Mark of Trigon Chapter 4: Supernatural Studies
The room fell silent, 7 days, that was how long they had, how long Garfield had.
After a mere week, Trigon's ritual would light the markings and start up another apocalypse.
Garfield was the catalyst for the ritual, their own teammate, their own friend, much like Raven.
But they won that time, the Justice League had been able to distract Trigon long enough for Raven and her team to reach the gem within Trigon's realm, and the team distracted the various demons there while Raven chanted her mantra to prison Trigon within the gem once again.
Now apparently, before being imprisoned he had managed to place a ritual curse on one of their own before he was trapped again.
The team wasn't taking this well.
"A week?" Raven repeated, getting quieter each time she said the phrase. To which Garfield would only nod. "Are there any loopholes with the ritual that may have slipped from Trigon while in his monologue mode?"
Garfield seemed to be in thought before answering, not an answer he was comfortable giving however. "When I asked if the ritual would fail if I died before the 7 day mark, he just said he'd claim my soul and wait another 500 years..." Garfield opened his eyes now, "Does that mean anything?"
Raven frowned as did the rest of the team, "There has to be another way."
Starfire nodded, "Should we be worried about that 'rash' on his back?"
Raven looked at the rash again, "Possibly, it's glowing afterall. Rashes don't really glow like that, it may be connected to the ritual."
Starfire nodded again in understanding, Blue Beetle shook his head slightly and did what Garfield expected him to do anyway: He swore under his breath in his native tongue.
Robin had double facepalmed at this point, he looked stressed.
Starfire sighed sadly, "Should we tell the League?" The team looked at eachother (minus Garfield who was looking at the ground) then at her, the team then looked at Garfield who noticed.
"Why are you staring at me? Ya know besides the markings, the glowing red rash, and the fact that an interdimensional demon cursed me with his Plan B ritual." They stared blankly before Robin spoke, "We have to tell the League."
Garfield stared back at them and sighed, "Yeah, I guess we do."
Raven spoke up, "Perhaps they might know something about this ritual, or at least someone who does. I might need to study it seems."
"We all do." Starfire responded, "I'll call the League." She walked towards the main computer to start up the call.
Blue Beetle let out a frustrated noise before going to the training room with Robin who would no doubt be slicing things with his sword again.
That left Garfield with Raven who surprisingly hadn't left yet he found her still staring at him, he raised an eyebrow despite being a tad nervous on the inside.
She soon responded quietly, barely audible, "This is going to be the worst week of my life…" Garfield being part animal had enhanced senses and picked up on this however.
"Don't you mean the second worst week?" She easily hid the blush under her hood and spoke calmly, keeping her composure, actually surprised he heard, and slightly embarrassed about what she was going to say next.
"That week is nothing compared to this…"