Connected
AN: I own nothing in this story. Please R&R.
"Rae?" Again Beast Boy knocked on the empath's door. Raven was ignoring him. "C'mon Rae, I know you're in there, I can hear your heartbeat." Finally the door swung open and Raven glared at her green tormentor.
"What do you want?"
"I'm just worried about you."
"Well don't be. I'm perfectly fine on my own." Raven was now very angry at Beast Boy always checking up on her. Before she could get calmed down a jolt of her power escaped and knocked one of Raven's magical artifacts off its shelf. Once it hit the ground a blinding flash of light came forth and struck the two Titans.
Raven's eyes fluttered open. She was lying on her back amongst a void, as far as she could tell.
"Rae?" The empath jolted up at her hated nickname.
"Beast Boy, where are we?"
"I don't know." Just then the pair heard a roaring sound. It was wind and it seemed to come from all directions. Then a rent appeared in the void and a horse rode out from it. The horse was huge with what looked like horns sticking out from its skull. Its eyes were covered by a visor and its legs looked more mechanical then organic. The horse seemed ready to plow through the Titans but at the last moment it came to a stop mere millimeters from them. The rider dismounted and it was then that Raven and Beast Boy noticed the elegant curved long sword strapped to the rider's back. He was tall and had an odd hat on which obscured his face. A blue pendant reflected the Titans wary expressions back at them.
"Who are you and where are you from?" The figure in black spoke. His voice was colder than Ravens and it was hard, like steel.
"Why should we tell you?" Raven responded in a harsh tone.
"I'm Beast Boy and this is Raven. We're superheroes from Earth. Who are you?"
"You had better get on." The rider gestured towards his horse. "If you don't you'll be trapped here forever."
"You didn't answer our question. Who are you?" Raven asked angrily. The figure adjusted his hat and Raven got a view of his features for the fist time. The man looked like he was 18, just like Beast Boy and Raven, but there was something in his black orbs that had drained Raven of her temper and she found herself wishing he would kiss her. He looked like God Himself had made him to be His most beautiful creation with his long black hair, pale skin, and dark eyes that seemed to pierce through Raven's soul.
"I'm D, the Hunter." Then he mounted his horse with Beast Boy close behind. Raven shook herself out of her stupor and climbed on behind D. Beast Boy wrapped his arms around Raven's waist.
"Remove your hands or I'm going to remove them for you." She growled at the changeling.
"If I don't, I'll fall off."
"Well that's a great way to rid us of your stupidity."
"Be quiet and hold on." D's voice cut through their argument. He kicked his horse into motion and there again the wind roared. D galloped in the opposite direction he had come and soon another rent appeared in the dimension. Passing through it, Raven felt pins and needles rush through her entire body but this faded quickly and then the trio found themselves in front of a department store.
"S-Mart. Dude I love this store!" Beast Boy yelled. Raven just rolled her eyes.
"Something's not right." D spoke in his cold tone. Just then they heard a noise that sounded like a motorcycle being possessed by a demon. The noise got closer and closer and then abruptly vanished.
"What was that?" Beast Boy asked.
"Kandarian demons. We'd better get inside." The trio dismounted and quickly ran into the store. Inside, people were cowering in the corner from a group of seemingly crazy people. Their bodies jerked and twitched but soon their demonic nature revealed itself. Their fingernails were more like claws and they had fangs jutting from their mouths but the most horrifying thing about them was the creature's colorless eyes.
"JOIN US!!" The possessed roared. Just then another kind of roaring came from the aisle behind them. It sounded like a chainsaw. Then a man appeared dressed in tattered brown pants and a blue shirt, also ruined. He was muscular and had dark hair. The oddest thing about him was the fact that he had a chainsaw for a right hand.
"Excuse me; I'm going to ask you to leave the store." The creatures just snarled at him."Come get some." Raven and Beast Boy dashed forward to help the man but D put a hand on both of their shoulders.
"Wait. He can handle them."
"But there are at least 10 of them!" Beast Boy shouted.
"Just watch." The man then started to slice left and right and pretty soon he had killed half his opposition. The remaining devils backed away from his chainsaw.
"What's the matter? Scared to have your ass handed to you?" Then he withdrew a shotgun from a holster on his back. "You see this? This is my boomstick!" He then proceeded to blow away four of the monsters. The last demon roared at him.
"Who the hell are you?" The man just smirked.
"Name's Ash. House wares." The creature rushed towards Ash before he could reload. But that didn't stop him from using the shotgun to bash the monster in the head. Dazed by the blow, it recovered quickly and rushed towards him. Ducking its punch, Ash stuck the shotgun right in its gut. The resulting blast blew the demon five feet back. It didn't get up. Ash went up to each of the corpses and started dismembering them with his chainsaw.
"What are you doing?!" Raven yelled.
"Taking care of business, babe." Raven was about to go slap him when D approached Ash.
"Mr. Williams, I presume."
"Who wants to know?"
"I'm D, the Hunter. I want you to help me destroy the Necrinomican."
"That damn book, why?"
"It's fallen into the wrong hands."
"Look Mr. Fancypants, I've had it up to here with this crap. I lost my hand, my sanity, and the love of my life to that damn thing! I don't want any part of it!"
"They won't stop coming for you. Running away won't solve anything. If you truly want to be free from the book, help me destroy it." Ash looked down at his severed arm and sighed heavily.
"Fine but how in the hell did you get involved in all this?"
"I was hired to destroy the book, that's all."
"And who are the two teeny boppers?"
"Companions I met on my way here." Beast Boy came up and held out his hand.
"What's up dude, I'm Beast Boy."
"Nice to meet you Kermit and who's your lady friend?"
"Raven." The empath said in her monotone.
"Well hello Sunshine, it's nice to meet you too."
"You could be a little friendlier than that Rae." Beast Boy cut in.
"Whatever." Raven said, rolling her eyes.