Trigon had faced many of the guardians of Raven's mind. He faced the twin stone guardians of joy and sorrow, the army of carnivorous talking ravens, the maze of representing her complexity, as well as some other little traps within Raven's mind. It aggravated him, the number safeguards her mind had, but he had concurred them and he was sure Raven had felt it. There was still much to do but by now Raven would be willing to give up her powers and he could stop this pointless errand. When he arrived back expecting to see a broken Raven instead he saw two young girls prepared to fight. He was not pleased.
Trigon: You! How did a little mud slinging mortal enter this mind!
Trigon recognized the girl. He had been watching Slade for a long time and had seen the events that revolved around Terra. Though it had been amusing to watch he had never expected to see the girl again once she had been incased in stone.
Terra: Don't know don't care. All I know ugly is that we're taking you down.
Her arrogance was insufferable. But Trigon had learned with his last encounter with the Titans that anger would only be his downfall. Instead he decided on a different strategy.
Raven: Azarath Metrion Zinthos!
Trigon chuckled expecting nothing to happen but when the very real beam of dark energy pushed him back followed by a hailstorm of rocks from Terra he acted quickly. He couldn't afford to waste too much strength fighting the two of them so he did what he did before. He sent a wave of energy traveling though the ground and hitting Terra.
Terra: Errrag!
Raven: Terra!
Terra fell to her knees but from her back rising came a grey form clad in steel. From the darkest parts of Terra's soul rose once more the betrayer.
Terra: What's…. happening?
Trigon smiled he always enjoyed seeing one fight and lose to their own darkness, its seemed to somehow vindicate his existence.
Trigon: That mortal is the thing you fear the most, yourself.
The Dark Terra looked upon the real Terra with it's glowing red eyes. Terra looked back at the creature and fear griped her heart in a way she though only Slade could. With out hesitation the Dark Terra let out a hard kick to Terra's side causing the girl the slide across the ground dangerously close to the edge of the walkway. Raven was rushing towards the Dark Terra reading to attack.
Trigon: No, daughter. I am your opponent here.
As the Demon spoke his hand had grasped Raven's cloak and with unholy strength he pulled the empath causing her to fly to the ground with tremendous force. She rose ready to face the four eyed monstrosity.
I'm sorry Terra but it looks like you're on your own. For now.
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Terra recovered from the initial shock facing her wicked doppelganger. The cruel smile across the lips of the armored Terra looked upon the real Terra mirroring the sinister intent the creature had for her.
Dark Terra: So this is what I have become. A scared little school girl who is only a hero in her dreams and a worm the rest of her life. But what is to be expected from a coward and a traitor.
Terra: So you can talk too huh. You think you can get me with mind games? I was Slade's apprentice I can handle mind games!
At that Terra summoned many of the stone landmasses floating in the space around her and caused them to crash into the evil clone. The evil Terra merely chuckled using her power the rocks turned to sand before reaching her.
Dark Terra: Oh so brave aren't you.
She walked around slowly with her hands behind her back
Dark Terra: But being brave is for heroes. I think we both know that you aren't that don't we. How many chances have you gotten now? Quite frankly I lost count. Always turning on the people who care aren't we poor little Terra.
Terra kept on attacking but nothing would connect everything turned to sand.
Dark Terra: You think you can forget or that you can run. You tried to kill the only friends you have ever known. You watched them suffer and you smiled. You liked seeing their hopeless faces broken by betrayal and why not it was their fault for being so weak.
Terra: SHUT UP!
Terra lunged at the Dark Terra using the fighting skills she learned from Slade but the Dark Terra without even moving sent a spire out of the ground that hit Terra in the chest and a sickening crack was heard. Terra leaned over in pain grasping her chest, two ribs were broken.
Dark Terra: What was that about mind games not working on you?
The Dark Terra laughed looking at the pitiful form of Terra.
Dark Terra: Lets move on to another subject. How about Raven there? Look at her fighting to save you life against her father. You complained about how hard your life was and how you had no choice. Raven has daddy's voice in her head telling her to kill and was raised being told she was going to destroy the world and that there was nothing she could do to stop it. Yet she became a hero and not only that but got friends as well. Makes you realize just how pathetic you really are doesn't it. What is wrong with you Terra when a half-demon girl destined to destroy the world could keep control and trust her friends when you couldn't? I guess it just means you're a bad person. Slade chose well.
Terra was crying the blinding pain in her chest cut deeper by the words flowing from her doubles mouth.
Dark Terra: Crying again are we. Your good at that aren't you? Crying, making people feel sorry for you. It worked well for you to get your claws into Beastboy didn't it? Oh how you ripped that little freaks heart to shreds over and over and over again. He trusted you with his very life and you crushed him. Can you really blame him for ditching you? He may have loved you before but now? Who could love a thing like you now?
Terra felt the weight of the words crash upon her as her eyes began to darken as feelings of self loathing welled up within her. The fact that these words were coming from her voice only seemed to make them an even harsher reality.
Dark Terra: Manipulative traitor. Worthless self-serving mongrel. You should have stayed with Slade and become his puppet at least then you would still be doing something. Truth is you defeating Slade actually helped make him stronger and helped Trigon bring the Titans more pain. Everything you do Terra makes people suffer. The world would be better off without you. I am not he only one who thinks so. Die Terra die, do the only thing you're good at and sacrifice your life.
With those final words Terra was numb she agreed with the hell spawn born from the darkest pits of her soul. When her mind agreed she should die the Dark Terra sent a sharp spike through her. Terra's eyes opened wide with shock as she felt her life slip away. The Dark Terra smiled as she disappeared leaving the dieing Terra on the ground.
I deserve this…
