for all he was worth. He hugged her back as she cried in his chest.
"We have to find the others" He said as they separated. Reese nodded and they were off. It's good thing Electro could create a sort of light with electricity. They ran off in the direction they had heard yelling and explosions. In the distance they could see green flashes. Electro and Reese automatically knew who it was.
The two got closer to the green flashes and soon were right on top of them. They watched as Starfire blasted her starbolts at these small almost gremlin looking creatures. Starfire landed and fired more starfbolts but the little creatures surrounded her. As soon a they were about to strike half of them were crushed b rocks and the other half shocked to death. Starfire looked to her left and saw two of her dearest friends.
"Electro, Reese!" She shouted giggling. She flew up to both of them and hugged them in a bone-crushing huge.
"Sta…rfi…re let... us…go" Electro said in a painful tone.
"Oh I am sorry, I sometimes forget my own strength." She apologized.
Electro looked at the little creatures "What are these"
"They are yurbions from the planter Yurb Yurb. They are nasty little creatures that try to kill everything, and they scar the lights out of me. They were just legends, but in the legends they were 10 ft. tall." Starfire said. She was now rubbing her arms to keep warm. As soon as their conversation was done 12 of the Yurbions got up. They cackled evilly as they circled them.
"Okay we'll each take four" Electro said. "And I've always wanted to say this… Titans GO" Then the three separated Starfire and Reese giggling at Electro's attempt to master the phrase Nightwing used so often.
The four Starfire took were pretty easy. A couple of starbolts and they were done. Electro blasted every one as they fell singed. Reese basically crushed them with rocks and they wee done.
"That was easy" Reese said. Then all of the Yurbions swirled together and created a giant one. The 3 titans looked up at the creature as it smiled in delight. "I guess the legend was true" Reese concluded.
Then the three were all smashed against a wall. Starfire flew up and blasted starbolts gut they did almost nothing. Electro did the same only his electric blasts were a little more effective. Reese threw rocks to distract the creature as Starfire charged her Starbolts. Then Electro came up behind her and place his hands on he shoulders. He shocked he and they yelled "Lightning Bolts" Starfire threw the blue blasts of mass energy and they exploded and shocked the Yurbion at the same time. It fell back and Reese used all the power she had to bring the ceiling down and crush it. After a minute or so she lifted the rock, and the Yurbion was gone.
"Well now that thing was hard" Electro said. He looked over and saw Starfire looking sad. "What's wrong" he asked
"I am worried about Nightwing" She said looking down.
Electro gently picked up her chin so she face him "We will find Nightwing and the others, then get you to your planet safe and sound" he said. Starfire surprised these words came from Electro hugged him in a carrying fashion. Reese quickly turned red with jealousy.
"Okay enough of that lets go" Reese said quickly grabbing Electro's arm and dragging him along side her. "What was that about" She whispered
"Just letting Star know everything will be alright" He whispered back. Then Electro turned to see Star trailing behind. "Come on Star, my light can't illuminate everything" He said. Starfire happily clapped her hands and flew up to them as she created a light with a starbolt.
Nightwing and Cyborg (they met up earlier I just didn't feel like typing it) walked out from a tunnel into another room.
"Well which way now" Asked Cyborg looking at the 4 possible exits
"Don't know" asked Nightwing. They then heard two voices speaking and as they exited the tunnel Cyborg and Nightwing saw they were Raven and Changeling. "Raven Changeling" Nightwing called.
"Hey guys" Changeling called out. He happily told them what happened with he and Raven.
"So has anyone seen Reese, Electro, or Starfire" Raven asked Everuone said no exept Nightwing who decided not to say anything about the fake Starfire. Then the 4 heard talking and saw yellow and green lights coming from a tunnel.
"Titans get ready" Nightwing said as the 3 came out of their tunnel "Titans G…" Nightwing started.
"Nightwing!" yelled Starfire in joy. She hugged and kissed him like no tomorrow. "I was so worried about you" She cried.
"It's okay Star" He said hushing her and softly petting her hair.
"Well since were all here," Reese started. "Where is Batman" She finished everyone looked around and saw no sign of him.
"That's a good question where is Bats" Cyborg asked everybody shrugged again.
"Well if this thing is feeding off our fear and Batman's not here than it isn't getting anything" Changeling said.
"No you're wrong, Batman does fear one thing, and that one thing may put himself and the rest of us in jeopardy" Nightwing said to his shocked team. "And if he fights it, we are all doomed"