AN: Two chapters for two stories in two days. What kind of madness is this? I really wanted to try out a darker story with no romance in it, so this was thought up. I hope that you all enjoy it, and please review if you like it. I hope you all have a nice night :D
The bright light of the moon cut through the inky blackness of the sky. The park of Jump City was silent, save for a few wandering couples. A man wrapped his arm around the young woman who was walking with him. A giggle left her lips as he led her off the path and to a more hidden area.
Bright crimson eyes watched as the man pushed the girl gently against the tree and started to kiss her neck. Saliva ran down the muzzle of the beast, dripping from its mighty jaws onto the ground. It's muscles twitched in anticipation as he stayed to the shadows of the trees. He silently stalked closer to the couple until he could taste the emotions rolling off of them. The beast's tongue flicked in the cool night air like a whip, savoring the thrill of the silent energy around him.
The beast turned and looked toward a tree just across from where the couple was. He stared at it and silently used his powers to make it break. A streak of fear melted into the atmosphere as the couple looked around. The beast could hear the pounding of the woman's heart as she asked the man what it was. The man's heart was beating just as fast, if not faster, than the woman's, but he did his best not to show anything. Desire, fear, and uncertainty danced in the silence of the night. The beast circled ever closer to the pair until he was only mere feet away. A quiet growl left his throat, just barely audible in the heat of what was going on before him.
The man paused as the sound met his ears. The woman looked up as he stopped and froze. Her skin went white as her scream was stuck in her throat. The man looked at her confused before turning to see what she was staring at. A mighty roar left the beast's throat as he lunged at the pair, signalling that death was coming for them. The man put his arm up to try to block the creature, but it was useless as he was knocked to the ground. The beast pinned him, and put his own face next to the mans. The man yelled at the woman to run as the beast took in the sweet smell of the man's fear.
The beast's breath was noxious with the scent of rotting flesh coming from it. Saliva dripped onto the man's face as he took in another breath. Before the man could do anything else though, the beast sunk its fangs into his neck and ripped it out. Blood sprayed onto the beast, the man, and the ground as the flesh was torn from him. The beast swallowed, savoring the taste of meat in its mouth before turning and looking for the woman who had left. He quickly picked up her scent and followed it, flitting from shadow to shadow and blending in with the dark.
The monster quickly caught up to the woman, and tackled her to the ground, pinning her beneath him. The bones of the woman crunched as they were broken from the force of the impact. The beast couldn't savor this woman like he had the man, because she had started to scream. He quickly ripped out her throat as he had done the man's as her shriek pierced the night
The alarm pierced the silence of Titan's Tower as it started to ring. Raven quickly jumped out of bed and threw on her uniform before using her soul self to disappear and reappear in the living room. She noticed a very awake Robin, who probably hadn't been asleep yet, a slightly tired Starfire, Beast Boy curled up on the couch hugging a pillow and trying to fall asleep again, and a less than pleased to be awake Cyborg.
"Titans, there's trouble at the park. Raven can you get us there quickly?" Robin asked the sorceress. Raven nodded and enveloped the group in the black of her soul-self, then flew them quickly to the middle of Jump Park. The first thing Raven noticed when they got there was the eerie stillness of the night air. The second thing she noticed, was the feeling of a presence watching her. She couldn't pick up anything human in the park though, whatever it was they were up against was clearly not mortal, and never had been. The third, was the feeling of pure evil power clogging the air. It sent chills down Raven's spine
"Everyone, be careful. I don't know what we're up against, but it's a lot more powerful than what we normally deal with." Raven warned as she kept a lookout for what she was sensing. I hope this isn't what I fear it is, she thought to herself as she watched the shadows around the group. A surge of power and blood-lust hit Raven's senses as she put herself on guard. She could feel the creatures eyes watching her team. The feelings of anxiety and fear from her teammates was hard to focus through.
Anger flowed through Raven's mind as she felt how vulnerable her team was. They were sitting ducks to a target that they didn't know. A cold, dark, male voice rang out through Raven's head. Come and find me half-breed. It sneered at her, If you can even do that much. I bet you can't even touch me let alone hope to fight me.
Rage flared at this challenge. Who was this creature to challenge the daughter of Trigon when he wouldn't even show his face to them. A chuckle in the night made Raven turn to look behind her, only to see a the vague outline of a dark figure vanish into the shadows.
"Dude what was that?" Beast Boy asked before being silenced by the rest of the group. The snap of a branch from a tree caused Robin to turn and throw a birdarang in the direction of it, but it did nothing more than lodge itself in the tree it was thrown at. Another snap caused the group to turn their heads the opposite way, but they were once again met with the image of nothing but shadows. The shadows however, seemed to keep coming closer and closer the more Raven stared at them. Raven shook the feeling off of her and continued to keep watch.
"Uhh, guys...I think we have a problem." Beast Boy choked out, voice wavering from the fear.
Raven turned quickly to face what he was looking at. Fear struck her when she saw what had been watching the team. The best was solid black. It's body seemed to be made of the darkness surrounding it, and no light made it any brighter. It's face was long, much like a dragon with a wolf's muzzle, and it's eyes glowed an eerie crimson. It had no pupils, only the slights of red showing from the black. The creature seemed o have no mouth, and it hot breath poured from its nostrils into the cold fall night creating puffs of steam in the night. It's thick neck and chest seemed to swirl with the darkness it was made out of. It's legs were made of muscles and seemed to be tensed with anticipation. Small thick spines protruded like bones from the places where its joints were and on it's back, leading all the way down to the end of its whip like tail. The beast radiated power and impatience. It's thick, sharp claws dug at the ground as it stared down the half-demon. It's body wasn't thin, but a medium build, perfect for the power and strength that it had been bragging about in Raven's mind.
Raven moved out in front of the group. Her body language issued a silent challenge to the quadrupedal creature in front of her. The beast's muzzle ripped open, revealing the sharp daggers of teeth in its mouth, and with a roar it accepted the challenge. The creature swiftly ran towards the half demon, only slowing when it noticed the group leap into an attack formation.
"Titans, go!" Robin yelled as he threw two exploding disks at the creature. It merely laughed as it knocked them away with its tail. A tentacle of dark energy came up from the ground next to Robin, wrapped around him, and slung him into the tree closest to him with enough force to cause it to crack upon impact. The impact knocked the breath out of Robin, and he laid there for a moment, trying to regain his bearings of what was going on.
Seeing that Robin was injured, Cyborg and Starfire started blasting him. The blasts sunk into the creatures being, causing no physical damage as he absorbed the attacks. The creature's body began to swell as they kept attacking. It looked as if its body was starting to warp and twist with the attacks. Raven's smile at the thought of them hurting it was quickly destroyed though as the beast ripped open its mouth and fired the blasts back at Starfire. She dodged and rolled, trying to avoid the flying balls of black and green energy coming at her, but eventually one of them hit her. Starfire yelled as she was knocked out of flight by the blast and smacked into the ground, creating a small hole at the impact zone.
Fury drove Beast Boy as he transformed quickly into a velociraptor and ran towards the monster. Cyborg's blasts kept being absorbed by the creature's body, and he was running out of ideas. The beast sprung back from Beast Boy as soon as he got close enough to attack. The creature twisted in the air and landed thirty feet away, letting its front legs sink into the ground upon impact. Seeing a hole in his defense, Raven sent a blast of dark energy at the beast. He merely absorbed it as if it had never even existed. Beat Boy prepared for another attack, but before he could start two shadowy figures rose from the ground.
Two equal sized velociraptor stared at Beast Boy for a second before launching their attack. The shadow duplicates were evenly matched in the power category, but their numbers made it hard for him to keep up. Beast Boy quickly transformed into a hawk and took to the sky. In a blink of an eye a black hawk and a black eagle followed in his ascent. He couldn't defend himself. One of the shadow creatures grabbed his left-wing in its talons, the other grabbed his right and they held him there in the air hopeless. Beast Boy was just about to transform, when a bright blue and black bolt hit him from the ground. He dropped as the creatures let go of him and returned back to the land.
Raven watched as the creatures sunk back into the earth they had come from and the main beast brought his claws back up from within the ground. The creatures long, thin tongue ran over his fangs and muzzle as he stared down the girl. Only one more to go before it's just you and me, half-breed. It sneered at her.
Before Raven knew what was happening, Cyborg jumped up from behind the creature and went to hit it from above. A tentacle came from the creature and grabbed the man before the attack could land. The beast dangled Cyborg in front of him, debating on what to do. Raven took this opportunity to launch a tree at the creature, but before it made contact a familiar looking dark shield came up to protect the beast. The tree hit it, but was broken in half as it continued on past its intended target. Raven's anger built at the nonchalant way it was preventing her attacks and ignoring her as an opponent. She was the one that had issued the challenge to it, not her team, and now she was the one that it was ignoring.
The monster lifted up one of its claws and drug it down Cyborg's robotic half, destroying the metal and circuits that made up part of him. Cyborg yelled at him to stop and tried to wiggle free of his grasp but failed. Raven could practically see the sadistic grin on the beast's feature and he slowly started to crush Cyborg with the tentacles. The sound of metal being crushed was loud in the night's still air. Once the beast had gotten Cyborg to the point he could fight back he threw him away like he had Robin, and Raven watched as he crumpled to the ground.
The monster turned and put its full focus on Raven as she fought with her demonic half. He chuckled darkly as he sensed what was happening within her mind. Aww, what's wrong? He started to tease her, Can the poor little half-breed spawn of Trigon not control her better half?
At these words, Raven's control snapped. Rage took over and started to attack him. The creature dodged many of the tentacle attacks, but a couple of the bolts she had fired at him had grazed his body, injuring him slightly. The creature tapped into his reserves of power and two more eyes appeared on the side of his face before he launched another attack at her. His claws raked Raven's shoulder and arm as he leaped at her, causing blood to drip from the open wound. Raven howled in pain at the hit and sent another barrage of attacks at him.
The shadowy being started to tire of this quickly and started to make more concentrated attacks, aiming to assert that he was the dominant one of the fight and that this was now his territory. Raven roared at these attacks as they made contact, piercing the inky blackness that had come out of her cloak. Raven jabbed at the creature, stabbing one of his back legs with her energy and making a hole that went all the way through. She shrieked a sound of demonic joy at the attack, and laughed as he hit the ground hard. She now had the upper hand.
Raven pinned the other creature down with her tentacles, but roared as he sunk into the ground and reappeared behind her. The beast launched into the air at her, and tore through her cloak and outfit with his dark energy, slicing through her skin in multiple places. Raven roared in pain and anger as she shrunk to the ground. She had been defeated to an extent and the power was taking its toll on her physical health.
Raven threw up a shield to try to block the demon that was now prowling around her. Fear crept into her mind as she realized she was now powerless against the creature. The creature laughed and drug his claw down the shield, shattering it around the girl. Raven slowly crawled backwards, trying to get away from the beast that was staring her down. The beast launched at her and Raven braced for an impact that didn't hit. The beast phased through her, and as Raven realized this a sharp, burning pain invaded her mind. Raven turned to look at the beast before the pain overcame her and she succumbed to the darkness that enveloped her.