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A Raven Gone Missing
A few days had gone by where the pale woman had not been seen by the Titans. To the others they would have not thought anything of it since it was a common occurrence but for one alien woman this troubled her greatly. She began her search when she found a pieces and strips of the mage's blue fabric from the leotard she wore as a costume. At first she found a single piece before she walked into the alley to see a lot of blood splattered on the floor and walls which resulted in a terrified shriek at the discovery. Her heart pounded and raced as she frantically called and searched for her friend. After the alley she went to the mystic's home only to discover that the apartment had been trashed from what looked light a life or death struggle. Kory had followed a trail of blood that went from the kitchen to the broken window in the living room where it looked like the mage had escaped from with something large following suit to the alley. Kory had called the police to inform them that her friend had gone missing and there had been an attacker in her friend's home. The police arrived and began their investigation while Kory held a long piece of dark blue fabric against her chest while she cried. She pounded the wall and kicked it in frustration at her failure to save her friend. The princess fell to her Knees so that she may let the tears fall freely with the only thought haunting her; I should have been there for her.
After that afternoon, Kory returned home with red eyes from hours of crying and feeling exhausted emotionally and physically. Donna had found the princess in her own room when usually the orange woman would be in Dick's room. To the Amazonian's surprise she found the princess's room a wreck and dark with the owner in a dark corner. The Amazonian walked up to her friend and held her as she asked the orange woman what was wrong. Kory was silent and refused to say anything as her body shook. "I lost her. Donna I lost her." Cracked Kory's voice as she looked into blue worried eyes. "Who Kory!? Who did you lose?" Donna pleaded. "Raven. I lost Raven. GODDAMMIT I LOST HER! Oh Donna I lost my friend." Kory wailed as she showed a blood stained blue fabric. Donna covered her mouth in shock at what Kory had in her hands. The Amazonian was quiet and in disbelief that someone had killed the mage. "How-how did this happen? WHEN!?" Donna asked loudly. "I don't know but I think it was when we were at the beach. There was so much blood on the floor and walls with pieces of clothing on the floor. Donna. Someone killed Raven and took her body. I HAVE to find HER! I have to! I have to find the mother of my children!" Kory said as she rose up to go find the empath while Donna was left scratching her head at what Kory said. "Koriand'r you're a female! How can she be the mother of your children? KORY!" Donna yelled at the alien woman before said woman walked out.
From that moment on Kory went on a secret mission to search for the pale woman. She went to the members of Justice League Dark in hopes that some of the mystical members would be able to help her. She went to Zatana first hoping she would find something. Nothing. Next was Doctor Fate. She and Doctor Fate had found some clues to possible areas where the mage might be held but it was far beyond the Doctor's realm of expertise without some help from another. Together, the two heroes went to John Constantine for help. Upon their arrival at John's current haunt they asked him to help Doctor Fate open a portal leading to a dimension only an intergalactic demon would reside. The portal opened up to see a place like hell as fire and brimstone made up most of the place. They found a castle not far from where they were at prompting the alien woman to take lead to finally find her friend. The trek was long but the princess refused to give up when Constantine did before the trio finally arrived at the castle. Before even knocking or even checking if anyone was home, Kory blasted the door with her purple starbolts in a fit of anger and fury. As the door fell Kory roared Raven's name in hope that the pale woman would be able to find her. Going room to room. Door to door. The trio found nothing. The princess pounded the floor when she fell to her knees in defeat. "Rise Princess of Tamaran. Rise. We will find her that much I promise you." Doctor Fate said as he rested a hand on her shoulder. "Listen to the Doc love. The good doctor knows what he's talking about." John said taking out a cig and lighting it up. "Let's go home then." The doctor opened up a portal back to the earth and dropped the princess back at her current home. The night was very late, if the completely dark Titans tower meant anything, leaving the princess to make her trek back to her's and Dick's room. When she entered the room she began to undress and made her way to the bed. Dick was pleasantly asleep as the princess pulled the blankets down so that she may go to sleep. Almost as if sensing his love was home, Richard turned towards Kory and pulled her close to him. "So glad your home safely." Dick said sleepily. She should be happy to be in the arms of her lover. She should be glad she was home. She should be happy that this would be the person she would be seeing for the rest of her life. In contrast, despite all these should's, she heard a voice in her head saying; she SHOULD be looking for Raven. She SHOULD be out there doing all she can to make sure the pale woman was safe. She SHOULD be making sure Raven was alive and not lying dead beneath earth or beneath a river of water or or- "DAMMIT!" Kory yelled as she moved away from Dick and awoke him. Dick found his lover sobbing and crying. Her wails of grief stung his heart and she got up to lock herself in their bathroom. "Kory? Babe? Are you alright? Talk to me Kory. Tell me what to do to help you." Dick asked full of worry for his lover. The pounding of feet against tile flooring in a fit of outrage caused the dark hero to worry even more. Kory's wailing grew louder to the point where other Titans awoke to check what was going on. "Is everything alright Dick" Vic asked in concern. "I don't know. She just walked in and laid next to me but before I know she screams and locks herself in the bathroom." Dick said raking his hands through his hair. The wailing grew louder and constant "I'm sorry's" and "Please's" really caught Dick's attention. Before he could ask any more questions Donna came and pushed the leader out of the way and sat next to the door. "Kory! Honey! It's me Donna. Did you find her? Did you find Raven?" Donna asked with concern. "NO! BY X'HAL NO! I DIDN'T FIND HER! I'm so sorry Raven! Please! Please! PLEASE be alright! PLEASE X'HAL! Give HER back to me! Just-just please let her be alive! Please don't be dead Raven! Don't be dead! Don't be dead! DON'T BE DEAD PLEASE! I'M BEGGING YOU!" Kory continued to wail.
Vic and Dick looked to one another silently asking what was going on. Donna, on the other hand, was fighting to hold back the tears that threatened to fall. "Kory, listen to me. Listen to me Kory. S-sh-she's gonna be fine! Ok! I promise you we will find her. When we find her she'll be fine looking as pretty as she is now. Please Kory!? Come on out, everyone is worried about you." Donna said coaxing the woman out. The wailing quieted down to whimpers and sniffles before Kory walked out of the bathroom looking terrible. The princess had glazed eyes from crying so much and her hair was messy from what looked like from being pulled. Kory was in her sleeping attire (being in the nude) and she leaned against Donna telling her 'sister' all that had happened. Donna rubbed Kory's back and held the tamaranean close. "Anyone wanna tell me what the hell is going on!?" Dick asked angrily. "Raven. She-she went missing a couple of days ago. I found pieces of clothing with blood on the floor in her room and in an alley not far from her apartment. I went looking for her but I just can't FIND her. I'm so scared that something terrible has happened to her or even worse…killed." Kory looked to her lover and Vic. "I looked high and low for her but it's always the same result. Nothing, zip, nada!" Dick and Vic walked out as Dick pulled his companion out to talk with him. "Damn I did not know this happened-me neither- but we have got to help find Raven. Did you see that? She was in tears begging X'hal that nothing has happened to Raven. I'll be damned if I let another friend die. Jason's death hit me hard like it did Bruce. No one else is dying on MY watch!" Dick said with tears flowing down but with burning determination. "I'm with you. Let's go find our missing bird!" Vic said as he went down the hall waking everyone up in the sort only a DI or DS would wake up the new recruits in BCT. Vic's loud voice and hard pounding against the doors alerted and awakened all to a startled start as they walked out of their rooms. "Alright, I want everyone to get dressed and get ready. One of our own has gone MIA in the line of duty. It is currently Zero-Tree-Four-Fife. You have one fife mikes to grab your gear and get ready. LET'S MOVE EVERYBODY! YOU'RE MOVING LIKE POND WATER!" Vic yelled in a commanding voice as he marched to his room to get ready. Dick moved next to Kory and told her to go to sleep, who, shook her head and got dressed. Donna quickly ran to her room to dawn on her outfit while Dick also put on his new outfit. He walked over to the dresser and pulled out a small box holding something he always wanted to give his love. "Kory. Hun. I want to give you something. It's beautiful but its beauty is nothing like yours' I want to ask. Will you marry me?" Dick said as he went on a knee before the alien woman. Kory gasped in shock and held up the golden ring with a large emerald on it. The Tamaranean covered her mouth with a free hand while the other held up the ring to her face. "Oh Dick this is beautiful! Where ever did you get it?" Kory said with new tears in her eyes. "I went to one of the jewelry stores in Times Square and I told them I would only take their most glorious and beautiful ring in their store. So, after a lot of searching, they found this gold ring with a perfect emerald on it. It suits you wonderfully love. So, is that a yes?" without a word Kory kissed him and pulled him in. the two kissed and held each other tightly while the others rushed to grab their stuff. After a long moment, the two broke the kiss and looked into each other's eyes as both hoped and dreamed for a perfect future with each other. "Let's go find Raven." Dick said. Kory's eyes widened for a brief moment before they settled back to their natural state. "Let's go!" was the last thing the princess said before all the titans left the Tower.
Meanwhile, not far from where the Titans lived, stood a dark cloaked figure as it looked out into the city skyline. Standing next to it were large demonic creatures ready to pounce on the city. "Go!" Came a female dark voice. The figure rose up into the air as the clouds began to form a large cyclone in the center of the city. "Soon! ALL of your souls will belong to MEEE!" the female screeched into the early morning sky. Red lightning fell from the sky and the earth opened up as Demons of every size, shape, class, and kind rose from the earth and fell from the sky as the portals to the earth were opened. "I summon thee! OH GREAT FATHER! TRIGON! COME FORTH AND CLAIM THIS WOOORRLLDD!" the figure howled in black glee as the demon Trigon entered the earthly plain. The emotions belonging to the people of New York City and parts of New Jersey were sucked into Raven's soul self. "Kneel before your new master!" roared the greatest evil in many dimensions. The cloaked woman had skin red as blood with eyes darker than any abyss and shined a bright gold. She wore her normal uniform but with the addition of two more pairs of yellow eyes. After all the souls and emotions have been collected from the average citizens, the evil mage went in search of the warmest of sources. Koriand'r of Tamaran.
As the once wise mage went in search of the princess she was halted by a pale woman who looked very much like her but older. "Stand aside woman! Once I claim the soul of Koriand'r NOTHING WILL STOP TRIGON!" yelled Raven in a manacle laughter. The older woman shifted her stance into a fighter's and looked at the younger woman with disappointment. "You poor young fool. Perhaps it will be left to me to brake you from your father's chains. Forgive me my child." The woman said as she summoned up arcane magic to confront her misguided child. The two fought with titanic strength against each other as they used their powers taught to them by the great Azar of Azarath. "You fight well Mother, though your strength will not be enough to stop me nor my father! Surrender now lest your soul will be sucked in with the others!" Raven growled. "Aye, you may stronger because of your father's demonic energy but…his power is no match for the strength of Azar! By the wisdom of our master and by the light given by him! I, Angela Roth, summon the light! Free this lost soul and bring her back from the abyss! Let divine flame and sacred waters purge this woman of great tyrannical evil. Let holy winds cast away venous words flowing like raging fire and let consecrated grounds banish all evil that dares trespass. BY AZAR'S LIGHT AND SACRED WORD, BIND THIS SOUL TO THE PATH OF RIGHTOUSNESS AND REMIND HER OF HER SACRED DUTY!" Angela cried out as light brighter than anything the universe has seen crashed upon the once guided soul known as Raven, though this was not to be as a dark sphere enveloped the young mage and locked her in protective darkness. "Try as you might Trigon! Your darkness is not enough to combat the light!" Angela pushed more power into the divine light and soon Raven began to scream in pain as the light broke through the shield and began to purge all evil from said girl. "Stay strong my child. This will only hurt for a brief moment." The sorceress's body began to bend and twist in unnatural positions as the purification did its job. To banish evil of this caliber, it will take a miracle and unimaginable concentration to do so. This is going to take a very long long while.
A/N: this chapter had actually been rewritten about five times till I got this down. I think I could have done better but whatever. I'll keep trying on this story. I will work on my other stories hopefully over this weekend. Sorry for the tardiness but I have been busy and really having a tough time with writer's block.
