AN: Damn you Steven King… And so the story continues
Raven had left the room black energy radiating from her in physical waves. Controlling her emotions was going to get hard as rage blanketed her vision.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos" Raven whispered under her breath as she floated through the hallway. Her chanting was interrupted by the sound of a moving door and footsteps heading in her direction. Raven let herself blend in with the shadow of a corridor as Beastboy emerged walking at a fast pace towards the infirmary. At the sound of the infirmary door clicking shut Raven pulled herself from the wall and started sprinting quickly to her room chanting all the way.
It would only be a matter of time before they came looking for her and Raven had to act quick. Nothing her friends could do would stop Slade or Trigon, her father. Even her mother had also been helpless in that regard. Thoughts of her mother and her lost world Azarath invaded Raven's senses.
"It was too late for Earth, just as it was too late for Azarath"
"No." Raven said aloud as she fixed her cloak tight and slipped out of the room. The mark of Scath pulsed faintly on her hands as if mocking her words. "Not my home, not my friends, not Starfire."
Lights flashed as Cyborg worked in panic room of the tower. Robin's voice came clear on the intercom.
"Any progress?" Cyborb touched a button on his arm revealing a small screen where Robin's face appeared.
"Yeah. When I am done with this room the only thing that will be able to reach Raven will be an atomic bomb."
No emotion appeared on Robin's face. "Let's hope we won't have to test that theory. If Raven is the gem, the key to getting this apocalypse started, than we must protect her at all costs. I am mapping out all underground tunnels, passageways, and places where Slade or Scath, Trigon, has appeared. We need to prevent this." Robin was speaking through his teeth now. "Starfire was hurt because we weren't ready. We cannot let it happen again."
"We won't Robin. It could have been anyone of us down there with Slade, you know that. We are the Teen Titans we will get through this, together."
But is that enough Robin pondered as he played with the screen, routing and rerouting exists and possible traps. Beastboy's voice traveled across the intercom breaking his thoughts.
"Beastboy reporting!" Cyborgs small screen now split to fit two faces.
"What's up BB? How are the girls, I see Star back on my screen but where is Raven?" Beastboy looked around, and whispered back into the mike on his receiver.
"Star looks like an eggplant but she is ripening quiet nicely."
"Beastboy!" Robin and Cyborg's combined voices did little to quiet Beastboy's chortle.
"Okay okay lighten up its not like it's the end of the world…yet"
"Beastboy!" this the time instead of irritation, anger echoed out at Beastboy.
"Sorry, sheesh. Well I have no idea. I thought Raven was with you." Robin glared at the intercom screen. Cyborg shook his head.
"Cyborg do a full thermal scan of the tower." Cyborg nodded and proceeded to hit a few switched on his left arm.
"Scans read three bodies, Stars gone too." Robin banged his fist on the console. "Did Star have any information on Slade? Weren't you with her?"
"I was! I swear! She said her head hurt and I helped her back in bed she was there a second ago." Beastboy opened the infirmary door and found the window open. "Gone."
"Gone." Robin lifted himself from his seat "We need to find them, NOW! Teen Titans GO!"
Raven floated above the sewer water looking for signs of Slade or her father. Her eyes found the marks of Tamarinian energy blasts against the walls. She traced the edge of broken cement chipping off a piece and watched as it dropped into the murky water much like Starfire had done only hours ago.
"She put up a good fight," Raven did not need to turn around to know the smug voice of Slade "but you can never win against the dead."
"I'll make you wish you could die!" Raven turned around black energy escaping her eyes, mouth, and hands. Slade dodged the first few shots but soon found himself gripped in a black claw of energy quickly tightening.
"Raven. I feel your pain I do, well actually I don't. I don't feel a thing. But I am only the messenger and it seems I got my message across." Raven continued to squeeze Slade willing him to explode or burst into small bloody parts.
"Really Raven. What is this going to do? It wont stop your father or change what happened to your friends."
"You! You hurt her!" Raven smashed Slade into a wall. The marks of her father glowed brightly on her exposed skin casting red shadows on the crumbling walls.
"By your father's orders. If you would just give in and free him no one you love would get hurt again. You could send them all away. You could end this." There was no way to tell the expression on Slade's face. The lone eye remained transfixed on Raven.
"Shut up!" Raven roared now fully engulfed in black energy and red tattoos bashed Slade repeatedly into a wall.
She wanted to see him shatter. No, wanted to see his face and see pain, pain that had been caused to Starfire on her behalf. She wanted to make him scream how he had made Starfire scream.
Chunks of cement and sewer waste started to fall and with each bang the place started to shake. Raven could not see anything but the destruction of her father's messenger. She would send him a message.
"Raven!" Raven turned to sound of her voice. Much less purple than she had been an hour ago Starfire flew up and cupped Raven's face in her hands. "Friend."
"Star… You're okay." Raven released her hold on Slade letting him fall into the murk. Her hands covered Star's. "I thought…Slade hurt you… I hurt you. I am so sorry." Raven gently removed Starfire's hands. "I can't be near you, near anyone. I need to go."
She started to fly in the other direction when she felt a tug. Raven turned to find Starfire's face, still beautiful eyes as green as reflections of glass, mere inches away.
"I did not think that human girl's acted this way. But we do not fall into the category of human, yes?" Starfire pulled Raven in until their noses, gray to orange touched.
Raven moved her head back swallowing hard trying to find the words to go on.
"Star. I am a monster. A portal for a demon that threatens to destroy everything on this planet. A monster that will get you and everyone hurt." Raven shook her head violently struggling to grasp the concept of Starfire so close, and so willing. "After that display how can to you do this? You love Robin. You are wi…" Raven's words were cut off by Starfire's full lips on her smaller ones.
"I have tried to fit earth customs. This is one thing I cannot and will not try to fit." Starfire smiled softly. "I loved you from the moment you learned how to fly in my body. The joy of flight in your eyes let me see that you were more than a shadow. It lets me see now that you are more than a portal. No monster lies behind those eyes."
Starfire kissed each eyelid with a brush of her lips. "I will help you defeat this" Another tender kiss followed. Raven could taste blood on her lips along with salt from tears that had fallen.
"Beautiful really. I am sure your audience feels the same way." Slade clapped his hands as Raven and Starfire jerked to see both Slade risen from the murk and Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy at the mouth of the tunnel jaws gaping.
AN: So I finally wrote a long piece at 2am so if the typos got to you I am sorry. Hope you enjoyed the gist. Let me know what you think and where u think it could or should go. Thanks.