Raven stared at her teammates solemnly. “They want,” she moaned, “tricks or treats.”

“Nooo…” sobbed Beast Boy.

“Don’t let them in,” Cyborg gasped.

Robin pushed Starfire out of the way and gaped at the computer monitor. “Code red!” he barked. “I repeat: code red! Go into lockdown! Now!” He jammed his finger down on a button on the console.

The defenses around Titans Tower activated. Alarms blared. Metal gates slammed down over the windows. Spikes sprung out on all edges. Atop the front door, dozens of massive weapons took aim at the intruders.

Seeing the hi-tech cannons pointed at them, the trick-or-treaters fled.

“We’ve secured the perimeter,” Robin declared. “Now we have to secure the interior!” He raised a gloved fist. “Titans, go!”

In a blur, Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy zoomed around the inside of their headquarters, ripping down all the Halloween decorations. They shredded the paper ghosts, dismembered the skeletons, smashed plastic bugs and bats, and tossed zombie parts into the garbage. When all the creepy stuff was destroyed, they focused on Raven’s glowing pumpkin.

“Oh no! Stop, guys!” cried Raven. “Not the pumpkin!” She lunged to block her teammates, but she had reacted too late.

Starfire and Cyborg obliterated it with blasts of violent energy.

With a chilling howl, the Halloween Spirit rose up from the smashed gourd. Now released from its prison, it expanded in fury, filling the living room.

The Teen Titans—including Raven—tumbled backward in shock and horror.

Shrieking in rage, the powerful specter swooped around the room and then shot out of the Tower, heading toward Jump City across the harbor.

Raven shook her head in dismay. “You guys just released the Halloween Spirit.”

“The what?” asked Beast Boy.

“The Halloween Spirit,” replied Raven. “Behold!” With a flourish of her hand, she conjured up her spell book in front of her.

Her teammates gasped in fear at the sudden appearance.

Raven rolled her eyes. “It’s just a book,” she said. “Relax.”