Note: I re-loaded this chapter due to some mistakes I found during the process of reading it. Enjoy!

I'm baaack! Yes this is ShelsSMG once again with "Secrets in Darkness." Yes I have finally renamed the story. So nobody gets that chip. HaHaHaHaHa! Sorry. Yes I am very apologetic. A few of you didn't catch some of the references I threw into the last chapter. That little "silly, lighthearted rhyme" came straight from The Crow and "Go fxxx yourselves San Diego!" came from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. I'll probably be throwing in a lot of references. SO DEAL WITH IT!

Well I'm done for today. Time ta' take a nap. What… I still have to write. (Sigh) Okay. Fine.

Disclaimer: What do you think? Of course I don't own the Teen Titans. If I did my life would actually be fun and worthwhile. READ!

Chapter 4: Inside Darkness & A Meeting With the Stranger

Beast Boy woke with a groan. He opened his eyes slowly and saw a man standing in front of him. "Hello, who is that?" When the man turned around Beast Boy leaped to his feet and jumped back a few steps. "DAD!" Mark Logan stared back at his son with cold hard eyes.

"How could you let us die!" He shouted. "You could have saved us so easily. It's all your fault. Why weren't you there?" Beast Boy gaped at the figure of his father in surprise and confusion. "Dad… I…" Mark Logan leaped at Beast Boy and tackled him to the ground. He then began to strangle the life out of him. The entire time he continued yelling in the green teens face. "YOUR'RE USELESS! YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE!" Beast Boy stopped struggling and let it sink in. His father was right. He'd always taken on the easy opponents. He'd shy away from danger and hide behind others when thing got scary. Then suddenly, a voice in the back of his head shouted, "Are you friggin' stupid? You kicked Slade's ass, remember?" That was when he snapped out of it. Beast Boy once again began to try and shove his father off of him.

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Cyborg sat at the monitoring station watching data blink across the screen. It didn't take a genius however to figure out that he wasn't paying attention. Instead he was remembering all the times he had argued with Beast Boy about meat vs. tofu. For a second he started to wish he could take back some of the things he had said. Then he decided not to because his friend wasn't dead and he meant every word of it. "I gotta' get some sleep." He groaned and began to get up. Suddenly a loud beeping started and Cyborg snapped his head around (picture the Exorcist). Beast Boy's heart monitor had started beeping uncontrollably and the green teen himself was thrashing around on the bed. Cyborg quickly hit the alarm and rushed over to check the machines. In just a minute the other Titans had arrived.

"What's wrong? What's going on?" Robin practically shouted. Cyborg was still rushing from machine to machine.

"I don't know his heart rate started spiking and the air to his lungs is being cut off! But I can't figure out wh…" Cy was cut off mid-sentence when Beast Boy's vitals flat lined. "I need some help over here!" Robin rushed over and started trying to help Cyborg.

For Raven time seemed to slow down. It seemed like Cyborg and Robin had been working on re-stabilizing Beast Boy for hours. All of a sudden one emotion completely overpowered her and Beast Boy was back in the green (no pun intended). Then Raven slunk into the shadows.

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As Beast Boy felt the life being choked from him his only thought was, Is it just me or does Bravery not live up to her name? The figure of Mark Logan continued to laugh like a maniacal schoolgirl on drugs and tightened his grip even more. Beast Boy was just about to slip into eternal darkness when he heard a booming voice echoed in the darkness.

"LET HIM GO!" The figure of Mark Logan was encased in a black glow and thrown hundreds of yards away. When Beast Boy opened his eyes he saw another of Raven's emotions. But instead of being Bravery as he expected (or even Rage), he saw the grey cloak of Timid. And now that her show of bravado was over she looked anxious to get away. "Can we go now?" She whispered meekly. BB nodded and stood up.

"Are you the only one here?" He asked. When she nodded Beast Boy asked, "Why did you stay? I thought you were supposed to Raven's, well, timid side." Timid smiled shyly (and briefly).

"I realized that if you died Raven would be even more miserable. She might even kill herself." When a look of surprise flashed across Beast Boy's face Timid let out a little giggle (i.e. everyone reading this remember guys chuckle, girls giggle), "Don't look so surprised. She started to enjoy your company. But… can we continue this conversation later. It's really scary in here." With that Beast Boy walked towards the light with Timid leaning against him.

Behind them Darkness got up off the ground and brushed herself off. "Yeah you better run." She muttered

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Raven managed to get back top her room without the others noticing. She needed to know why that sudden burst of emotion happened and there was only one way to do that. Rae quickly wrote a note to the others explaining where she would be and entered her mind. She completely forgot that the Titans were to meet the mysterious stranger in just a few hours.

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Hours later the remaining three Titans stepped into the building they were to meet the man in. Cyborg took a whiff of the air around them. "That smells like… barbeque!" As Cyborg gave them this odd piece of information a feminine voice could be heard singing. Robin signaled to the others to be quiet and they began to track the voice. Soon they came to one wooden door. The aroma of a barbeque could be caught by all of them. Cyborg shivered.

"Yo, this is creepy ya'll." Robin waved his hand signaling him to be silent. He then took a few steps back and launched himself at the door. When the door hit the wall the Titans burst through ready for battle. What they found however was a grill in one corner and a woman in a jesters outfit setting a picnic table. She looked up at them, turned around and shouted,

"PUDDIN', COMPANY!" A loud "Ooooo" could be heard from behind the grill and a man's face popped up. The strange caller was none other than The Clown Prince of Crime himself, The Joker.

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Gulp! Sob! The Joker! What does the Joker have to tell the Titans, what's with the barbeque, and have we seen the last of the Darkness. All these questions will be answered in chapter 5. By the way I won't update 'till I have at least 30 reviews. In your reviews suggest which of my stories(visit my author page to check them out) I should begin working on next. Thanks for reading and as always this is ShelsSMG signing off.