Chapter 3: Nightfall
"I still don't know who you are," said Terra. Beast Boy had been trying got convince Terra she was a titan the whole day, but no luck. That was frustrating him.
"Maybe it would be for the better," said Raven to Robin, "You know, incase Slade comes back and tries to convince her, maybe if we leave her alone and she doesn't remember, the whole thing wouldn't repeat again."
"I don't know," said Robin, "If Beast Boy does mange to convince her, we can bring her back for secret training, so Slade wouldn't know."
"That wouldn't work," said Raven, "Slade finds out things no matter what we do to hide them."
"Wait a minute," said Terra, "The name, Slade. I think I remember someone named that."
"Of all the things to remember," said Beast Boy, "Why his name?"
Meanwhile, at the mine. A bunch of workers are putting things away. Unknown to them, something is watching.
"Almost done," said worker 1, "Just need to put these pick axes away."
The lights then went dark. A few men gasped, but they stopped. What was to be scared about? The lights are out, big deal.
"I can't see a thing!" shouted worker 2, "What the fk happened?"
"You don't need to swear like that," said worker 3, "Here, I have a road flare. I'll the place up."
"Why do you have a road flare?" said worker 1.
"I feel safe having one around," said worker 3. He then set it off. The light filled the field. Worker 3 smiled, then all of sudden, something grabbed him by the shoulders pulled him away.
"What happened?" said worker 2.
"Where the light g…" said worker 1. But he didn't finish. He carried away by the same thing.
The last worker saw this and said, "Shit. Holy crap! What the was that?"
He then took off running for the town. Lucky for him, he would be fine, unlike his co-workers.
"We are most happy for letting us stay here for the night," said Starfire.
"Sure," said a teen, "No problem. Not much goes on here. Except for the disappearances going on."
"Disappearances?" said Robin.
"Yeah," said Terra, "A bunch of people gone missing within the last 21 days."
"21 days?" said Beast Boy, "Reminds me on that movie, Jeepers Creatures (Can't use the real name). That creature would come alive for 23 days every 23 years and hunt its prey, then after the 23 days, it would disappear for another 23 years."
"Things like that don't happen," said Raven, 'This is reality, movies aren't real."
"You so sure about that?" said the teen, "This always happens every 23 years according to the town elders."
"Nonsense," said Raven, "This is story is just bullst."
A worker burst into the room panting hard. "Creature!" he said, "It attacked the workers!"
"No really," said the teen, "What happened?"
All of sudden, the thing smashed through the room and landed in the middle of the room. Everyone screamed.
"What was that?" said a woman walking into the room. When saw the creature, she screamed. The thing dove at her, grabbed her, and pulled through the roof of the house. Then it disappeared into the night.
Everyone looked at each other. They screamed even louder. They all burst outside. The thing had gone.
"What the hell?" said the teen, "Is that proof for you?"
"Made me a believer," said Terra.
"I couldn't sense it," said Raven, "I can feel when something is coming our way by its heartbeat. I didn't sense a heartbeat."
"I don't think that thing has a heart," said Beast Boy, "It's like the movie! The creature is after it victims it wants, and will not rest until it… does what ever to it! It's after us; we're not next on the menu! We're going to die!"
"Think positive," said Robin.
"We'll die quickly!" said Beast Boy, "Was that any better?"
"We got to get out of here!" said the teen.
"Very fast too," said Starfire, "Look!" She was pointing toward the sky. The thing was flying at them fast. Everyone was scared.
"This is pointless," said Raven, "I'll stop it." She started to chant then all of sudden, her powers failed on her.
"What?" said Raven surprised.
"Not now!" said Beast Boy dragging her, "We got to take cover!"
Everyone was running fast, but the creature was gaining on them.
"What's going on?" said a voice. It was the same man, the titans meet on the way in.
"What the f…" said the man, but he didn't finish. The creature grabbed him, and they vanished out of sight. Everyone was still running.
"We're we going?" said Starfire.
"Over here!" said the worker, "I been fixing this old bus I got in an auction!"
Everyone followed the man to his house. In the front of the drive was a bus. It looked in good condition.
The worker jumped into front seat, "All aboard! Next stop. Anyway where but here."
All everyone took a seat, and the worker backed out of the drive and sped off out of the town.
"I'm sitting on something weird," said Beast Boy complained.
"Oh," said the worker, "That probably be one of my guns. I kept my whole gun collection in here and with extra bullets. It's my hobby."
"These may help," said Terra pulling up a shot gun, "We can use these for defense for us."
"But we can fight it off," said Beast Boy, "Right?"
"I don't think so," said Raven, "My powers won't work for some reason. I think the thing is affecting them."
"My powers work with emotions," said Starfire, "But I'm too scared to us them, so they don't work."
"And for some reason too," said Beast Boy, "I can't change. This creature is affecting them some how."
Terra toss Beast Boy a elephant gun, "You might need some defense. Hope you know how to fire a rifle."
"I tried one once," said Beast Boy, "Didn't turned out good. Trust me on this. It was a pretty thing on what happened."
"I can believe you," said Raven picking up a pistol, "I can believe you in anything about messing up."
Beast boy glared at her, but stopped and looked over the gun. Robin grabbed a hunting rifle. "You hunt?" said Robin.
"No," said the worker, "I told you. I collect guns. What are you? Deaf?"
Terra handed Starfire a harpoon gun, but Starfire refused. "I don't believe in such violence caused by these guns."
The teen picked up a revolver and loaded it. "This is going to be one long night."
The worker looked into the side window. The thing was flying after them. It was catching up quick.
"Hope you are ready for this," said the worker.
"I'm not!" said Beast boy trying to aline the gun with his shoulder.
"Well," said the worker, "Too bad."
"Get ready," said Robin, "Titans go!"
Author Notice: Get ready, here comes a fire wild fight. Just to let you know, someone is going to die. Get ready for all this in the next chapter.
I have a question for all people reading this story, should I make this a series? You know, a series of the unknown. If yes, I'll continue the road trip with the surviving titans and they meet up with some more strange beings. Just a question.
The Next To Come: The Night of the Creeper