Teen Titans; An Eternal Tommorrow ; Chapter 9: DreamWake's Eternal Vow And Robin's Capture.
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Distant world away, the dragon was killing time while Piper and Aaron sat in wait of their next move. Roku could only feel his powers grow to full fruition as he had drained his own son's given ones. The child was still acting as if he had lost his memories of those times. While Grayson was remembering them all! Everything would be set as soon as the young ex hero gave up. Yes, what more could he do to fight fate? His values of the earth and it's human populace was flickering, which would mean trust was indeed easy to break . Now to build it back up.
"The Eternal Lord Destiny wishes for your presence. " Piper yipped as the girl , Aluehain had returned from behind a corner. "Young miss, there is another who would like to see you. I am sure that you have missed him as well." She turned to the girl who's eyes had become earthen in colour. "It...Dreamwake...?" She guessed it had to have been. During her entrapment within Roku's keep, she had discovered a darker side to her book loving self. He had shown her that her story had not yet been written. What did the dragon mean by those words...?
"To the youngest , you will go along with us to see Destiny. Then I am certain your question may be answered peacefully." Aaron nodded silently and stood. Then Roku, would go as well? He would have to keep his guard up...The dragon might turn that answer into doubt if he should listen!
"As you wish." The young sorcerer said aloud.
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Destiny's rooms had not been their location to be. Instead, it would be a great hall, a throne room of sorts. No one could hide from him here, not even a slithering serpent or the smallest house mouse...
The guards allowed them passage as the doors opened wide. The room allowed airy drafts of wind from the windows up on high to seep through. The youngest looked out one, to see a scene from long ago spill forth. A battlefield upon sandy dunes described wild eyed warriors as they took hold of opposing armies, all while clashing under the blazing desert sun.
The curtain was shut to this world as the dragon snapped a band of fingers. Aaron blinked back to the disguised monster and called out. The room let off an echo.
"What was that-
"I have not the time to explain, we are being trapped here. Destiny knows.."
Roku sounded more human , although his voice still darkened from the mention from his own lips of ' Destiny' and 'trapped'.
"We are to meet him!" Aaron rebuked. "Why...you did not cause him strife...we were so close-
The creeking of large doors of the entranceway now opened to reveal the puppet master guiding the stages of their worlds.
~Roku, you do not see. I am not here to keep you, your fear keeps you.~
"As does your's as well, Lord of the Destined End..." The daemon chuckled inwardly over the mention of an old, exagerated title.
The firey being and Eternal levitated to his own seat. As a throne room, he could not just play a ruler, he had to be one!
~I have given you enough moons to start your rebellion, now. Piper must return to us. I intend that you allow your hold to weaken, that she be free to see her errors clearly~
"By all means," Roku bowed a bit to this request. He was king here..the damned excuse was too much..
"However, Young Pippette does indeed have an issue to discuss with you alone. DreamWake will only stain the curse further if you allow him to get...too close.."
The staff that Destiny now held faced the dragon's face. "She can be saved, though she came into contact with a shadow rider. The Titans were careless..."
~The Titans on the realm of Earth? They have something you crave. I cannot allow it! Return our student of DreamWake, only then shall you gather more of this...essence you crave cretin!~
The dragon almost laughed at this display . Destiny was trying to intimidate him?
"Haha! We know the truth is held on teen age shoulders..Arianna has returned to fight my destructive power! Yet, she is being held back by her vessel. An alien child that has never even considered the concept of 'reincarnate' until now!" He grinned at the show of fear on the guards' and Aaron's faces.
"I must admit, gathering the power from a powersource that I sired, now reincarnated into a half blooded human , and trying to bring about a rebirth wasn't as easy as the first time..."
The young Aaron gulped and gripped his cloak tightly. Was he..coming clean!
~ I can see why you chose another, it has made you drunk with power. That boy should be erased, yet...YOU intend to destroy him otherwise...from the inside!~ Roku ducked the blow from the spear that was pointed towards him, Destiny had seen his face. Roku hid under his hood, knowing that he had lost the fight. Destiny's darkness had been nothing more than paranoia in the least. He was a warrior and king , yet he did feel too human at times. Just as Roku had been entranced by these beings that radiated energies that drove him to kill!
A guard went to grab the daemon by his cloak, only to lose his arm in the process. "Aaagh!" The young soldier crumpled to the floor as Roku gathered up his life in th form of wisps of smoke. ~ You gave in too many a time...It's too late my dear lord!~ Roku set the room ablaze by channeling the spirit he held, turning it into gasses that exploded. Aaron dove to get away. The dragon at this rate would destroy the grand throne room of an Eternal!
"And where, do you think you are going ? You are still in debt to me. Alice will not return if you are not present..." Th ghost of an angry god passed through the flames. Aaron skid past the last remaining guards as many more rushed forth to stop the blaze .
"Secure Lord Destiny! Stop the dragon! He's getting away! Waaah!" The men toppled over in a burst of smoke.
Coughing, the younger went to find Destiny who had been fighting the dragon man to man ! Roku was bringing the heat, as was Destiny who wielded a staff with a spear attatched to it's tip. The two looked fierce as each tried to proove his strength.
"I did not come to fight! But whatever the case, I came to you to say..."
Destiny felt the dragon slither to his ear. The hiss he gave recieved an angered growl from the Eternal. Pushing back, Roku only chuckled as the fearful words had reached his target.
"I've found the queen...It won't be long before the take over. My dear son is no longer to listen to his vessel, only his king..." The dragon threw an item into mid air. It was time to leave. Aaron saw this and bolted down to find Aluehain. She could tell him...he was not going to be recaptured...right?..
The dragon's flash bomb had cleared a path as Destiny vanished from the room, Roku would find DreamWake. Or Destiny's game of tag would have him beaten.
"Aaron does not know!" He looked ahead as he exited the throne room. Flames leaping up at an extraodinary rate. "Alice is the daughter of Lady Catherine yes, though she should not exist at all! I gave her memories. Her past is fabricated into dust! Meaning, Aaron has been helping a spy! Haha!" Another blast sounded as he scanned the halls for the three blind mice...Well, they were as blind as he seemed to feel. This power, was truely making him feel alive!
Aluehain was waiting patiently with Dreamwake for Piper to come to. ~The spell cast is one by bond...she was indeed made to be tested. He tried, yet she has become something else...~ Sandman Eternal and Scholar DreamWake was puzzled over her appearance. Hi dear student...Young Piper...Had been thrown to the wolves, and yet he had not known of it!
"She is not as she had been before her leave..."Aluehain looked over the Eternal's shoulder. "We must free her! Find what has bound her to his law!"
~That being was the Dragon Roku,Destiny had intended to fight him ? Someone must have been taking a chance, we have had a spy...Piper was not the one!~ The young half eternal student gasped. "Then...Destiny! We must stop him from being entranced by that monster!"
BANG! BANG! *
The door fell from its hinges slightly. "Destiny! " The young girl cried aloud and rushed to let her teacher in.
~No! Do not open the door! We must not! -
"Please! Let me in! It is Aaron...Please!" The girl took to the door and wedged it open, now in its crooked state. "Ahh! We must not let them...I did not want him to follow! Please!" Aaron was panting while sweat dripped down his face. His eyes scanned the area rapidly, trying to find a place to hide.
"Young Aaron? Why are you here? Where is your companion , and my lord Destiny!"
The pink haired girl shook and stepped away.
"Are you telling the truth? Tell me...Destiny is in grave danger!"
Aaron held his heart, almost feeling it would burst and tried to answer carefully. "H..hee...he!- Destiny! Roku!" Dreamwake sighed at this poor boy's pain. He cast a sleep spell as the child started to feel that rest was needed. Out like a light, Aluehain returned to peer into the Dreamwalker's dark eyes. "He said..Roku...The father!?"
~Alert the staff that there will not be a festival if he should reach the outside. I am counting on your guidance Aluehainyu! Now, go!~
The girl turned to starlight as she was transported across the space. She had to make it! As the great being of Dreamtimes cast his spell, another came through the doorway. It was Destiny!
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The teacher gasped and extended his reach. The gargle from the Eternal Lord was not welcoming. The caster removed his attention slightly from his pupil. ~Destiny! Aluehain was sent to warn your people! We have to defeat that dragon, he is here to destroy you...!~
~No..~The Lord croaked softly as he almost collapsed onto the Dreamweaver's study floor. ~I...I wish to give power...to the ones called Titans...~ The scholar frowned and swept up the firey being with all his strength. ~Titans...But why? My lord, those earthen children are cursed! Their once leader is closer to being lost...He can no longer fight it! Please reconsider!-
~I ...Cough*...Must rest...do as I say! The children of earth will fight...or be destroyed along with hi..m..~ The Eternal lay in silence against an oaken chair. Dreamwake was in shock! He watched as the Eternal's king laid himself over the large chair. He had only slightly scorched the seat from his power turning it to cinders.
~Destiny...Where is that evil dragon? Is he able to find you?~ Dreamwake remembered that the Eternal's pupil as well as his were not able to remain. Aluehain had gone to find a way to bar the doors, not allow the dragon to roam free.
~He...he is gathering energies, yet...he does not know the extent! It has driven him to kill! You must warn Lady Isis and the guardians...cough!*...they too are with the boy's allies on that same earth...~
~Dear...it has begun...he intends to crush us this time!~ Dreamwake pulled out a book across the room from within his study. ~The age old myth...he has rewritten it!?~ Flipping the pages at random, the being of dreams gasped and looked into his books. Deeper into the past until they were sprawled into many corners of the dim, lit room.
~Did you block connection from the fiend? He could find you! You must take care of yourself, for if you were to be harmed...Miss Piper and Lady Aluehain would weep! As would I...Please! Tell your old friend again...This child on earth...He looks like Rokuro? Is it true?
The sound of an explosion was growing close. Destiny did not speak in his seat. From a small manifestation, a part the chair looked like a coffin. This scared poor Dreamwake, who knew he too was unbalanced by the dark one walking the halls. He was after Destiny? Yet he was toying with them?
~We must leave!~ Dreamwake shielded the three from a tremor larger than the previous. Destiny and his companions could only sense a presence, they could not see, or feel it physically. That also drove the old Sandman of sorts to throw up his wand in protest.
~Take us to the centre! For Time is imminant, we are but servants ! Let us be saved! Ladies of Darkness and Light! Hear our cries! Take us to the Celestial castle up on high!~
With the last tremor to follow, they had been safely transported to the castle where a certain queen had lost her life... And still remained to walk the halls as a part of it's being.
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Dreamwake almost collapsed in front of the gates. He had the three; boy , girl , and Eternal king under his arms.
The guards of this building gathered up the four and headed them inside quickly. They could recognise An Eternal's presence from a breadths distance away! Destiny was losing his fire , the guards noticed as the clouds began to dissipate around them. He was becoming cold to the touch, which brought the spirit guard squad to take action.
The two heavenly children of light and dark shadows came to greet them. The dark haired maiden looked sorrowfully to the older being than even she. He was marked by brands on his wrists. Both identical! the marks told a story of the desert country that he had been born from. Only Destiny and those of that event in the past knew what those markings were. Or what they were for...
"Lead them to the gates...This is none other than his work...That Dragon will be sought out! Light? Child, your magic is needed in this time of peril. Everyone, we must hurry to shelter!" The goddess and guide took up her energies and spoke.
Once inside, the two ladies sat with the survivor ; Dreamwake. Piper had gone with young Aaron to the so called 'Lab'. There, they would be looked over by magicians that could assist when others could not...the children had to be examined in order to confirm if they had been marked. It would take a while to determine, so Dreamwake agreed to be questioned on the rampage within the Eternal's realm. He asked the ladies to send troops to free the people and spirit if there had been a breech...
"Great Dreamwake, you may speak...Tell us how Roku was able to enter your world..." Dark looked into his shining yet fearful eyes of jasper. ~He is gathering energies from not simply touch alone - Destiny told me just before his collapse that he had called for a meeting with Roku...They are at odds since the desert take over...I do not understand why he would allow it! His people are now in danger of losing their very souls! Please...he must have a reason for such ...perhaps!-
Darkness placed a pale hand onto his knarled ones. He was old, he could have been Chronos himself!
"We shall indeed send forces to your lands...Destiny should never have taken responsibility with this endevour...He knows of the boy I presume? The one left on earth?" Her voice was soft, yet it held some feeling of guilt as well.
"The dragon he was...Did attack as, another?" Wondered Light to her sister. "Another...He has taken another identity as a being to look as if he were earthen, even spirit...Did you see his face?"
Dreamwake shook his head with a sigh. ~ Only the ones I had saved from the blaze were able to see...I was away, looking over my dear pupil...She is very ill...~ He seemed forlorn. Piper had known him as a protege for 157 years, and 200 counting before reaching that point...He had taken her in thanks to Destiny knowing the prophecy within the snowy barrens. What it held was his pupil, young half daemon and guardian Aluehain...She had been mentioned possibly as having a position at Destiny's side. Yet Piper, was jealous. She did not show it, hiding in library after library, bookstore after bookstore. Destiny did not choose her from her almost earthen feeling of expression. She belonged by Dreamwake's side, a fellow bookworm himself. Though it was normal, she still said nothing of her feelings of loss. For her to be by his side, she would have even sold her soul...Which is what she had done. To the worst daemon of all no less!
"Piper will be alright, please continue to explain what it was that you saw..." Shining as the celestial heavens, there was light. Lady Light was younger than her cryptic sister by creation. Yet she seemed more reassuring than her twin. Two sides of the same moon, they were inseparable.
The eternal book keep gulped down his worries. ~He was present besides that young lad Aaron...He too is drifting to find peace. He has an attatchment to the world surrounding Alicia; elder daughter of Queen Catherine of the spirit west...She was related by blood partial to the Ainsley Clan...I fear...that he too may be lost...~
"Do not weep in this time!" The words of Darkness held not as much pity as her other, previous self. "We do not have the energy to despair! You, even if we might contact Aluehain!-
~No! She is trying to remain unseen! She will be away from Destiny...she..-
"You left her behind? Why? Why did you do this! She was essential in the prophecy!" The light twin said in her sharpest tone. "You must send someone to save her! Roku is out there! Destiny will awaken...He is resting to regain his powers. If he finds that you did something reckless...your name...!-
"Sister! You must not be exposed to the essence...please leave this room and it's guest to I!"
The younger only pouted her lips and looked as if she would cry her eyes out. "Promise us she will return? She will not lose herself to her true nature?" The goddess looked back one last time. Her dark twin only nodded and shut the barrier encased room behind her.
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The Lady Dark huffed a sigh. "In name of Hecate, we shall return." Lord Dreamwake blinked at that vow. ~ He has not blocked it? We may return? Oh! What a fool I have been...Piper can be saved...He shall not have the catalyst! This I vow!~ The eternal stood now, taller as he went to exit into the unknown with the lady of shadows.
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Still within the keep, the dragon's eyes scanned for any survivors. He knew that the last guards would be below, he had only to find their leader...
Slipping back into the shadows, the dark lord swept them around himself like a cloak. Death itself it seemed was roaming the halls of the almighty eternals!
Death had indeed been a spy, one that had followed with the dragon's too did not like his treatment among beings of higher position. Yet, he was not all knowing as they had believed. Eyes and ears of others had aided the dragon- by stealing their powers over the unseen, he had become a god of legend.
"To find the catalyst..."
A scurry of a small creature made his ears prick up from such soft footsteps. Who was in his way...
"Who goes!" The dragon's voice echoed. The creature scurried on. With that set, the monster summoned a being from the shadows; a fellow shadow rider.
"You have 'in the calling' my lord?" Bowed the demonic prince.
"Yes, to find a thief, you must follow their shadow...in their footsteps, is that not right?" Quizzed the god.
The daemon scratched his chin at this request. "Who is the culprit? " He asked.
"Another like yourself, she is of high birth. Relative to the clan of those of the snow barren wastes. Of Lady Reya..."
"Ahhh...She is unsure of worth, this shall be most wonderful!" Shadow chuckled in a mad way as he got ready to rush down the halls, in search of this spirit child. "Like hunting rabbits in forests in winter...I shall not miss!"
The mouse ; young Aluehain, did not look back. She had heard his voice. He meant to keep no prisoners! She had heard of the terrible fate that had befallen Aleiah's babe from many moons earlier! Dear Tsani had been imprisioned within that dragon's keep. Now, she too was not sure if the child would bring about an end to the chaos, or would aid to enforce it further!
I must make it to the portal! He must not see!
In a wink, she had become invisible. He was already aware of her snooping, she did not want to add any other reasons to the list. Faster she swam through the astral realm. She had to find her people! Destiny's children!
Shadow slammed into the space. He rubbed his nose in pain, wincing and laughing at how much power this little ferret did possess. "My lord! She must be a survivor of the Northern Plains to the Eternal! We are lucky , she will try to find her brothers. You can now leave without caution. I will break barrier for you..."
The dragon stopped in his tracks blinking out into the space. "What? Shadow! That is suicide! You needn't do so, fall back...SHADOW!"
The barrier had been destroyed, yet, shadow had lost his body. The dragon fumed, dragged the spirit of the shadow rider along and hurled them both through the portal!
"I appreciate the gesture, we'll be sure to make great strides. Any more of your stunts and you with be scathed!" The demon with a ghostly appearance to shadow's frowned and hung it's head in shame. "I apologize my lord...it will be only the first time, but never last..."
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Back within Titans East headquarters, the team did not have any other guardians besides the Wizard on call! "Rae! I think I see him! Come quick!" Bb as a cat of all things; was able to sense their escapee from his very being! Since the shifter imp had messed with his ability to transform into any species classified within the animal kingdom, his powers had been somewhat iffy from time to time. Sometimes it was like a reboot for him, which brought him closer to understanding 'limits.'
A cat in old magic Wiz had said once, was able to see things that humans could normally only hope to! He had seen things that Robin had possibly seen , it was red, a lot of shadow, knowing right away he called out . "Aaa! Wh...What was that?..." In a bat form he came back to his green self soon after. Holding his arms and shivering, he had seen another world!
"That Dragon is sending thoughts, Beastboy- For now, lay low. We do not need anymore corrupt Titans!" Deep in her timbre she held fear for her friends. The dragon was winning. She knew he had entered their world , and through their ex leader!
~Azarath Metrion Zinthos! ~ She spoke her mantra with power as her thoughts clashed into Dick's own. Or in this case, Rokou...
Cyborg called out from the C.O.M.M unit that had been in Bumble Bee's hand. "We aren't having any luck on the second floor...how's the upstairs? Any leads?" He panted as he spoke.
Raven replied as she wiped sweat from her brow. "No such. He just got away! Beastboy saw something, he said it was full of shadows..." Huffing , the teams continued to search. "You put a tracer on him, Speedy? Any sign of Birdy yet?" The aquatic teen looked high and low to trace waves, patterns , and disturbances within his lookout point.
Speedy came up on his unit. He had been finished fighting the goop monsters awhile ago. They had not returned to bother him, so he had been somewhat relieved.
"I did, says he's on the move, to the third and first floors!?" The archer gawked at the sudden switch. "Head him off at the first! You guys work the upstairs! This is not gonna pass by my sights!" The archer rushed back down the stairwell, where hopefully he would have someone meet him. If not, he'd be first in line.
"Darn it Speedy! Mas e Menos? Go along! He can't handle that kid on his own! Hurry! I 'll meet you there..."
The growl from the teen of Atlantis hurried the twins along faster. Now on his own, Aqualad saw what had been making him feel his unease. A rift was trying to open in the wall. He could see it, as clear as day it was still growing! "This isn't good..." He looked seriously at the void opening in his space.
To the Atlantean's surprise, something had been showing more and more, coming through the portal! It broke through, as if it were a baby marine animal from it's egg shell. Wide eyed the boy shielded his eyes from the glow it cast.
A girl with lengthy pink hair that reached the floor in a curve, in a black dress with boots and eyes that shown magenta, leaped and tore free of the barrier that kept her separated from their world.
"Aaah!" Aqualad pointed as the glow died down. The unit shook from his voice being so startling.
"Who is she!?"
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The girl blinked, as if debating on whether to stay or continue running. This was earth? She must have not ended up in the right place!
A cloud of smoke formed to be none other than Rokou. When he saw the girl , his heartbeat quickened. This girl could harm his take over plans! She could not live! While in his mind, Roku controlled those thoughts, Rokou only believed it his own idea!.
"No..You must not get away! …Agh!" He swiftly rushed into her, only to bounce back from her force field that protected her. "You will let the boy go!" Her powers lifted light from the space unseen by them all. "Or if not, I must drag you out!"
The rift between them was getting larger and larger still! Aluehain lifted her hand to cast, only to be stopped by another magic user.
"Halt!" Raine and Malchior had found the rift as well, coming through as if they had been shoved inside!
Raven had found her power to leave their floor from further investigation. The Titans had followed, now back to see what they had missed through that door.
She and Starfire gasped as Speedy groaned over being last to enter. "What's going on here?" Malchior saw the champion swimmer fish boy, then saw two more by that cursed teen in black. "He isn't Rokuro! Why is an Eterna-
Raine was hushed as the Wizard stepped forth. In his hand he held a short sword. Raven almost knew too well what he was going to attempt...
"He is still our Robin! You must bring him out! Rokuro is not returning now please!" She did not want Rokou to have his way! Yet, Rokuro had shown some side of himself that was more human. Far more than the demon that held up her hero!
"Let him go, Rokou. He still holds power over you! You are only a pawn to him, he does not care!-
Alice was shoved back by a strong gust from the daemon's arm. She had not enough time to fight him. Her time here was making her soft. Every blow she could have dealt became more and more less of what she could truly have spelled. If she had wanted to, her abilities could cause the world to stop and stare. Yet this was Arisu and her vanities. What she believed, Alicia hoped to quit in listening to...The spoiled brat she had grown up and away from was too needy. It was not her! She never wished to see others become so trapped as she had, ever again. In a way, she felt herself beam from such accomplishments...though her brother...though not truly was he, as lucky...
" Rokou , you are frightened...you must fight him!" Of all people , Raven could have sworn having met the half daemon child. When they had been imprisioned inside the keep with Slade and company, she could not tell if Rokuro had been working together with his other self. Maybe the child like behaviour was all Hakuro...or Rokou too!
"The , rebirth...I will be destroyed even if I should do well...I am a broken soul self of the prince...What he felt...How he lived in fear, anger and regret...I am he!-
The teen shook his fists by his sides. He was becoming Rokuro?...How did he escape!?
The teen clawed at his own arms, fighting the marks as they flickered under the darkened skies of the stormy night.
"Get...get back!" The voice as Grayson was fighting to speak. He brushed them with energies in black and red. "I...I am...not...Aaaaaagh!" A clap of thunder broke the hold as he fell onto his knees in pain. Soon he had drifted into a new sort of dreamland. "Hurry! Before he can't hold them back!-
"Right..!" Bb and Star swooshed over to where he lay almost motionless. Starfire looked through to the other side, with the Lady Arianna's powerful sight. Beastboy sniffed and whoofed as a sneeze came on. "He wreaks! Rae! What is he covered in? That...Miasma stuff?...What did they do-
Malchior acted and rushed to finish the sealing temporarily of the red hot marks. " Seal the blood curse! Release the host!" The dagger pierced his chest roughly. Starfire was speechless. She almost rushed in to stop the sorcerer boy from doing his work. "Robin...sniff.." The boy let out a blood curdling scream as the blade was thrust and lastly tugged from the center of his hurt. The marks expanded and contracted like thorn covered vines , causing more hurt than the merciful dagger!
Panting he had stayed awake. Raven tried to cover his eyes from the fearful feeling of being prodded. "Robin...this is going to save you! You have to let him try to help you!-
Ungh..!" Raven grasped her temples tightly with a free hand. "Roku...he...agh!" Raven then broke the connection. He was fighting too...That dragon was toast! With her soul projection self, the empath felt around. There was a void growing, almost a blankness inside the boy's head. The dragon was knawing into his subconscious...In form it was a red eyed, blood red beast. Raven concealed her eyes that were glowing white.
~You cannot hide! I will find you again, Rokuro!~ Raven covered her mouth. He meant the child that had cast out Rokou!? The child daemon was cradling his wounds beside the dragon lord. His eyes held fear, for his life and for his existing by the dark one's side. ~Jay...won't take over...He won't come back...~ He curled into a ball in midair and cradled his head in his hands. Curling into himself farther, Raven saw Robin in his eyes. ~Heh...soo close...I couldn't be the better half...~ Roku was allowing this self pity to grow, he fed from those fears. As a soul stealer he could not be stopped, about half the population of earth allowed him to thrive!
Trying to give herself a breather, the empath almost breathed too deeply. They should never know she had been watching!
~Rokou, if you wish to extend your...lifespan, Go check the space in that corner. I could have sworn I had devoured all light...~ The dragon was grinning. Time had helped Ravenna's self the last time. Not in his domain, not this time...
~Whatever...Sure...if I don't have to deal with that prissy Roko, then what the heck..~ Forelorn, the teen drifted over to see what the dragon had meant by...light.
Raven jolted back into her own body, she had been on her knees the whole time. "Roku...is inside!" She gasped.
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Malchior brought the blade to his eyes. It was darker blood in human enough...
Starfire helped their hero into Cyborg's strong arms as they dashed to the infirmary. "Speedy.." His leader Bumble Bee ; with a look of instability called him over . "You called, boss lady?" He had seen a terribly disturbing view. A side to the Titan that he had never witnessed in such a way...Bb must have been shaken too.
"I...don't know if we can let Robin...Keep an eye them! We saw...something we shouldn't have.." Still in shock from the other teen's angered cries, she shut her eyes. When they had reopened, Aluehain was right next to her. Her gaze thoughtfully motioned the teens left over to join her. They did not realize the extent of what half blooded eternals could do. She had to explain, and quickly!
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Once inside the med bay, the girl cleared her throat and began her tale.
"My name is Lady Aluehain...I come from the side of the eternals and Lord Destiny...the realm's lone ruler.." The empath looked aside from the damage that had been inflicted upon her ex leader. "Roku, had attacked our palace. He injured our ruler, created unquenchable fires and stole many lives...Then he brought a shadow rider...invited him inside the realm as if he had such power! I was chased...As a student and right hand to Destiny, I was to warn the guards so that he might never breach the borders of our land!...Right now the dragon is heading back to this world...the boy is not safe..." She motioned towards the unconscious teen. "Destiny and his allies are within the spirit world being watched over by Ladies Dark and Light. I will gather enough energies so that I might tell him of your plight! Yet, there will be no one guardian to fight alongside you...They too were tainted...Right now, I can only say this..." The green teen gulped from the suspense.
"Return to the Spirit world. Your earth will be doomed if you remain here!"
Cyborg let out a sigh. "We can't leave our friends behind. They aren't supposed to be involved...we...-
"Raven, you too saw the incarnated self? Rokou...just before friend Malchior had ..." Starfire grasped the teen's wrist tight. This was never ending. Star wondered if Lady Arianna had to go through such traumas...was there a way? Had Roku trapped them!-
Raven bit her lip. "Rokou...he allowed Roku in to Robin's mind!" Raven gasped. "They were BOTH there! Roku was, a red dragon...And he was with Rokou! They might , they might have taken Rokuro had he not fought them...He freed Robin...But I didn't see Rokuro...It was just...nothingness...Empty , save for the two; dragon and his son's dark self..."
She huffed at losing her composure so quickly. Also, in front of an eternal this time!
"Sorry...When I put my hand onto Richard's face, they must have pulled me in..." She thought about whether that had been the case. If Rokuro had not called out, or poor Rokou..
The sheer dissaproval on the young eternal's face was powerful. "I am very glad you told me, from now on, we of the spirit will have authority. No longer will we allow the rebirth!" The body of Grayson began to dissappear! He was becoming as thin as air. "What in heaven's name are you doing!" Raine cried out. "He has yet to be given a fair trial!" Malchior frowned at her display of leadership and the eternal's unsteady vibes she radiated outwards.
"You may be an all powerful spirit. But you will not tak our friend away from us!" Starfire lunged at the spirit in her fear that Richard would leave them again. "This must be! He has shown-
"Ah! Those lights from inside your palms?! Who are you!?" Aluehain panted and fled from the Tamaranean's star bolts. Raven tried to get the others to help cool down the alien's rage. Starfire was crying...Arianna would not lose as well! From her palms came another color light; one of an amber glow. Starfire poured all of her strength into the next bolt, leaving the girl Raine to block it in time. She could be upset later. This was no ordinary eternal!
"You must not harm her!-
"She is a very bad person and must not take Robin away from us!" Starfire blabbered out. "You...you are not doing anything to stop him! Even the guardians have given up on us...We must fight for ourselves! We cannot trust such rutha spirit!" Rutha was weak in Tamaranean , Raven and Cy as well as Beastboy gasped at her boldness. Was this their Starfire!?
"She too...You harbor the princess from Roku's time...As do...you all!" The child eternal pointed, shaking from her realizing who these teens were!
"You are the ...the...Reincarnations of Rokuro's allies! How could this be!" She shook her head. They must have only barely known themselves!
"Starfire, my vessel knows..." Arianna's green orbs shone through. Retracting her fists, and smoothing her emotions over, the princess spoke again. "I was the one to explain the past to young Koriander..." Raven walked up to the girl.
"You know her name! Do you intend to over take Starfire too? She is not going to lose to -
The red head shook her head sadly, now facing towards Aluehain. "I want only to lift the curse cast upon my love...His mother did not name him Rokuro, he also took on the name Richard after his great grandfather.." She looked into their eyes, showing through her own how she had known the Ainsley house. "My mother was an ally of Queen Catherine, and the earlier Queen Lorelei...We had visited as children, only thinking of our younger days!" She closed her eyes and brought memories of golden sunshine and rolling hills of emerald back from her own mind's eye.
"We were not just destined to bring war from our betrothal." She explained to the teams. "I was also his first love...He had almost forgotten our promise to fight against the dragon lord! When he and his comrades had almost fallen by Roku's might, he had also given that dragon...power over us...he betrayed us in hope of saving us!"
"Yes..."Malchior watched the scene change back into their world. "All spirit of creation know the tale, as well as the guardans...yet..why did your Kori not tell us of your descent? She was protecting him, in the end ..you did not want her to forget. Am I, on the right track? "He questioned the girl "She was afraid, as is Rokuro as Richard's self..He does not know what must be done, without his fullest abilities...he cannot be released from his father's torment!"
"Buuut ..Then we all have selves too?" Beastboy scratched his head. "How come they have only gotten to know you and Rob? Are we next?"
The empath sighed at his observation. "We haven't met them yet, which means it won't be long before we do..." Cy nodded to her. "I could be Stone! Like that warrior I fought as alongside Sarasim...or as the thing that attacked Brother Blood...! "
"Raven watched Beastboy jump up from the mention. "Tara too! That wolf could go after her anytime...gah! I still don't get this!" Ruffling his hair till he had turned cherry red, the green teen turned frustatingly to the others. "We are all gonna have a double?"Screeched the teen.
"Looks as if young Arianna speaks true.." Malchior groaned softly.
The Titans all heaved sighs together in unison. "It's late, you few should get some rest ..Raine and Raven ; if they are willing along with the boys, we can stand guard..there is nothing more infurriating than not getting a good night's rest! Am I right?"
"Bb yawned out loud, not caring if it didn't suit her. "Boss lady, go hit the sack, we'll take it from here-
"Do not forget that girl Aluehain!" Starfire's Arianna shouted before the group split. "The-
"Oh man! Duuude! She 's gone! Where'd she go? She was right here!" Beastboy looked noisily under the tables , sofa, and inside every doorway Nothing.
"She must have left to report her findings...we will be punished for this for sure! I did not understand her gaze.." Mentioned young spirit Raine. "She is a direct pupil of lord Destiny's ...yet, she is not a true eternal...she is half blooded!-
Cyborg yawned from his lack of shut eye as well. "Uh, sorry. But listen team; we can't just let them win, there is more than just a plot twist happening, you saw?"
Nodding to the team, the others decided to take turns with being more than one look out captain. "Call asap if you get any cues, anything happens...you know who to call-
"Ghost busters?" Chuckled the green teen playfully.
"No, the Titans. That's who!" Beaming, the others followed suit. Soon there was a calm inside the tower again. Raven had gone to compose herself to aid in keeping the dragon away- not at bay.
While Starfire slept by the bedside of her leader. Her leader , who might never be the same songbird named Titan she would ever know, ever again..
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Like the energizer bunny, she just keeps going and going...So! The words titans and together were mentioned. Destiny is revealed only to be chopped down by the dragon, in disguise! Rokou is mentioned as being a part of Hakuro, so that self is Rokuro's very darkness in form of another.
Aaron still wasn't explained his past! Poor kid...Also ,Piper never got to meet lord Destiny again as she had actually hoped to avoid doing. Seeing as Roku wanted her to do away wih him to gain praise. To be free of his shadow. She had been under Dreamwake's watchful eye until the tween was told to deliver the requezt to meet...
The eternal knows Roku from the last chapter , there hewas branded. I suppose he still cannot deny that Roku had once been one of them- that chapter is in the works! Sorry this took soo long...It kind of spiralled and fell into place as I brought this chapter together. Thankfully, I can stop here...if you think this looks to dark, it may be that I may have to change ratings...don't really want to go there!
But may have to due to the torture parts...really want to keep within the rating jurisdiction...gah!
Anywho, I guess chapter ten is next! Will be up soon! Just have to do that update- don't touch that dial! See then next chapter! Enjoy!
