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Keys:

''- Thinking

Italics - Trigon speaking

""- Normal speaking

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Good-bye to Raven

Chapter 1—Raven's Final Farewell

It was midnight. Rain clouds filled the night sky, covering the moon and the stars and making the sky seem darker than it actually was. The air was cold with frost. Due to this, no one was in the streets except some drunks and gamblers trying to find their way home.

On the island in the middle of the river stood Titans Tower. And in it, the young heroes known as the Teen Titans slept. But, as for sleeping peacefully, only one did not.

Raven was tossing and turning in her bed. She whimpered and let out an occasional, breathless "no". After what felt like forever, Raven shot up in her bed screaming, sweating and shaking. There was a strong force in her mind; tearing her in two from the inside and, without any uncertainty, she knew it was her father, Trigon.

"Father… What do you want? What do I have for you to take?"

Raven's demon father has possessed her mind before, but she was able to banish him with the help of Beast Boy, Cyborg and her combined emotions. Somehow, now, she knew that wasn't going to help this time. Trigon has gotten stronger. He has gotten "out". Raven, trying to keep her emotion in check, placed her pale hands on her head and tried to concentrate long enough to figure out how she was going to get rid of the disruption.

"G-Get out of my head, Trigon," Raven breathed out, "Stop torturing me; you cannot win."

Then, Raven heard an evil laugh. It was mocking her, making her crazy, pushing her over the edge of a breakdown.

"Cannot win"? Ha! You are weak daughter! Your mind is weak!

At that point, Raven's eyes began to turn a demonic red. She felt a burning sensation between her ears. The evil fire was spreading throughout her body; Trigon's power was rising! The young Titan closed her eyes tight and tried to suppress the demon within her.

"What do you want from me?"

Trigon chuckled this time as if he was asked the obvious.

I want to consume the world in evil. And the only way to do that is take over your feeble mind and destroy the Teen Titans! You, my precious daughter, if you haven't figured it out, will be my shell for such an action. They would never hurt you, and that will be their downfall.

Raven's eyes widened. "I would never—will never succumb to your power and do such a thing!"

Oh, but you will once your mind is mine! Prepare for a very long sleep, daughter.

Trigon continued to laugh and the fire continued to spread. Raven, trying to find a way out, thought of the last time she faced Trigon and looked around her room for her meditation mirror.

'That's it! If I use the mirror to go inside my mind and get help from my emotions, I could destroy Trigon once and for all!'

Raven pushed out of her bed and started to wobble toward the mirror despite her mind throbbing. Trigon, being inside her mind, knew what she was doing instantly.

Useless effort, Raven! Have you noticed my new strength; that portal to your mind will serve no use whatsoever.

Raven, ignoring her father and fighting against his control, slowly made her way to the mirror.

With a muttered "stupid child", Trigon possessed the girl's left hand. Raven tried to control it, but Trigon was too strong. He caused the fist to punch her in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her. The Titan fell to the ground, head hitting the carpeted ground, and tried to gain her composure.

Raven choked out a laugh. "You think that can stop me, Trigon? Well, guess again!"

Raven raised her shaking right hand and used her powers to make the mirror fly to her hand. Trigon didn't panic, but he didn't want that mirror around anymore; it could become a menace. He forced Raven to raise her left hand and aimed a punch for the glass.

"No!"

Yes!

The fight for power in Raven's body caused objects in the room to fly around. One of the books hit Raven in the temple, causing Raven, then Trigon, to be knocked unconscious. But, the book's action proved useless—the force of the left hand caused it to follow through with the punch, destroying the mirror and destroying, what seemed to be, Raven's last hope.

As Raven woke up and looked around she saw that her left hand's knuckles were bleeding, her right arm had cuts and glass shards in it, and her precious mirror was broken.

"No…"

Raven quietly got to her feet despite her headache and the blood. She felt Trigon's presence, but he was unconscious. Raven looked around for an answer to her father's temporary disappearance, and saw the book that hit her.

'Well, at least this gives me time to think…'

Raven sighed.

'I have to figure out how to stop Trigon before he wakes up—before he possesses me, kills my friends, and takes over everything. But how...?'

Raven looked around her room for more ideas. Then she saw it—shattered glass. She figured it out. If she died, then Trigon would disappear as well. Still, the teen shook and hesitated. She loved her life.

Raven fought back the tears.

"It's the only way," she reasoned.

Raven bent down to pick up a piece of glass. She held it in her right hand since her left hand was paralyzed due to Trigon's still-present control. She held it to her throat. Hesitating again, she saw visions of her friends. She saw the tears and the confusion, maybe even anger, at her actions. They needed to understand that she didn't do this out of depression. They needed to know that she would prefer to stay with them forever.

"I have to explain everything quick, so I can end this before Father wakes."

Raven picked up some strewn paper on the ground. She glanced around the room and used her powers to bring a pen to her hand.

Raven, placing paper on the ground and holding the pen firm in her hand, sat on the floor and began to write. It didn't take long since it wasn't hard knowing what to write: She would explain the situation in short and express her goodbyes. Raven was finished shortly. She used her powers again to place the note on her un-made bed and picked up the shattered glass again.

"It's all over now..."

Trigon struggled to wake up, but his powers had not regained their former potential and he could only watch—helpless—as his daughter rid herself of him and her own life.

W-wait, Raven!

"Good-bye, father."

No, stop!

"You will never get what you want."

No!

The glass was tinted red as Raven lost all her power.

She felt the world being turned upside down and heard the now distant screams of her father. She saw little snippets of her life, her friends, her experiences, and her happiness.

With her final breath she whispered, "I regret nothing…"

That was the revised version (August 26, 2006). I will release the new chapter two and three some other day before September. Please review—I'll love you forever!

Blue-Apple