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Previously…
"My daughter and her little friends believe that they have bested me"
"But they have merely delayed my conquest; for there is more than one way for her to usher me into this world."
"Isn't that right my new minion?"
"Nothing much to talk about just the usual nightmare about my father coming back and hurting all those I care about"
"As long as you have hope you can beat him, and I'll be there to help you, and that's a promise"
"One of our enemies escaped from the Steel City Prison"
"Why, Cyborg, I'm hurt, how could you forget your old teacher?"
"Brother Blood!"
"No, it can't be"
"You will be there to bear witness as I purge this world with fire"
"Raven!"
"I'm afraid Raven's father has asked me to escort her to a special ceremony. Mustn't keep him waiting"
"I promised her I'd protect her from him"
"I will find you" "I'll bring you home"
"This is the Church of Blood"
1, 2, 3, 4 GO… TEEN TITANS
"BLOOD PACT PT II"
We find Robin frantically typing away on the Titan computer desperate to find any sign of their abducted teammate's whereabouts. He then stopped momentarily to check his communicator, "Robin to Beast Boy, how's the search going?" Robin said trying to contact the shape-shifter.
"Hey Rob, me and Titans North still lookin' all over, but so far nothing" BB reported their progress (or lack thereof).
Robin frowned, "Well keep searching, we have to save Raven"
"And Cyborg" BB reminds him.
"Yeah that's what I meant"
"But that's not wha-"
"Just keep searching Beast Boy" he ordered, irritated.
"Alright, alright" and with that he signed off.
Robin sighs before checking on the other search party, "Hey Star, how're you doing on your end?"
"Not very well Robin, we have yet to discover any sign of our missing friends" Star was sad to report.
"Alright, just keep looking with Titans East and contact me if you find anything" He tells her before ending the call. Robin runs a hand through his hair, "You're not in Spark, Steel or Jump City, and no word from any of the honorary Titans" Robin summed up to himself. "Where are you?"
Within the confines of the 'Church of Blood' we find Raven struggling against her magic bindings. "I think you'll find that quite futile" the half-demon Blood informed her as he approached. "Those restraints sap you of your powers, at least until the ritual is complete"
"Get away from her!" screamed a voice from across the church. They turned to see that it had come from the armless and chained Cyborg, who had just regained consciousness.
"Ah, Cyborg, how nice of you to join the living" Blood welcomed with a smug grin. "Not much good it will do you in your condition though" he joked, mocking Cyborg's lack of limbs. This earned him an angry glare and growl, which he completely ignored.
"Now let's get the festivities under way" he announced to them.
"What do you plan on getting out of this?" Raven asked coldly.
"Why the world of course, my dear" he answered coyly.
"You really think my father will give you what you want?" she questioned. "He'll get rid of you as soon as you stop being of use to him, just as he's done before" she finished explaining, knowing her own father's ways.
"Yes, that does seem a little worrying" he said with obviously feigned worry. "But, seeing as how the last time he kept you, his daughter around, why would he then not have a soft spot for his son-in-law?" Blood finished explaining his reason for being unafraid of betrayal. That last line of course brings confusion to the two Titans. "I see by the looks on your faces that you need further explanation" Blood said noticing their expressions. "You see, in order to summon my master Trigon, I must perform a special ritual." He began. "Think of it as a sort of marriage ceremony, that will forcefully bind our minds and powers together; and with that power, open the gates to the end of the world" Blood then got a crazed look, "And once Lord Trigon plunges this world into fire, I will be there at his side, and you Raven will be at mine as my queen" Blood laughed maniacally.
The completely disgusted look on Raven's face explained her thoughts on the matter. As well as the "Ew!" which was the only thing she could think of saying after receiving such information.
Brother Blood turned to look at Cyborg's equally disgusted expression and asked, "So how about it Cyborg, will you be giving the bride away?" This made Cyborg livid as he tried to force himself out of his restraints in order to pounce on Blood.
"You're sick!" Cy snarled at the half-demon man.
Blood merely smiles, "I'll take that as a yes" He then walked up to the podium at the front of the church.
"Now, on with the nuptials!" Blood proclaimed. Raven was soon carried by many fire demons carried her and took her towards Blood. She lands before Brother Blood as he looked down at her.
Brother Blood raises his demonic arms up in the air blazing with power. On the floor around them a fire ignites into the shape of the 'S' symbol for Scath.
"I Brother Blood, servant of Trigon" he begins in a booming voice. "Do have this fare Raven as my Bride" Raven's body begins to cover in the familiar glowing markings as he further speaks, as well as her hair growing past her shoulders. The air whipping around them from the dark supernatural forces at work.
"By the powers invested in me by the dark lord Scath, Trigon the Terrible" Cyborg's screams of "No! Stop!" "Don't you touch her!" or "Don't you dare!" go unanswered.
"I do be wed" he finished as he lowered one glowing claw down towards Raven's head. As his claw makes contact a searing pain runs threw her. She screams as her eyes fly open and her eyes glow.
Back at the Titans Tower BB and Star are trying to convince they're leader to rest. "Please Robin, you must rest and continue the search tomorrow" Star pleaded.
"Yeah dude, I wanna find Rae too, but you're totally gonna bust your brain if you don't lie down or something" BB added.
Robin just paced with a pensive look, "I can't do that, not until-"Robin stopped suddenly as he fell to the floor in pain. "Aaaaah!" he screamed as he clutched his throbbing head.
"Robin!" Star ran over to him in concern.
Meanwhile, Beast Boy was busy panicking, "Oh man, oh man, it happened, he totally busted his brain!"
At the Church of Blood, Brother Blood had been unceremoniously thrown back by a strange force from Raven as everything quickly turned back to normal. Brother Blood stood and could only gawk with an expression of astonishment and anger, "Impossible, how did you-?" he questioned this anomaly. "Unless" he began as an explanation came to mind, "you've already bonded with someone" Ravens' eyes flew open as she heard this. "Your face tells me I'm right" he said as he notices her actions. "And that bond prevented me from creating a new one."
Raven smiled as she thought,Robin, even when you're not here, you save me.
"Well, there's only one thing to do about that" Blood said, bringing her out of her reverie. He powered up his claw, "and that is to sever the bond."
"Are you alright Robin?" Star raised as Robin was able to get back to his feet.
He nodded as he held his head, "I think I felt her" Robin said woozily.
"Who?" BB inquired.
"Raven"
"Cutting your little bond will be a rather long and very painful process" Brother Blood explained as he approached Raven with fiery claws. "So best get started as soon as possible"
Cyborg struggles harder against his restraints harder after hearing that he was about to harm Raven. It paid off as he was able to free himself from his bindings, and he launched himself towards Blood. He was however stopped by a group of fire demons that seemed to have spawned out of nowhere. "Let goa me!" he barked as he struggled to escape their grasp.
"Now, now Cyborg, you'll get your turn afterwards" Blood said with a smirk. Blood turns back to Raven, "Now where we before the slight interruption" he powered up once again. "Do not worry Raven, while it will be painful, you will survive. However, I'm not so sure I can say the same for this other person you've bonded with." When Raven hears this she is filled with more fear than before, but not just for her own sake. Blood's hand made contact with her head, and once again a searing pain runs through her so strong that she cannot contain her screams.
At the same time in Jump City, Robin has once again sunken to the floor in pain. His friends once again go to check on him, but he asks that they give him room. That is Raven! he thinks through the pain,I can feel where it's coming from, he thought of how to use this pain to his advantage. "Prepare… the T-ship" he was able to blurt out through the pain. Beast Boy and Starfire only gave him quizzical looks. "Get… the ship… ready" he explained to them again.
"But Robin"
"Now!" he ordered painfully, and with that quickly left to do as he said.
Robin struggled to get to his feet, and once he did he only stood trying to fight the pain while at the same time looking pensive. He then began to speak to seemingly no one, "I know -pant- you're listening…" he started."Pretty sure –grunt- you're always listening" Robin continued. "You don't want… Trigon to come back –ugh- anymore than I do… so I need your –cough-" Robin stopped and thought,What am I doing?
Soon the T-ship was flying over an African jungle that Robin's direction had led them to. "So, what exactly are we looking for here?" BB asked not understanding why they were here.
"Just… look around… it should be near here… somewhere" Robin struggled to answer. He was not doing so well; the pain did not fade in all this time and only grew stronger.
"And what exactly is it?" BB continued to question.
Robin was getting irritated, barely being able to stay conscious and having to put up with BB constant questions, "Just… anything… that looks… suspicious" he answered through gritted teeth.
"So, something like that building over there" BB pointed towards an eerie monastery-like building with a dark aura coming from the inside and pouring out.
Blood was still in the midst of severing Raven's bond, "Just a little more I can feel the final threads of your connection being cut" Blood said sensing the end. "Then the real ceremony can begin"
"I'm afraid… we're cutting this party short" Robin tiredly quipped from the entrance way of the church. "Titans… GO!"
With that the three capable Titans (or two and a half) sprung at the hordes of fire demons. Starfire blasted through with star-bolts and eyebeams, and Beast Boy charged through as a rhino. This created a path for Robin to head straight for Brother Blood. Of course, in Robin's state he was easily flung away by Blood's flames. Soon the other two Titans were overrun by the demons and placed by Cyborg.
"Hey Cy, we've been lookin' everywhere for ya" BB said as he was placed by his friend.
"Yeah great job grass stain" Cy replied sarcastically.
"Well Raven, seems your friends came to witness you on your special day" Brother Blood joked.
"Special Day?" Star wonders.
"The union of Raven and myself in unholy matrimony" This left the room deftly silent as they digested what he said.
"DUDE!" BB shouted as he broke the silence as usual. "That is so wrong! I mean what are you, like fifty!?" He continued to scream. The others just stared with looks of anger and disgust as they struggled against the holds of the demons.
"Now, if you'll excuse me I was still prepping the bride" he told them as he return to place his hand upon Raven's head. Once again Raven had to feel the pain that came from this slow separation,
"Raven!" all her friends screamed as they saw her pain. All except Robin he had also began screaming in pain, which did not go unnoticed by Blood.
He smirked at Robin, "So you are the one who's in this pesky bond with her. Do not worry it should all be over soon and you will feel no more pain at all." He looked down at Raven as signs of his progress came as the flames of his claw grew brighter and the two pairs of demonic eyes began to glow bright from the front of the church, "and that should be just about no-"
BOOM!
"What in the-" that blast surprised everyone and Blood removed himself from Raven in the surprise. The blast had come from someone or something having blasted down a section of the churches wall. As the dust from the blast cleared there stood… a group of Slade-bots? The Slade-bots burst in and soon went to war with Trigon's demons.
Most of the Titans could look on in quizzical looks wondering, what was going on? But Robin saw this as his chance and ran for Blood. He took out his staff, and struck him across the face taking him down. After disposing of Brother Blood he went to Raven, "Raven, you alright?" she looked up at him looking exhausted, but she was able to muster a slight grin and nodded. Robin rid her of the magic cuffs and they both set their sights on the recovering Brother Blood.
Raven's powers surged through her as she looked for payback, "Azarath Metrion Zinthose!" she chanted as a large powerful black aura struck Blood and held him to wall keeping him immobile. Raven advanced on him with a very serious look on her face, "I want you to give my father a message" she told him in a dangerously flat tone. "Tell my father that he no longer has a hold over me" she started, "Tell him that if he wishes to return, he will have to go through me and my friends" she continued. "And finally, tell my father that he has no choice in who I marry" she said with an evil smirk. "Now, deliver those messages as you keep him company" she finished her demands, as her powers grow stronger. The aura encompasses his entire body, and with one final scream from Blood the aura dissipates and he is nowhere in sight.
As Raven calms and her powers dissipate she can no longer hold herself upright and begins to fall, but Robin is right there to catch her. With Blood gone all the demons also disappear in bursts of flame leaving the Slade-bots who were doing battle with said demons. Instead of continuing their attack on the Titans they merely left with no hostility, once again leaving the Titans confused. Robin ignored them, and looked down at the exhausted Raven with a smile, "Let's go home"
Later back at the Tower everyone was preparing for bed after such a grueling and chaotic mission. Robin however went to check on Raven before going to bed. He entered her room and found that she was meditating, and that she had once again cut her long hair short.
"Robin" she greets after sensing him in her room.
"Hey Rae" he responds.
"I believe today makes the second wedding which you've stopped" Raven joked.
Robin smiled at hearing her make humor of all this, "Yeah, seems I'm making a habit of it" he joined in and she smiled in return.
"I never gave up hope" she said suddenly, "I kept believing you guys would come" she explained.
"Good" Robin smiled, "It's a good thing for our bond or else we'd all be feeling a lot hotter right now" Robin thought out loud as Raven nodded in agreement.
"So, was Blood able to remove our bond?" Robin asked.
Raven shook her head, "No, he merely weakened it I'm it'll return to normal, probably stronger than ever" she said looking him in the eye. Soon they just stood there staring into each other's eyes.
After a time they both began to feel awkward, "Well… I better be… heading to bed" Robin quickly said to excuse himself.
"Yeah… I have to… meditate" Raven awkwardly got out too. With that they went to rest with speeding hearts and strange feelings.
So that was the conclusion to this two-parter, please leave your opinion on my story so far via review. Next time: the Titans receive a very unexpected visitor. Stay Tooned!
