HELLO TO EVERYONE AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU ALL FOR YOUR REVIEWS ON THE LAST STORY! I KNOW I PISSED YOU ALL OFF BY TAKING SO LONG TO UPDATE but…. I AM BACK!
Life sometimes sucks and I want to make it up to you all by finishing the sequel as promised. Now without further ado here it is the Sequel to the long over due "TRUE DARKNESS: THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE"
PART ONE
Raven was in total shock. Robin had been holding her for at least two hours trying to get her to talk but nothing came from her lips. The other titans all came into the room and were told about Raven's condition from their leader. Robin and the others helped Raven to the main room in hopes of giving her more room to relax.
When Cyborg turned the TV on a news report caught his eye along with every Titan in the room.
"It seems that the criminal mastermind known simply as 'Slade' has been killed by what authorities believes is a wound in his cranium. Investigators are…" Cyborg hit the mute button and turned to Robin who looked shocked, angered and upset at the same time.
"Robin… did you?" Beast Boy asked immediately as Starfire turned to their leader waiting an answer. Before a word could have left his lips Raven finally spoke.
"I saw it all… he killed Slade… and I… she…me…." Raven started but shook her head violently as confusion gripped her. A few lights began to flicker and soon crashes and explosions were heard.
"Raven calm down, or you'll destroy the tower!" Cyborg shouted as Raven looked up to him and gasped.
"I'm …so sorry, they came so fast… I was so scared…" Raven rambled as she clutched onto Robin tighter. The young man was amazed at her open display of fear, but he knew that it was better than having her turn the entire tower into a living horror film again.
"Raven, who killed Slade?" Robin asked as he pulled her from his chest and looked into her lavender orbs. Robin was momentarily shocked at the pain, fear and peace that he saw. Raven opened her mouth to speak but the moment she made eye contact with Robin her mind became blank and all that mattered was his facial features and the constant guess of his eye color.
"Robin…" She whispered as she closed the gap between them and kissed him in front of the entire group. Beast Boy and Cyborg's jaws dropped while Starfire's eyes became watery.
Raven felt as though that moment was perfect… as if it was meant to be. She hadn't given any thought to the other Titans or the repercussions of her actions… she just knew that she had to end the frustration inside her.
Robin at first hadn't responded but after a couple of seconds kissed back. His mind was going back and forth as the complete calm rushed over him as he kissed Raven. He had kissed other girls and each time it was the same, but kissing Raven felt beyond any pleasure he had ever experienced. The kiss somehow relaxed him and made him fell whole.
Raven pulled away for air and that was when she realized that Starfire was staring dead at her with a hatred that Raven had never seen. Starfire's eyes and attitude changed from anger to complete sadness when she looked at Robin and so the young titan left the room.
"Okay, that was strange mind telling us what's going on?" Beast Boy asked as Raven turned to him slowly and then back to Robin.
"It looked like you Robin… and then the other girl she looked like me… she grabbed Slade in her… my power and threw him at the feet of the man who looked just like you and he took his sword and jammed it into Slade's head…" Raven explained and then Robin frowned.
"So we have two copycats. It's no biggie we'll get them." Raven looked at Robin and shook her head.
"Robin I could feel the energy coming from them…" Raven looked away and then turned back to Robin. "He told me to tell you that Nameless say 'Hi'." Robin looked stunned as he looked at Raven who returned his stare.
Robin somehow had remembered that name from somewhere. He had dreamed of several individuals calling him such a name and hearing Raven say those words scared him.
"Rae, what are you saying?" Robin looked into her eyes and waited for a reply. When Raven remained silent Robin sighed deeply and stood to his feet. Before he could speak another word the Titan's alarm went off. Robin turned to Raven who still looked shocked and sighed.
"Titans, let's get this done with… Raven come on we have to get this done." Robin stated as he contacted Starfire.
As the group made their way to the scene of the crime, Raven became jittery and nervous. She didn't want to be out after seeing and feeling the hatred rolling off the copies of herself and her beloved.
Raven then thought back to the moment she kissed Robin; he hadn't commented on it at all. He acted as though it never happened. Raven tried her best to control her sadness but her powers were getting out of control and a nearby car flipped up into the sky and exploded. At that moment, Raven began her mantra and then the Titans turned to her shocked.
"Raven, its just a routine crime… there aren't any major bad guys out of jail. Slade was the only one I had to … I mean we had to worry about." Robin slipped as he looked around the bank where the Titans and the police waited outside. Robin walked over to the commissioner and spoke with him privately, and when he returned Robin told them that there was someone inside that was not about to come out.
"The strange thing is that whoever inside, never broke in and to make things even freakier they call the police and told them to call us." Robin stated as Cyborg began to scan the building for any strange or unfamiliar entryways. He knew that in order for this guy to get in he had to have some kind of discrete entryway.
After finding nothing, Cyborg reports back to Robin, who seems even more stunned.
"No one should be able to get into the bank without setting off the alarm… it would have to be one of the owners but they've all been accounted for and none of them are missing keys or security cards…" Robin looked at the bank and then caught a glimpse a young man standing in the window. The man turned to Robin and stared right at him.
Suddenly, every window inside of the bank exploded outward and black energy flowed out of it and pushed every car backwards flicking them backward violently. The Titans and the police did their best to avoid the flying cars but both groups sustained injuries. Beast boy was nearly crushed by a vehicle but luckily he was able to fly out of the way only to be hit by another car.
Starfire and Raven were the first to act and the two women fly to the side of their fallen friend. Raven began healing him immediately as Robin and Cyborg tried to evade the waves of dark energy but both were knocked back by the flailing tentacles. Raven looked at the energy strangely and finally gasped.
"No…" Raven whispered as she realized who was behind this.
Robin and the rest of the Titans stood to the challenge as the police force stepped back and allowed the teens to do their jobs.
Just as fast as the windows exploded, the building itself erupted in an explosion of dark energy as each brick on the structure flew into the sky and two figures could be seen on the first floor of the bank. Then even more of the building began to fly into the sky as the female hooded figure lifted her hands and then dropped them.
Raven put a barrier around the Titans and herself as the police all ran from the area. The debris in the sky began to fly down upon the ground. Raven's shield protected them as the earthly meteors struck and deformed the area. When the onslaught stopped the Titans looked about them and stood in awe at the destruction caused.
"Why would anyone do this?" Starfire asked as she looked at the destroyed buildings.
"The real question is how could anyone do this?" Cyborg asked as he looked up at the two hooded figures.
"Man, that chick has Raven's powers but times a hundred!" Beast Boy commented as Robin blinked and looked at the hooded female and then to Raven. Before he could speak Raven began.
"Why… why did you do this! WHAT DO YOU WANT!" Raven's eyes flashed red as she continued. "If you're with my father… I'll stop you here and now!" Raven rushed forward before Robin could stop her.
Raven's sped towards the female figure and just before she could swing at the woman, Raven froze in place, a red energy freezing her. Robin and the rest of the Titans looked confused as the male figure looked at Raven and then to Robin.
"Why don't you come help her?" He asked as Robin looked confused as the man removed his hood to reveal two blood red orbs. Robin nearly fell backward as did the rest of the Titans. Raven tried her best to move but somehow the red energy that encased her ceased her movement. She moved her eyes to the female figure and frowned.
"I know who you are!" Raven growled as her older self took her hood off and let her long hair out of her trench coat.
The Titans gasped and nearly fainted from seeing the older versions of Robin and Raven. The older Robin looked at the young teen and then began to move forward as did the older Raven.
"You're such a fool." He stated as the older Raven laughed.
"Don't call him that… he was just like you ten years ago. Ignorant of his true power." She stated as Raven was released from the red energy and then a black tentacle encircled Robin's waste.
"Don't hurt him love, he and his woman may want to join us." The older Robin stated as he lifted his hand and the younger Raven was encased in a red aura. She gasped as she realized that the older Robin was doing this.
"What are you doing to her?" Robin asked angrily. The other Titans seemed to be encased in the same red energy and so their movement was ceased as well. Before another word could be said the older versions of Robin and Raven laughed.
"You know it would be perfect if you and your woman would join us." The older Raven stated as Robin felt the tentacle of darkness creep all around his body before finally ripping the upper half of his uniform away.
"Rae has always been a little rough… but we like that don't we?" The older Robin asked as the teen looked embarrassed and frightened.
"Leave him alone!" Raven yelled as the energy brought her closer to the trio. Raven's older self turned to her and grinned. She then turned to the older Robin and kissed him deeply.
"Love I think its time we did some explaining. Like why we're here." She grinned at the older man and then began to motion Raven's body to her.
"I am you from the future as you know. This," the older Raven motioned to the older Robin, "is my love and the master of my life. He has freed me from the evil and now I am his slave! My wonderful… he is Nameless, not Robin… that fool died when he finally awakened to the lies of man's creator. I am his as the stars belong to the sky, as the blood in the veins of these pathetic humans, he is my… no" The older Raven looked at Raven and smirked, "no, he is our world, nothing matters but his happiness." The older Raven laughed as Nameless grinned.
"I have tired of this, Rae, let the little Robin go, and I shall release his Raven. We shouldn't be harming our soon to be allies. Now Rae, rebuild his clothing, now… I wouldn't want to be in such a state." Nameless spoke as the energy around Robin disappeared and finally his clothing was reformed on his body.
"This is our power… young Robin this is the power you possess. You, alone, are the soul controller of darkness. Rae and myself are the most powerful… I control the evil and she is my general. We have already destroyed the realm in which we lived. Cyborg, Beast Man, Starfire… they only held us back… Starfire tried to tear us apart, Beast Man wanted my Rae, for his own… remember that Rae?" Nameless asked as Rae laughed and nodded.
"Yes, I remember that perfectly… the fool was the first to go… his screams of agony were music to my ears. I think I would like to hear an encore presentation of that sweet melody." Rae stated as she turned her attention to Beast Boy who shook from fear.
"Not now, Rae, we have things to discuss with our younger selves. Don't worry your three, I have no intention of killing any of you… but that only depends on what these two agree upon… Rae, come lets go and relax in the tower." Nameless stated as he snapped his fingers and instantly the group was in the main room of Titan Tower.
"Dude, he can teleport." Beast Boy stated in shock as Rae laughed. (A/N: If you haven't noticed by now, the older Raven will be Rae and the older Robin is Nameless.) Raven looked at her doppelganger and then to Robin's.
"We would never do this to anyone or try to kill or hurt others!" Raven barked as Rae laughed and Nameless shook his head with a smirk. He released the teens from his control and Rae leaned down to her younger self and grinned.
"Raven, I know what you have always wanted… I know every dark secret you have ever kept…" Rae leaned closer and whispered so that no one else but the two could hear, "I know what you were going to let Slade do to you." She finished and Raven's eyes shot open and then redirected to the floor. Raven's eyes trailed themselves over to Robin and then to Nameless and lingered on the older man for a moment. Rae took the opportunity to continue talking to Raven quietly.
"Why let Slade ravage you, when the man you desire yearns to do so each and every night? He'll free you from the worry of losing control… no more worrying about Trigon getting control of you… only perfect contentment. Happiness beyond anything you've ever known and will ever know." Rae stopped and watched as Raven's eyes softened at the older woman's words. "Raven, you could have him instantly and the two of you could be together for all eternity… you'd like that wouldn't you? Loving and caring for the man you love and the same being done to you also? A place to finally call home… that place is by his side… so what if he asks you to kill a few people… its not like they care about your happiness anyway. They only care for themselves…and that's selfish isn't it, so why not rid the world of their kind? It would make Nameless so happy… he loves to get rid of problems and if you are the one to get rid of them he will love you more and more… just how we always wanted." Rae stopped as Raven stared at Robin and then to Nameless.
"Robin, convincing Raven means nothing… in fact it doesn't even have to be done. She would follow us to hell and back." Nameless stated as he waved his hand into the air and the other three Titan's vanished. "Had to make sure we're alone."
"Where are they?" Robin asked as Nameless laughed.
"I sent them to their rooms." Nameless grinned as Robin relaxed a little.
"Let Raven go…" Robin stated and Nameless laughed.
"She must hear this as well as you, for as you can tell she is my partner in crime and whatever I am told she will know… When I say 'I' I mean 'I' as in, you my past self. You truly must start taking care of your Raven… she is so precious and delicious. How could you want anyone else?" He asked as Robin blushed and tried to frown.
"What do you two want?" Robin asked as he looked at Nameless and then to Rae.
"We simply want you two to accept your future and join us in destroying the one who has caused the both of you such pain: The Creator. He is the one who has betrayed us. Rae, will you help me narrate our story? The truth of a fools attempt to save existence but when he succeeds all that he loves is destroyed and taken from him. I shall let my love do the honors of telling the first part of our tragedy, Rae will you do the honor?" Nameless asked as he sat on the half circle couch and waited.
"Of course, Raven, Robin, you see at one point we were just like you normal crime fighters living in Jump City protecting the civilians from harm. Our story begins the moment, I stop denying my lust and desire to have Robin…" Rae turned to Robin and smirked, "She loves you more than sanity itself, hence the reason I am here now… but my love shall explain that. Anyway, my desire for you Robin began to affect my performance… you know Robin, I bet little Raven here is getting a little sloppy… Do you know what the reason for this sloppiness is? The sexual frustration that I… no, she feels when around you. So she goes out at night in hopes of finding a young male that she could give herself to… Just like I did, and do you know who we both found in this time and in mine?" Rae looked at Robin waiting for answer. Robin looked at Rae and then to Raven.
"Raven what is she talking about?" Robin asked nervous and confused. Rae laughed and then started.
"Of course you don't know, because you would have never understood. We both ran into Slade… the only difference is that she wasn't defiled by him… we came just in the nick of time before Slade could touch her. But in our world Slade touched me and did it often. He would touch me everywhere and I would believe sometimes that it was you instead… but that's foolish… One day during our time of play, as Slade called it, you, or should I say Nameless, overheard my moans and sat in the shadows as he watched his arch nemesis touch the girl whom he had begun to love. It drove my love insane… my Nameless lost his mind and his power was returned to him along with his memories. Yes, as soon as he finished killing Slade he turned to me. I thought I was going to die, but Nameless came to me and we made the sweetest love possible. I somehow regained my senses and vowed never to leave him again. I wanted to make sure that you didn't cause him pain like I did… like a fool! I am glad my love slaughtered Slade… I wish I had the strength to do so but preventing such a thing in this realm will be enough." Rae concluded as she smirked and Robin gasped at the entire story, he turned to Raven and looked amazed at the woman. Robin shook his head as if to object to Rae's words but Raven could only looked at him sadly.
"Robin, I…" Raven started and Robin looked away before she could continue. Nameless grinned and then put a hand on Robin's shoulder and sighed.
"Be mad at the Creator who wants you to live with that pain… you see you've already gone through all of that and even saved the world while dealing with the betrayal. You see Robin, the Creator reversed time… he and his lackeys thought that since you did their dirty work, they could just erase your memory and all would be fine… what they didn't count on is the fact that you and I would remember. A great war, known by all as Ragnarok was beginning. The war of the Gods… The one who created us against his favorite… you know the same bible story same characters basically." Nameless grinned as Robin shook his head and frowned.
"You're saying you fought against Satan?" Robin asked as Nameless only laughed.
"Satan, Beelzebub, the Beast, the devil… Lucifer… they're all the same person as you and everyone on this dirt ball knows. Yes, I… actually we both fought against him… I am simply another version of you… your memories have been erased just a few months ago… the Creator even reversed your ages. At the age of eighteen we fought against the demons and devils in hell and we won… Trigon… and demons like him are nothing… he is nothing… I destroyed him as did you… the Creator just remade that weakling in hopes of containing you're power Raven… did you both know that billions of demons had to be made because of Lucifer's death?" Nameless asked as Robin looked confused and turned to Rae who only smiled lovingly at Nameless.
"Now you're saying that you… I killed Lucifer, the devil? I know I am a hero but destroying a demon like Trigon would be impossible… and if you are saying that Trigon is not the same devil that Christians know of then that means you killed someone much stronger than Trigon…" Robin stated and Nameless grinned.
"You have as well you just don't remember… You see Robin, Lucifer was the first created and The Creator loved him so he gave Lucifer some companions… one of which went by the name of Lilith. He and Lilith were the first ever to experience all forms of love from love at first sight to insane passion. They were the first to enjoy the blissful pleasures of lustful sex and the such… But the Creator robbed the two of each other, Dispersed Lilith and weakened Lucifer. When man was made Lucifer tried to get rid of his feelings of fear, loneliness, sadness and anger and so he released them into the realm of man… Thus the reason humans fight one another and rape women and kill children… Lucifer is the one to thank… When Lucifer couldn't rid himself of the thoughts completely he went to recreating Lilith and when this happened the Creator condemned him to the Abyss."
"What does any of this have to do with you two?" Raven growled and Rae grabbed her throat and spoke.
"Learn some patience and knowledge shall be yours. I forget how emotional you are at this age." Rae grinned as Nameless continued.
"Lucifer's attempts to create Lilith again failed and so instead of doing it himself, he released part of Lilith's spirit and a part of himself into the realm of man. You see Robin, he knew that these two would seek each other out… their love was far to strong not to… and they found each other. Lucifer told me that they had just before he died…" Nameless grinned as Robin frowned.
"What was the importance of that at all?" Robin asked as Raven gasped. She had realized what was being said.
"No…" She whispered as Rae laughed sensually.
"That's right little Raven… when Nameless and Robin killed Lucifer… they were killing their own father… and the whole attraction you feel for Robin… its been there since the beginning of time little Raven… or should I say little Lilith." Rae grinned as Raven's eyes closed hoping to block out the truth. Robin fell to the ground and shook his head rapidly.
"No… I … I can't be…" Robin stuttered and Nameless laughed.
"The Creator could never destroy his creation but his creation could kill him… so instead he used use to kill our true father and do you know what he gave us as a reward… IGNORANCE! He wiped our memories… all the pain I went through to find Raven was a waste… in the end I had to bare it all again… That pain Robin is something you don't want to know of… join me and Rae and help us punish the one who has forsaken you." Nameless grinned as Rae stood up and walked to his side.
"Its either that or go back to him and be a slave that will reap nothing in return… so which will it be… happiness… or the ignorance that has left both of you as nothing more than shells of flesh biding their time until death?" Nameless asked in the quiet calm manner he had been known for.
So what did you guys think? I hoped you liked the story and I hope that everyone that read the first story likes this one also. UNTIL NEXT UPDATE
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