Chapter 7: What is real?

Cyborg sped off in the T-Car with Raven in the passenger seat. The girl in question was in the middle of deep breathing exercises trying to keep herself calm for the upcoming battle. She and Cyborg were headed right for Beast Boy's location, a warehouse deep in the warehouse district with Starfire and Drake heading for the secondary location where Robin was being held, which was at an abandoned fish cannery about four blocks from Beast Boy's location.

Raven took another deep breath, keeping her emotions balanced, even though they were wanting to different things. Brave and Rage were ready to rip Carnus appart, while Timid was in the corner cowering. Happy and Affection were worried about Beast Boy, while Knowledge and Wisdom helping her to remember how to fight a demon. She opened her eyes when she felt them come to a stop.

"Rae?" Cyborg pulled her out of her meditative state and putting the car in park. "Can you sense BB in there?"

Raven reached out with her powers into the warehouse. Sure enough she was able to sense the changeling, and when she did . . . she cringed. There was so much pain, anger and confusion. The Beast Boy she knew was dissappearing, being replaced with some . . . thing else. Something dark and horrifying.

"He's in there . . . " she trailed off.

" . . . But . . ?"

She took a deep breath. "I can sense the dark entity ins . . . inside of him. It's fighting for control of his mind and body . . . and Beast Boy's losing." That was all Cyborg needed to hear. He almost tore the door off the hinges getting out of the T-car. Raven followed close behind praying to whoever was listening they weren't too late.

Surprisingly once they entered, it was quiet. No screaming or shouting, just quiet murmuring. They looked around cautiously, Raven keeping her senses on edge for anything, and Cyborg out for blood or whatever demon's bleed.

Raven's head snapped to the right. "Over there." She pointed, then quickly clasped her hands over her mouth. Beast Boy was walking in circles, his head in his hands, and was muttering to himself, but they were unable to hear what exactly he was saying, at least until they had gotten closer.

"My fault . . . my fault . . . Galtry . . . use me . . . their dead because of me. Usless . . . ugly . . . weak . . . " There were the words he was muttering over and over again.

"B . . . B?" Cyborg's voice was soft as he attempted to reach his best friend. Beast Boy didn't respond at first, but slowly lifted his head towards his two friends.

As if he was unable to see them he was squinting his eyes at them. " . . Dad . . ?" he looked at Cyborg. Looking over to Raven he said quietly, ". . . Mom . . ?" He started to cry, an aweful sound that hadn't heard him utter before, "I . . . I . . . im so . . . sorry . . . " He fell to his knees, his hands over his pointed ears, screaming for forgiveness Cyborg and Raven couldn't see. She tried to use her abilities to get inside his mind, but IT was keeping her out.

"Ra-" Cyborg started, but she knew what he was going to ask.

"The influence that Carnus left behind is getting stronger and it's keeping me from using my powers to help him." She felt so helpless and she hated feeling helpless, that only sparked a fire of anger inside her. Maybe she couldn't help him, but she that wasn't going to stop her. "GARFEILD!" she shrieked.

Beast Boy stopped his muttering, and as if opening his eyes for the first time he saw his two friends, standing over him.

"Cy . . . Rae?" Beast Boy's voice was hoarse from screaming so much from the hallucinations.

"Yeah bud it's us." They gave the changeling uneasy grins.

"Pfft yeah right." Beast Boy stumbled back in horror when he saw the demon in his mind sneering at him from behind his teammates. "How can you tell they're really here?"

Beast Boy began panting, his heart rate quickened. "He's seeing Carnus again, we have to-"

"-DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" Beast Boy yelled taking a huge step back. Then turned his frightened gaze to his best friend. "Wh-what's your catch phrase?"

Cyborg looked confused looking to Raven for what to do next, she gave him a nod. He cleared his throat. "Boo-Yah!" He fist pumped trying to be as much of himself as he could be.

Beast Boy smiled a bit but stopped when Carnus spoke again. "Come on I knew that. Try again. Maybe Raven this time." Carnus was walking by his friends tauntingly.

Beast Boy fixed his gaze on Raven. She stiffened, but met his gaze head on. "What did I give you when your father was coming?"

Raven spoke, but Beast Boy couldn't hear her over Carnus shouting. "Oh, Oh, I know, I know! Pick me! A penny! I was right I said it first!"

Beast Boy put his hands over his ears trying to tune Carnus out. "Shut up! Shut Up! SHUT UP!"

Raven couldn't take it anymore. She closed the gap between her and Beast Boy, ripping his hands away from his head and put her soft hands on his face. He snapped his eyes open and met the violet eyes of his close friend. Raven could see the darkness swimming in his panicked blood shot eyes attempting to smother the pure emerald green she knew. She got as close as she could making sure her breath was grazing his skin gently. She tried to do as much as she could to convince him of what was real.

"Garfield. Listen to me." She put as much conviction in her voice as she could. Beast Boy whimpered slightly, clearly still terrified, but she pressed forward. He reached up and grabbed her hands with his, this was good, he NEEDED to feel her. He needed to know she was real and that she was there for him.

"I. Am. Real. Cyborg is real. You. Can. Beat. Him. You are stronger then him. You can beat this." With her powers she did her best to make sure that her words were being heard, that he believed her, but she could feel the dark influence pushing against her. He could hear her, but she wanted him to feel her words.

Beast Boy was still trembling, but she held a firm grip on his face. He gripped her hands, even through his gloved hands he could still feel the soft cool touch of his friend. Beast Boy slowly reached up, pulling her hood back revealing Raven's gentle yet stern features. He cupped her face, something she wouldn't normally let anyone do, but time was of the essence. Besides . . . no one had ever held her like this before.

"R-Raven?" He said quietly.

A small smile came to her face. It's working.

"You know she's getting kind of annoying." Carnus was in Beast Boy's ear now. "We should kill her." Before Beast Boy could say anything he could feel something clawing at his insides.

"You need to run!" Beast Boy growled pushing Raven away.

"We're not leaving without you!" Cyborg shouted.

Beast Boy lurched backwards almost as if someone was bending him in half turning him into a rag doll. His eyes flashed pitch black, his body begining to contort and expand. Cyborg and Raven took a step back.

"You need to run now! RUN!" The shapeshifter screamed, his body changing before their eyes.

The metal teen turned to the sorceress. "Any ideas?" he asked.

She watched as her friend became the green monstor that her friends feared so much, but determined, she pulled her hood back over her head. "Try not to hurt him." Her eyes glowed a pale white as she floated into the air. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She shouted. Black magic encased itself around a variety of different objects around the wearhouse. Boxes, crates, pallets, anything and she tossed them at the beast.

With a snarl the beast dodged every strike with amazing agility and once it was clear lunged at the sorceress in the air. Cyborg covered her by blasting the beast with his sonic cannon right in the chest. The Beast was launched further into the air before smashing into the ceiling then plummeting to the ground below with a crash.

Raven floated down next to Cyborg. "We need a plan. We can't just fight him till he wears out. Or IF he wears out." He said.

"I know, but right now it's the only plan we got. That and try to get through to him." she answered. As much as she hated it they had to fight Beast Boy or he would kill them first.

They're heads jerked when they heard the roar of the Beast from where he landed. Jumping over loose boxes he leapt after the two Titans, claws and fangs at the ready to rip them into pieces. The two seperated, missing the Beasts attack by mere inches, but curiously it showed little interest in Cyborg, instead turning it's full attention to the demoness.

The Beast swiped it's right claw backwards towards Raven as she continued to float backwards away from him. Had she been a centimeter closer he would have ripped into her abdomen, but instead grazed her enough to draw blood. She floated upwards ignoring the pain in her stomach then ripped two pieces of wall off the warehouse from behind her. With as much force as she could crushed the beast between the two pieces. The pieces seperated letting the beast fall to the ground, but it didn't stay down long, being powered by the demon inside of him kept him on his feet and ready to fight regardless of what was thrown at him.

Cyborg growled as he charged at the beast from behind. Forgetting the sorceress for a moment the beast swiped his left claw backwards. Cyborg slid underneath the claw, sparks flying as his metal skid across the cement floor. Once Cyborg was in front of the beast he changed his right hand into his sonic cannon, and with one blast shot at the beasts chest sending him flying back against the opposite end of warehouse, Raven close behind.

"Raven what are you doing?" Cyborg yelled after her.

"I'm going to get through to him!" she shouted back not slowing down down for a second.

The beast bounced a few times before colliding with the opposite wall. It was seconds before the beast was back on it's feet staring at the dark girl coming right towards him. Raven stopped her flight when she saw the black eyes of the beast meet hers, eyes that were filled with bloodlust and savagry, the last bit of light fading from them.


Deep inside Beast boys mind, he was standing in the OPS room back at Titans Tower. Everywhere else in his mind was being consumed by thick black smoke, and the only thing he was able to do about it was watch. On the giant screen in front of him he could see the battle taking place between his body, and his family.

"NO!"

"What's wrong? Not enjoying the show?" Carnus walked beside him watching the battle take place.

"ARRRRRGHH!" Beast boy leapt at Carnus who casually stepped to the side as Beast Boy sailed past him. He quickly got his barings and sent a punch at the demon's face. Again he moved out of the way easily and after a few more failed attempts Carnus got bored and grabbed one of Beast Boys rogue punches pulling him closer right into his other fist, cracking him in the jaw.

Man it even hurts to get my butt kicked in my mind, he said trying to get to his feet.

"I'd stay down if I were you." Carnus said as he walked around him. Beast Boy threw another punch at Carnus, even if he did hit him square in the gut Carnus grabbed his arm keeping him close to himself. "Your going to want to save your strength for what I've got planned for you." With another strong toss, Carnus threw Beast Boy across the room.

Beast Boy struggled getting to his feet, but was met with a knee to his stomach then an elbow to the back of his neck, bringing him to his hands and knees in pain.

"I'm . . . not . . . going to . . . " he coughed.

Carnus laughed. "Oh my friend. You already are." Carnus kicked Beast boy in his ribs. "First your going to kill Robin. There might be some mixed feelings about that one afterwards though," Carnus kicked him again hearing the crack of his ribs, "Then your going to kill your best friend. That one is going to be a little tougher to get over." Carnus kicked him again sending him to his back. Beast Boy coughed as the pain in his ribs shot through his whole body. "Then your going to kill your surrogate sister." Beast Boy glared at Carnus through his watery pain-filled eyes.

"No. . . " He gurgled on his own blood as he tried to sit up.

Carnus stomped on Beast Boys chest this time. "You see that one is going to cut you deep, but as always the best will be saved for last." Carnus leaned over Beast Boy staring into his eyes. "Finally when the bodies of your friends are lying at your feet, and your anckle deep in their blood, you will turn to the last Titan. Raven, the demon spawn of Trigon, will be dead by your one hands. And when you kill her, I will make sure you are awake long enough to feel your own fangs piece her soft, smooth, delicious flesh." Beast Boy growled in anger, but couldn't find the strength to fight back his splintered ribs keeping him down. Carnus got closer to the changeling. "And when she's dead and lies lifeless in your arms, you will cease to exist and only the monster will remain."


Cyborg was on top of of the beast with with his arms around it's neck in a choke hold. Once again, Raven tried to reach Beast Boy with her powers, but the hold that Carnus had on him was almost complete. Finally the beast reached backwards digging it's claws into Cyborg's metal back and tossed him away like he was a rag doll. The beast didn't even bother to make sure Cyborg was down as it turned his black eyes towards the demoness.

Raven took a few steps back then stopped. She needed to get through to him somehow and she only had one option left. Before she could blink the beast was on top of her smashing the back of her head against the ground. It's claws dug into her arms, but she kept her eyes locked on the beast on top of her. It leaned its maw down to her face taking in the scent of fear and blood.

This was it, one last shot. Slowly she lifted her pale hand to his face.

"Garfield. I know your in there . . . I know you can hear me." She didn't realize how weak she was until she tried to speak. The beast flinched at her touch, but didn't move his black eyes away from her. Saliva beginning to drip onto her from his fangs.

"Garfield . . . its me." She spoke as tenderly as she could praying her green friend was still in there. "We're f-family. We need you Garfield . . .

. . . I-I need you . . . "


Beast Boy looked around hearing the voice echoing through his mind. Even Carnus was searching the source. It was quiet at first, but Beast Boy knew it anywhere.

"We're f-family . . . " her sweet dry voice said. "We need you Garfield . . . I-I need you . . . "

Sh-she needs me? He couldn't believe what he was hearing. She needed him! Sweet! Go Beast Boy! Go Beast Boy! Oh Yeah demon in my head. Beast Boy looked at Carnus whose confidence had faded but still stomped on his chest.

"You think that declartion from that mutt is going to save you, or her? No Beast Boy it doesnt work like that!" Carnus brought his fist down hoping to connect with his skull, but something or someone stopped him. Carnus stared in rage at who had the nerve to interfere with his fun Beast Boy recoginizing him instantly.

"Get away from my son." the man growled. Carnus was tossed to the other cornor of the OPS room in Beast Boy's mind. He struggled as he got to his feet, but a comforting hand placed on his shoulder helped him the rest of the way. Looking up he saw another familiar face, one he only saw when he closed his eyes.

"Sweetheart. Your the only one who can cast him out. We can help fight him off but thats it. You have to do this and your running out of time." The blonde haired women said sweetly. She put her hand on his face and giggled softly. "She needs you after all."

Beast Boy had no idea what was happening, the only thing he did know was that Raven was in trouble and he had to get to her. Carnus tossed the man protecting him aside and advanced on Beast Boy. With a renewed sense of vigor flowing through him Beast Boy got to his feet and met the demon head on, only this time it was different. Each punch and kick landed square on the demon, forcing him back and making him lose his hold over the shape shifter. Beast Boy caught a glimpse at at the black smoke surrounding his mind. As Carnus got weaker the more the smoke faded. Finally Carnus was now on his hands and knees cowering in front of him.

"This . . . isn't . . . possible . . ." Carnus growled.

"Take control Garfield!" Yelled the man behind him. His wife kneeling beside him. "Cast him out!"

Beast Boy stood over Carnus, confidence in his voice and chest. His parents in his mind, and his family outside fueling his conviction. "Get. The Fuck. Out!"

"Honey . . . Language." His mother scolded.


"Raven!" Cyborg charged changing his arm into his signature sonic cannon and took aim. "Sorry BB."

Suddenly with a roar of anguish the beast lurched upwards screaming at the ceiling. Black smoke shot from the creature's mouth shooting into the sky, and once the smoke vanished, so did the green apex pedator that had the demoness pinned.

Beast Boy struggled to get air back into his body taking deep steady breaths, but strangely the air seemed to smell like . . . herbal tea and lavender, and he was stradling something that felt really . . . soft. Opening his eyes, he found what smelled so good, and what was so lovely to be sitting on.

"Heh, Hey Rae." He said as his life flashing before his eyes.

"Get. Off." Her face was scarlet with a blush which shinned through the blackness of her hood and she was going to kill him in 3 . . . 2 . . .

"BB!" Cyborg picked up his best friend in a metallic bear hug, while simultaniously saving his life, but once he set him down, Beast Boy's knees buckled from underneath him, bringing him to the ground. "Dude what happened?"

Beast Boy shrugged, "It's a long story."

"Well are you able to fight?" Cyborg asked.

"Cyborg, I don't think-"

"-I can do it." Beast Boy and Raven got to their feet.

"Beast Boy, are you sure? You've been through an aweful ordeal."

Beast Boy glared with animalistic fury. "I want to claw that son of a bitch into pieces, so yeah I'm sure."

Raven took a step back, Cyborg slapping his best friend on his back, "That's my boy!" Raven was still unsure, but didn't have time to argue, they had to help save Robin now.


Drake and Starfire landed outside the cannery looking the outside over carefully. There weren't any obvious traps looking at it from the outside, but Drake could feel demonic energy seeping off the old building like smoke rising. In Drake's dragon form his senses were beyond super human and once he extended them over the building, he could hear a singular faint heartbeat.

"Robin is alive." he told Starfire. She nodded, but otherwise didn't respond. Normally a very positive and bubbly person, it was odd to see her in such an enraged state. She walked forward to the door and opened it with a heavy ear shattering creak, if Carnus didn't know they had arrived, he did now. Drake changed back into his human form walking along side her. He recognized her posture, the blank stare over her face, and a quiet calm fury in her eyes. It was the look of a warrior as they headed off into battle.

"Starfire," he called to her, "you have to remain calm, Carnus isn't your average usual 'super villain'."

She stopped walking, her head hanging low, her voice soft and quiet as she spoke. "I know he is ok. Robin will always be ok. I am not afraid for him," she looked up meeting his gaze, "I am afraid for me." Drake was puzzled for a moment so she continued. "Before I met the Titans, before earth, I was kept in a horrid place where my captors did . . . unthinkable things to me. One night they came for me again about to continue my torment. I lost control and I took the life of the one who meant to do me harm, and I fear seeing Carnus, the one who took so many of my friends away, I will attempt to take his life." She took a deep breath. "I know I may not be able to, but still my bloodlust and hatred is there, and it . . . frightens me."

Drake understood what she was going through more then she realized. "When I was faced with a decision like the one you are wrestling with, It helped me to remember what it was I was fighting for. In the end you are fighting for your friends, your family, and yourself. It doesn't make it easier, nothing will. That's why i've already committed to ending Carnus and anyone else that brings harm to you or your friends. I will take that burden from you."

Drake began to walk past her when she grabbed his arm. "Why? Why take it opon yourself?"

He turned to her looking her in the eyes, eyes that mirrored his own in some form, except one difference. She was raised a warrior, but she attempted to move on from that life, wanting to be a better person. Drake couldn't say the same thing for himself. "I'm already a killer Starfire. It's what I was raised to do. But I do it not because I want to but because it must be done to save lives. To keep people safe and it's because of this that I will gladly take the burdens you and your team don't have to bare." He paused. "It is also why I can't pursue anything with anyone, especially someone as innocent and sweet as Kole. She dosen't deserve that."

Starfire looked back at him with slight confusion. "But don't you deserve happiness to? Surely you can not live your life thinking only of the next mission? That is what I fear for Robin, he is very much looking for the next mission as are you, correct?"

Drake was about to answer her question, but strangely he couldn't. If she had asked him that question a few months ago he would have given the answer in a heartbeat. No, he didn't deserve happiness, he had tried and it was always taken away from him, and yet he couldn't respond. So instead he said nothing and turned away from her. He heard her sigh in sadness, but she followed behind.

Drake focused his senses again looking for the heartbeat, and found it echoing behind another large metal door much like the one at the entrance. "In here." he pointed.

Starfire was by his side in a second, assisting to open the large metal door which was easy for the two of them. Starfire floated into the room and gasped when she saw her team leader.

He was strapped to the table in a vertical position, the signs of torture all over his bare upper body. He still had on his pants and belt, his head hanging low staring at the floor, beads of sweat dropping from his forehead to the ground below. She had her hands over her mouth as tears filled her emerald eyes and slowly she floated over to him taking his head in her hands gently. Drake was behind her looking over the Titan leader. He was cut and bleeding, but none of them seemed life threatening, which he found odd. Carnus enjoyed the torture and the screaming of his victims, but nothing on Robin suggested that he was tormented in a manner Carnus enjoyed.

"Robin?" Starfire tried to keep her voice down as she craddled his head. "Can you hear me?" Robin merely groaned further evidence that he was alive. She flew to one of the iron cuffs that held him down.

"Wait!" Drake didn't care about silence at this point he had to stop her from making a horrible mistake.

She froze bringing her hands slowly back to her chest clasping them together. Drake caught something glistening in the light, he wouldn't have caught it otherwise, but the light hit it just right. He approach caustiously to Robin's arm. He could see a very thin thread connecting from the cuff on his wrist and traveled all the way down to his armpit, more specifically a hook in his armpit.

"Shit." he said under his breath.

"Drake was is it?" She floated backwards to him.

"He has a hook connecting from his cuff to his brachial artery. If you took that cuff off that string would pulled the hook cutting into his arm and he would have bled out in minutes." Starfire gasped at her near mistake. "It's okay since I caught it we'll cut it get him down and I'll-" Drake stopped speaking. The light had shifted again and now he could see more strings from the other cuffs connected to hooks in ALL of Robin's main arteries. "Oh . . . boy."

Robin began to stir hearing the voices around him. "Star . . . fire . . . "

Starfire floated to him holding his head again. "Robin you must be still." She couldn't help, but worry about him. If there was anyone on this, or her home planet, that she cared about, it was this young man in front of her. They were so opposite, yet she cared about him so much.

Through his masked watery eyes, he met hers. "I'm . . . sorry . . . so sorry . ."

She continued to sooth him as Drake went to the threads. Once he touched them he felt a seering burning sensation in his fingers. "GAH!" Drake pulled back being careful not to distrub the thread or the hook.

Starfire floated back again thinking she did something wrong only to see Drake holding his hand as if acid was poured on his fingers. Drake looked back at the thread. "Are you shitting me?" he asked out loud.

"Drake who is shitting you?" Wow that sounded so weird coming from her.

"Those aren't normal threads." Drake said as he healed his fingers. "Their Embrachni threads." Starfire was concerend, but very confused. "Back where I'm from there is a certain breed of spider that live at the base of volcano's or hot springs, anywhere hot. These spiders spin a web so hot it is impervious to any other heat or metal, or even me." Starfire had her hand over her mouth again looking back and forth between Drake and Robin.

"How are we to help him then?"

"If I remember right we can freeze the thread and it should break it." He said. "But I can't freeze anything can you?"

She shook her head. "I can not."

"Be . . . " Starfire's head spun to Robin who was trying to speak.

"Robin you must save your strength." she said sweetly.

He ignored her. "Be . . . Lt."

Drake stepped forward. "Be. Lt. Belt?"

Robin lightly motioned to his belt with his head. "Third . . . pouch." Drake gently reached into the belt pocket and pulled out a small tube of some kind. "Freeze . . . spray . . ."

Drake shrugged and released the spray over the thread. It froze instantly, even after letting out a small mist under the threads heat, the thread still froze and crumbled. It reached out over all the threads that was connected to the other cuffs and the hooks.

"Cool, help me get him down." Starfire ripped the cuffs off, not bothering the hooks in Robin's body, Drake catching him as he fell forward.

"Robin?" Starfire floated by his head while Drake began healing him and removing the hooks.

She could see his eyes open through his mask though they were barely open. Looking up at her he smiled. "Starfire." he said weakly. He brought his bare hand to her face. "I never . . . stopped thinking about you."

Tears came to her eyes as she put her hand on his. For the longest time she had a crush on this young man, he saved her when she first came to earth, he gave her a home, a purpose. Did she have feelings for this boy, this stupid, stubborn earth boy?

How could she not?

"I don't like this," Drake muttered.

She tilted her head, "What do you mean?"

"Despite the trap this was too easy."

"Hey, I thought it was a good trap." Both of them tensed when they heard a cold, familiar voice.


The T-car slid to a stop just outside the cannery, Raven in the back seat with Beast Boy and Cyborg in the front. Both Cyborg and Beast Boy glanced at eash other, their tight friendship removing the need for words as they both knew what they needed to do as they got out of the car. There was a click of the locks before Raven could exit, and pulling on the handle she was unable to get out of the T-Car.

"Cyborg. Unlock the car." she said confused.

"Sorry Rae, but we need you to stay here." Cyborg said, ignoring her oncoming glare.

"We're not letting Carnus finish the job." Beast Boy, though still looked exhausted, was determined not to get her involved. "Sorry." The two friends took off while Raven continued to pull on the handle again this time angrily, and muttering to herself as she tried the other door handles. She couldn't phase out of the car since she was too weak from her battle with the beast, or teleport.

She huffed in anger crossing her arms and pouting like a child. Once she got enough energy back she would get out and join her family in the fight.

Whether they wanted her too or not.


Carnus slowly approached Drake and the two Titans. "Do you have any idea how much of a bitch it is to extract Embrachni silk? You should be-GAH!" Carnus was interrupted by a furious barrage of green blasts. With a battle cry of pure fury, she charged the demon showering him with her righteous fury. Would it kill him? No, but it would give Drake time to heal Robin, plus it made her feel better.

She finally had to cease he attack, her body becoming drained emotionally and physically, but Carnus, though severly burned, only laughed. "WOO! What a RUSH!" He closed the distance between them, grabbing the alien princess by her throat and lifting her into the air. "I still have yet to see what color you bleed princess."

"YO!" They both faced the entrance to see Cyborg and Beast Boy sprinting towards them.

A malicious sneer spred across his face when he caught sight of the changeling, whose emerald eyes burned with rage. "Beast Boy," he glanced at Cyborg with an uninterested look. " . . . and, uh, the other one."

"Other one!?" Cyborg yelled. "Yo! The name's CYBORG!" Beast Boy leapt into the air changing into an three banded Armadillo mid air and once he was low enough Cyborg kicked him with all the foce his metal leg could muster launching the rolled up armadillo right into the nose of the demon. With a crack the armadillo hit Carnus in the face knocking him away from Starfire. Once Beast Boy was on the ground again he changed into a Bull and charged, plunging it's horns into the chest of the demon. Using his other worldly strength, Carnus pulled the bull out of his chest and thrown into the wall. It was only a second before Carnus was blasted with green light by the alien princess again. Once again he got back to his feet once the light faded only to take two fists to the face from a combined strike of Cyborg and Drake.

Canrnus was cornered, blood flowing from his face and chest. He spit blood and teeth out of his mouth and looked at his attackers through bruised eyes. He was surrounded by an alien with furious green eyes, a Cyborg cracking his knuckles, a shapeshifter in the form of a Grizzly Bear, and a Dragon Knight with the broken angel blade in his hand. Carnus chuckled giving them a blood stained smile, gurgling on blood.

Everything was going perfectly.