One for Sorrow

Disclaimer: I do not own TT.

She grabbed at her throat, trying to break her fathers grip, but he just squeezed tighter. Her body began to shake with strain, twitching painfully. Soon she went completely limp, and Trigon tossed her aside easily. He crouched next to her, and heard that her breathing was shallow and pained.

"You're determination is admirable, but naïve. How could you hope to succeed where so many have failed? You whose only strength comes from me?" He stood up, towering over the fallen figure of his daughter, and turned his four gleaming eyes to the Forbidden Door. Without a word, he approached it, and grinned as he stepped through.

Beast Boy's scream seemed to shake the tower, and all the other Titans had woken up immediately. He was still screaming when they found him, contorted in pain on the floor of the living room.

They tried everything they could to wake him up, they shook him, they told jokes, they threatened him, they even splashed him with water, but he just kept screaming, eyes wide, pupils dilated. Eventually they reluctantly left him, so that they could try and decide what to do.

Robin angrily paced the length of the hallway, muttering his thoughts to himself, but Cyborg was the first to speak.

"I checked his vitals when we were in there. At the rate his heart is beating, he should have died a long time ago. But his breathing and his brain waves are both normal."

"Robin, what can we do?" Starfire pleaded, she wanted to help. Desperate tears rolled down her face. Robin stopped, stiffened and began to shake. He was known for being a bit of a hot head, but he knew exactly what he had to do, despite what the others would say.

"Find Raven." He said solidly, and menacingly. He stood tall, determined to get to the bottom of this, determined to save at least one of his friends.

Then he heard a voice whisper into his ear.

"I'm here."

And he was terrified.