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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances: 40%, 40%, 20%, The Day The Night Stopped Beginning to Shine and Became Dark Even Though it was the Day (Chapter One: I Saw You Dance, Chapter Two: The Story in Your Eyes, Chapter Three: Playing Hard to Get, and Chapter Four: The Night Begins to Shine), and The Night Begins To Shine (Chapter One: Mission To Find The Lost Stems, Chapter Two: Drums, Chapter Three: Guitar, Chapter Four: Bass, and Chapter Five: You're The One)
Powers: Not Applicable
Voiced By: Not Applicable

It is said each band makes their own magic when they create their songs. Long ago, a dragon created a kingdom without rival. No one dared to challenge for millennia. Then B.E.R. came and created a sound more powerful than any. "The Night Begins to Shine" gave birth to an entirely new alternate reality, warping space and time around itself. It was infused by the art of the 1980s. The dragon was left as helpless as a newborn babe. From that day forward, the night shone eternally. The song's magic became the key to the dimension. Neil Adams, the fourth member of the band, saw their music as power and wanted to rule the planet as gods. The others disagreed and insisted music was played for the people and set them free, not to control them with. Adams quit the band and lived in solitude, deep in the mountains, without music for eons.

Fearing the song would fall into the wrong hands, namely the dragon's, and be misused as a way to destroy worlds, B.E.R. sealed it within a cassette tape and hid it away from the dimension. They swore never to sing it again until the prophecy was fulfilled, when the night shined no more and the glory of the land had fallen. B.E.R. disappeared soon after and never spoke of the song again. Somehow, the song became magically infused in Cyborg's soul and when he sang the song, he could transport himself and others to the dimension where they underwent a transformation into rad versions of themselves. On his own, Cyborg used the power of the song and went to the dimension in his mission to save the other Teen Titans from the Brain. Cyborg battled Brain's soldiers, Monsieur Mallah and The Brain himself.

Overcome by boredom one day, the Titans had Cyborg take them back. They rode around in their sweet vehicles and marveled at how rad the dimension was. A dragon attacked them. It demanded the song, claiming it was his. Cyborg refused to give it away and the Titans battled the dragon. It eventually formed a portal from the tops of its wings and sent the others back to the Titans Tower. Cyborg was trapped in the dimension with the dragon. Unable to return alone, the Titans tried to recruit CeeLo Green then Fall Out Boy to perform the song but were met with skepticism and denied. The wolf came to Cyborg's aid but the dragon caught up to them and swallowed Cyborg whole. Cyborg escaped by yelling "The Night Begins to Shine" and teleported back out. He flew off on the bird then told it to help Beast Boy find B.E.R. then the dragon told him of the dimension's origins and the band's part in it. He wanted to take the song in order to use it to take back the dimension. Beast Boy crashed the T-Car after the bird warped between dimensions and dove into the windshield. William J Regan, now a tow truck driver, came upon Beast Boy and towed him back to 3 State Auto Repair.

The bird clued Beast Boy into Regan's past until he realized who he was. Beast Boy convinced Regan to help him save Cyborg out of responsibility. The Titans brought B.E.R. back together again but they wouldn't sing the song. Franklin Enea suggested they could come up with a new song to get back to the dimension. Despite the danger and difficulty in recreating that kind of magic, B.E.R. succeeded thanks to the Titans melodramatically stating Cyborg was trapped forever. They created the song "Forever Mine" and generated a portal back to the dimension. The dragon ambushed them with his army then reunited them with Cyborg. The dragon conjured a giant keyboard machine and tapped into B.E.R.'s harmonic aura and pulled the song out of Cyborg. He bent the song to his purpose and started transforming the lands. Serpentine structures arose and a planet was cleaved in half. The dragon sentenced them to righteous termination. Cyborg asked B.E.R. if they believed in the power of music. They replied 'yes' and Cyborg emitted a blue pulse into the sky.

Fall Out Boy and CeeLo were bathed in the pulse and they suddenly starting singing "The Night Begins to Shine" then were pulled into portals. They transformed and destroyed the Dragon's army with their newfound powers. The Dragon pulled the song from them as well. B.E.R. played another song "Rise Up" and fulfilled the next stage of the prophecy. The earth opened and Sweet, a giant woman robot, rose up and fought the Dragon one-on-one. She left the Dragon weakened and exhausted, and gestured to Cyborg. The pegasus exited her forehead and Cyborg leapt atop it. The bird dropped a hilt to Cyborg. He generated an energy axe and leaped off. He struck the Dragon's head and delivered the finishing blow. The Dragon faded away. With the prophecy fulfilled, B.E.R. could play "The Night Begins to Shine" again and together with Sweet, they restored the lands to their glory. B.E.R. thanked the Titans for teaching them music was a responsibility. They decided to stay for awhile and make more music to keep the dimension strong. They said their goodbyes and the Titans departed with CeeLo Bear and Fall Out Bot back to Earth.

B.E.R. combined their magical energies to create a song filled with limitless power. They began to fear what might happen if the song ever fell into the clutches of evil. As a safeguard, they divided the song into three separate stems, the drum, the bass, and the guitar, then hid them across the planet. An old radio was left behind that could detect the song signals of the stems and point to the peak where they could be summoned. B.E.R. returned to the heavens. They left the inhabitants Sweet to guard over their planet. The planet ushered in an age of peace and prosperity. A giant turtle, simply known as Turtle, lived in a crystal clear lake. At some point later, Neil Adams eventually discovered the power of dark silence. Now calling himself Ultralak, he amassed an army. Together, they were insurmountable. They attacked and destroyed the planet's guardian, Sweet, and set out to do the same to all who opposed them. Ultralak soon conquered the planet, outlawed music, and moved to destroy all of it.

Some who believed the legends, hoped for the return of the dragonslayer and the other heroes of old. A resistance was formed by a tribe led by Baxtory and they salvaged whatever they found into weapons and instruments. A man named Miner was branded an outlaw by Ultralak for the creation of radical instruments used by B.E.R. and he was forced into exile where he could barely get by. Musicians traveled to a mine near the town of Grave Rock and buried their songs deep underground to prevent them from being captured by Ultralak or his forces. At some point, Grave Rock's sheriff, a servant of Ultralak, put a value on music. People started looking for songs and selling them for a living. Sheriff delivered the songs by train to Ultralak who had them destroyed at a factory by another of his servants, Fibulon. The dead songs were then discharged into the lake outside. The land around the factory was devastated. Turtle got stuck in the mud and was unable to escape. He came to believe his fate was to die in the mud. At some point, he found a Lost Stem of B.E.R.'s legendary song and kept it in his shell.

The Teen Titans, now in their twilight years, walked through the Titans Tower on the day before Jump City had it torn down for good. Cyborg found his old B.E.R. mixtape and convinced the others to visit the Night Begins to Shine dimension one last time. They soon discovered the corpse of Sweet and met Baxtory. Baxtory recognized who they were and told them what happened since their last visit. Cyborg didn't understand why anyone would outlaw music and played his mixtape. Ultralak arrived atop his personal aircraft and answered silence was the one true power. Baxtory and his tribe burrowed under the sand. Ultralak demanded the song but the Titans refused. Ultralak dispatched his robot army. Raven erected a barrier but she could not sustain it. Rather than retreat like Beast Boy urged, Cyborg rode his motorcycle out of the barrier and used a robot as a ramp to launch himself up to Ultralak.

Cyborg attacked with dual axes but Ultralak knocked one away then broke off Cyborg's left arm with a palm thrust. Cyborg still charged. Ultralak ducked the punch, charged his fist, and punched through Cyborg's body and sped off. Cyborg fell off the aircraft. Ultralak called him a fool for throwing away his life for silly music. Cyborg crawled to his motorcycle and secretly transferred his consciousness to it. Cyborg retorted a life without music wasn't a life worth living. Ultralak obliged him and stabbed Cyborg in the chest with his staff. Cyborg's body surged and he exploded. Baxtory led the distraught Titans into Sweet and sealed her forehead before Ultralak or his army could follow. Baxtory's tribe also took Cyborg's motorcycle. The Titans refused to let them salvage the cycle. Baxtory respected their wishes and took them to another room where he explain the one way to defeat Ultralak. He played them a melody and revealed the legend of when B.E.R. made a song filled with limitless power but they feared it would fall into the hands of evil so they divided it into three separate stems and hid them across the planet.

Baxtory told them to find the stems before Ultralak then summon B.E.R. so they could wield the song's power. He gave them a relic to track the stems, an old radio. Ultralak's army breached Sweet and fired at the tribe. The Titans' exit was blocked by Ultralak. Cyborg took control of the cycle and knocked Ultralak aside then took the Titans out of Sweet's palm. They drove off in search of the stems. Ultralak vowed they would meet again. At some point, Grave Rock's sheriff put a value on music. People started looking for songs and selling them for a living. Miner was one of them even though he knew Ultralak was destroying the songs the Sheriff sent to him. One day, he searched a mine for music. He found some worthless crystals and tossed it aside. Just by chance, it breached a spot and revealed one of the legendary Lost Stems. It was the one of the drum. The Miner recognized it and sold it to the Sheriff. To his surprise, the Sheriff paid him a pittance, barely enough to last him through the week.

The Sheriff told him times were tough. Miner grumbled they were except for him. The Sheriff invited him take it up with his boss, Ultralak. The Teen Titans crossed paths with them and asked for help finding a song. The Sheriff advised them to leave and never come back. The Miner revealed his face to them and warned he didn't take kindly to strangers. They asked Miner about songs. He directed them to the mine, it was full of songs buried by musicians who didn't want Ultralak to steal them. The Miner wasn't interested in helping the Titans but did decide to mention the next shipment would be the next day and Sheriff always stored the songs in the vault at the town's bank. Robin, Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire attempted to rob the vault but Beast Boy hit a trip laser and they were trapped in a laser cage. The Sheriff had his robot deputies haul them to the jail. Cyborg convinced the Miner they could defeat Ultralak together and clear his name. Miner reckoned there was still time to make things right. Sheriff departed in his train at the same time. They gave chase. Sheriff activated the train's external laser turrets but Robin blew them up with energy arrows. The Titans took to the roof of a train car so the Sheriff activated his RPG launchers. They were pinned. Miner transformed his steed into a mech suit and fired lasers at the projectiles. Some clipped his weapons so he charged and tackled the launchers off the train. As his suit came apart, he clung to the edge. He fell but realized Cyborg caught him. Errant projectiles took out a bridge up ahead. Sheriff dispatched his deputies next after they failed to go up on their own. Miner jumped into the train and confronted Sheriff. Miner was faster with his guitar and knocked Sheriff to the ground. A deputy returned and Sheriff gloated. However, the deputy fell on its face and Sheriff was shocked to see a starbolt tomahawk in its back. The Titans stepped in. Sheriff tried to lock himself, the Titans and Miner in the room but Miner was quick enough to slide out. Sheriff gloated he was taking them with him.

Miner reconnected the bridge using his music. Back at Grave Rock, Miner imprisoned Sheriff at the jail and took over as the town's new sheriff. Ultralak caught up to the Titans after they found the first stem and pursued them on his sled and with his two dark creatures he refers to as "hounds." They attempted evasive action through the forest but Ultralak gained ground. One hound followed their path under a tree while other leaped over it then pounced from tree to tree. It nudged Cyborg aside. Cyborg drove up a tree like a ramp then fired multiple exploding arrows at them from the exhaust pipe. Ultralak and the hounds were unharmed but he lost them. The Teen Titans later arrived in search of the stem and drove to a hillstop to get a better signal to the stem. The hill turned out to be the Turtle's shell. Cyborg vowed to free him and urged the others to, despite their reluctance, because they should be willing to save any creature if they wanted to save the entire dimension from Ultralak. Using chains, they tried to drag Turtle out.

Turtle told them it wouldn't work. The chains broke. Cyborg vowed they were going to free him. Turtle told him not to bother because they couldn't change the inevitable. Raven questioned him if he was planning on just staying stuck until he died. Turtle was resigned to that fate. Cyborg declared they made their own fate and the Titans headed off to destroy the factory. Fibulon, the manager of the factory, was shocked to see Ultralak walking up to the factory unannounced. He rushed off from the bank of monitors to the front entrance. He hit a button just in time, and Ultralak strode inside. Fibulon bowed to him and then inquired if he came to oversee the operation. He assured him they were working their fingers to the bone. Ultralak stated he was searching for the heroes of legend because they were attempting to restore B.E.R.'s lost song. Fibulon reported he did not see them but was confident they would never find the Lost Stems. Ultralak called him a fool and informed him the heroes already found a stem then ordered Fibulon to double his and the men's workload in order to accomplish ridding the world of music before they restored the song. Fibulon acknowledged.

Ultralak warned him that if he failed, his bones would become chew toys for his hounds. Fibulon's jaw buzzed, his nervous tic, and confirmed he understood. Fibulon yelled at his men to speed it up. The Teen Titans were already in the factory. Fibulon was surprised but thought he had them outnumbered. Starfire made short work of his men using her starbolts. He vowed she would pay for that. He twisted his left arm and transformed into a behemoth. Robin hopped on top of Cyborg and fired dual laser pistols. Fibulon shielded his face and punched the ground. Both were knocked up into the air. Beast Boy leaped over them and morphed into a boa constrictor. He spat acid on Fibulon's chest then wrapped around him and bit his shoulder. Fibulon broke free and Beast Boy was knocked into a wall. Starfire and Raven blasted at him but he swatted them down. Raven opened a portal and summoned her soul self. It fired a continuous beam from its mouth, slowly pushing Fibulon backwards. Cyborg charged at full speed and knocked Fibulon over the edge into a vat of acid and disintegrated.

The Titans released stolen songs into the lake. The act restored it and the lands back to pristine condition. Turtle was freed and to repay them, asked them if they wanted to hear a song. He went into his shell and came back out with the stem. The Titans were elated. Turtle told them it was theirs and it was the least he could do. Cyborg thanked him. Turtle admitted he was glad the fate of the dimension was in their hands. The Titans traced the signal from the last stem to a strange structure in the middle of nowhere. Robin confirmed the signal was coming from inside it. They looked at a circular gateway. Beast Boy noticed a nearby pad. Robin realized it was in the same shape as the radio. He put it in and twisted. The gears around the pad began moving and the gateway generated a portal. They ventured inside and were teleported to a void with a simple grid pattern. The last stem was on the other side. They also noticed a meter were on their arms. As they drove to the stem, they crashed into an obstacle and were teleported back to the start. A meter vanished from their bars.

They avoided the same obstacle then a wall with a narrowing passage formed. Cyborg braked and they crashed. They started over and realized it was like a game and each bar represented a life. When all bars were used up, they would die. The Titans decided to just use their powers to circumvent the obstacles but realized their powers were neutralized by the void. They tried again. Cyborg shifted the motorcycle and sidecars into single formation. They made it out of the narrow passage then an underground passage opened up. They weaved out of the way of spike obstacles then resurfaced. Two tiles rose up and became drones, firing on them. They were hit and had to start over. They tried again. Robin and Starfire used turrets on the sidecar to blast the drones to pieces. The last obstacle, a giant gorilla, appeared and pounded the ground. They were taken out by the shockwave. After five attempts, the others wanted to just give up than risk their last life. Cyborg tried to rally them but Robin told him to admit they were beat.

Cyborg realized there was a rhythm to the game and music was the key to winning. He instructed them to imagine there was nothing in their way and focus on the music calling out to them. They could see the game was vibrant with music. They made their final attempt. Cyborg trusted the music and dodged the gorilla's attacks. It chased after them but Starfire leaped from her sidecar and grabbed the stem. They were teleported back to the strange structure. The portal closed and the structure sunk into the ground. Raven deduced B.E.R. used the stem's power to sustain the void. The Titans brought the three stems together and it had an effect on the radio. A light shot out and pointed them to a mountain peak. They discovered a temple in the image of B.E.R. and pedestals carved in the image of their instruments. They inserted the stems into each instrument and the combined energies shot up into the sky but Ultralak arrived. At first, Ultralak easily defeated the Titans. Ultralak removed the stems then combined them back into the song to the Titans' surprise. He revealed his origins to them then crushed the song.

The vibrancy of the planet vanished. A maelstrom formed above Ultralak, in the sky. The power of dark silence permeated through Ultralak's body and he became even more powerful. B.E.R. suddenly arrived at the temple. Ultralak could not believe it because he thought destroying their music would be the end all. Franklin Enea declared music could never be destroyed. William Regan pleaded with Adams to stop but his words fell on deaf ears. Ultralak vowed to reshape the planet with silence and darkness. Enea reminded him the four of them created the world together. Regan stated the world was their home. Ultralak countered it was a world where he lived like an insect when he should have been a god. He vowed everyone would either serve him or perish. Enea realized the only way to take him down was to rock. Regan summoned the song and they absorbed it, to everyone's surprise. Ultralak could not believe it. Carl Burnett repeated music could not be destroyed.

They decided to "create" a new member of the team and played "You're the One" then the magical music poured into Cyborg and restored his body, as well as increased his power and size. Ultralak pinned Cyborg to a meteor and moved to drive the music out of Cyborg's body. Ultralak asked him if he had any last words. B.E.R. flew up to them in space and poured more music into Cyborg. He was restored to normal and then set off a blast wave that knocked Ultralak away. Cyborg materialized a rhythm guitar and joined B.E.R. in playing the song. They generated a blast to match Ultralak's and kept playing. Eventually, Ultralak was overpowered and was vaporized by the power of the song. Regan declared their world would enter a new era of peace and musical prosperity. Robin mused it was time to go home. Cyborg declared they were home.