Time: 12:20pm

Location: about 2 miles from T-Tower, on other side of the body of water that divides the two landforms.

"Dear lord…save us…" muttered Robin as he stared at his destroyed home in utter disbelief. The flames licked away at the building till all that was left was the twisted frame which groaned with the fiery pressure and eventually collapsed into a smoldering pile of garbage.

Just like that, the Titans were stranded and alone in their own home town. They watched from outside the T-car

"Starfire stared at the destruction with emotionless eyes. Her warrior training wrought onto her by her home world now showed brilliantly. BB quivered as he clutched his hands into fists. A furious frown displayed his directionless rage. Cyborg stood by his car, fearing that it might be the next victim. He placed a hand on BB's shoulder but it didn't ease his frustration and confusion. Raven was exactly like Starfire; cool and calculating.

"Shit! Who? Why!" was all that BB could manage to spit out as his anger disorientated his mind and logic.

"Most likely the same bastards who did what they did to those bodies back there." Robin assumed. He whipped around and looked at his team.

"Titan's: were going to sweep this area for survivors. If we let any more citizens' fall to the hands of some maniac, our reputations won't the only thing on the line. I'll also contact the other Titans for back-up. We'll be on our own, but I want each other within a miles radius of each other. Report anything odd or out of place. Understood?" He barked with a dead-serious, commanding face. Under severe circumstances, Robin performed well as a leader.

Before the Titans could agree, disagree or even take in a breath of air, a screech resounded from behind them. An ex-human came dashing down the road, heading for them with a relentless will to kill.

The top of his head had been neatly cut open and all its contents were stolen from him. His face seemed to have been sucked back, creating sharp dimple, a pointed chin and eyes that rolled back into his sockets.

The muscle in his body had been almost fully transferred to his legs and right arm. His left arm was missing. His legs consisted of so much might that they crumpled the cement road as he was propelled a few yards with each step.

"Die, you ugly piece of shit!" yelled Robin as he threw an explosive disk into the creatures face. The monster swatted away the object, sending it into the side of a building. Rubble fell from the nearby construction, nearly killing BB.

"Watch it!" said BB after diving from the accident.

"Fight now, talk later!" commanded Starfire as she blasted the mistake of nature with both her arms blasting and her eyes flashing. The green stream of alien wrath flew to the zombie. He covered himself with his only arm.

Dust and clutter expanded from the attacked zone, forming a cloud that blocked all visibility. Robin was unnerved by the sightlessness.

"Well? Did you get him, Star? Is he dead?" Robin asked frantically.

From the light brown cloud, came a crushing shriek, the sound of a massive amount of metal being compacted. A crumpled ball of metal flew from nowhere towards Robin. He jumped out of the way and his head and hands landed on something thick, yet squishy, and very strong. He looked up and saw that face of the demon staring at him.

Before Robin could scream, the thing swooped down with its only arm and wrapped its three long fingers around the teen hero's neck. It lifted him off the ground quickly, holding his feet a millimeter away from his own.

Robin's breathing was under attack. His wind tunnel was being sealed and the stench of rotting flesh gagged him and kept him from inhaling through his nose.

"I will show you…" said It as It breathed deeply.

"Where the…" Breath.

"Bodies of…" Breath.

"Hell GAAAAAATHEEEERRRR!" It said, screeching the last part. By now, Robin was passing out and going limp. The creature's expanded to a huge hole with razor sharp teeth. Its teeth-lined hole approached the top of Robin's forehead.

From the dust cloud, Beast Boy leapt out in the form of a furious tiger. With a slash of his clawed front leg, the arm of the monster was shredded into strands of muscle, blotches of blood and weak, cracked bones.

Robin hit the ground hard but his lungs gratefully took in a large swell of air. The thing recoiled in pain and horror as it waved its stump of an arm around. It began to flee, just as the veil of fog settled.

"There you are, bitch!" yelled Cyborg as he blasted the creature in the back with his arm-laser. The creature spun about maniacally and lashed out at the explosion. As the black cloud erupted from the impact of the laser, and then settled, the Titans saw that the thing had escaped.

Starfire flanked Robin and held him as he coughed and gagged for air. He lifted himself up, aided by Star and BB. Cyborg and Raven had ran to where the creature was last seen alive but found nothing but a charred section of street.

"He got away." said Cyborg, irritated.

"We'll find him…" said Robin before crumbling to a coughing fit. Star watched worriedly as BB struck Robin on the back to help him break up whatever he was coughing on. After it passed, Robin struck away BB's hand and resumed talking.

"Chang of plans. We're getting the hell out of here. Whatever is going on here is too much for us."

The titans nodded and Raven looked to have wanted to say something but was cut off.

By Cyborg's phone-arm ringing.

"Cy, I thought we were the only ones who knew your arm-phone number." asked Raven.

"You are." said Cyborg, terrified. He pushed a button and receiver popped out of his arm. He slowly picked it up and held it to his ear.

"Hello?"

Cliffhanger. Happy April Fool's Day.