Hey y'all! I'm so excited for chapter two of my fic, and I hope you like it. So without further ado, chapter two! (See that? I rhymed)
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, nor will I ever. Crap.
The dragon stepped even farther into the clearing, until Raven felt threatened enough to take action. Having no time to be stunned, she quickly snapped into fight mode.
As she warmed up her powers, the dragon swung its head around, and the two gazes met. The creature had found what it was looking for and began to charge toward the titan, its long claws pounding the ground as it ran at an amazing speed.
"Azarath, metrion, zinthos!" Trees were uprooted from their places and levitated off the ground to become a barrier between the creature and Raven. The animal didn't seem to notice, and continued to charge forward. All of a sudden, the black aura around the trees disappeared, and the large plants crashed to the ground, sending branches and leaves flying in every direction. The empath gaped at the scene, with a shocked look plastered across her pale features.
"How…?" she said out loud to herself. Realizing that the dragon was still coming toward her, she summoned up her powers once again. "Azarath, metrion, zinthos!"
The dragon had frozen in mid-stride, its long slender body surrounded by a black aura, as if it were frozen in time.
What now? This should buy me some time, until I figure out what happened before…but I can't hold this forever.
She didn't have to. The dragon's eyes began to glow an eerie blue, and as quickly as her aura had appeared, it vanished again. As the dragon reanimated itself, the baffled titan began to desperately throw the fallen trees at the dragon, but instead of hitting her target, they fell from her control to the ground below them before they so much as made contact with the large animal. All the while, the creature was slowly advancing forward, its eyes glowing their eerie blue, as it forced Raven closer to the edge of the cliff. The battle had now progressed towards the middle of the clearing.
He's…He's absorbing my powers somehow…A panicking Raven thought to herself, still hurling trees at her bus-sized opponent who continued to cancel her attacks in mid-air. The dragon stopped in its tracks, reared back its head, and just before it lunged open-jawed at Raven with a force that would most certainly kill her, she sunk into the ground through a disk of black energy. The creatures head smashed into the earth with a sickening whump, and upon realizing it had missed its target, it picked itself up, and swept its menacing gaze back and forth in vain search of its prey.
"My powers aren't going to be of any use if it just absorbs them every time I attack, but maybe if I surprise the thing…"
Behind the dragon, Raven prepared for a sneak attack. The empath rose through the ground in the same black disk she disappeared in, but as she did so, the behemoth swung its great head around, snarling, prepared for its next attack on the girl. Without turning around, the dragon swung its tail around so it curled up against its hind legs, and as if it was spring-loaded, swung it back in Raven's direction with great speed. Using her quick reflexes, she summoned a force field, but the energy-absorbing the dragon had done had taken its toll. The force field was not nearly as strong as it normally would have been, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway. The creature's eyes began to glow, and her force field of black energy vanished, leaving her vulnerable. The dragon's tail lashed forward and smashed into Ravens side with incredible force, sending her careening half way across the clearing. She crashed into the ground about ten yards from the edge of the cliff, and lay on the ground passed-out for a few seconds before coming to. She groaned at the increasing pain in her side. It can…s-sense my energy…signature. I…can't b-beat this thing…by myself… With effort, she got to her feet, wincing at the pain, and immediately thought of calling the other titans. She reached for her communicator, but to no avail.
"The communicator!" the empath gasped.
The device had been thrown clear across the battlefield by the force of the blow, and sat in a patch of tall weeds. The only thing standing in her way was the overgrown lizard eying her hungrily with its fierce, icy-blue eyes.
Okay! Well, that does it for chapter two. I know it was short, but I'm still getting the hang of this. Plus, it seemed like a good place to stop. Any way, please review! Even flames are welcome, and and advice is even better!
-MissyE.