-1Hey. Do I start this like too often? Ah, who cares? I know you're all bursting with questions. Why does Sarah eat organs? Is Slade lying to her to make her his apprentice? Are Slade and BB dead? Some of those questions will be answered in this chapter; others will be answered in the next. Big thanks to all the reviews so far, especially to Kabato, Skitty Miaow and Pakkrat.
Even as he fell to the ground-the fact that if he didn't morph into something flying soon he would die- he still noticed how it wasn't his name she screamed. It was Slade's.
"Slade!" She screamed till she felt like her lungs were going to bleed. She screamed as she leaped from the tower. Slade took one last look at the world. It glowed. A bright burning light in his eyes was all he could see and all he could hear was his name being screamed in the wind. He made sure that his last thought would be of her, despite Beastboy clawing at him. He closed his eyes and thought of the last words he said to her. The words he was now going to break.
"I'll protect you…. I promise"
"Slade" The world no longer glowed. The light was gone. He reopened his eyes to find himself and Beastboy being held in the air, literally. White, glowing strands were wrapped around them tightly. Once they were lowered to the ground the light collected to the space in between were Slade and Beastboy had been placed. It took shape. Sarah stood with her fists clenched to her sides. Her hair fell over her face as she glared at her cousin. Beastboy lay on the ground and glared back. Rage was evident on his face. The rage that she cared for Slade, that she would have left with him, that she shouted his name and not his. He could have died a minute ago, but she screamed for Slade.
"Beastboy! Sarah! Are you alright?" Robin, Starfire, Raven and Cyborg were standing over the gap in the tower, looking down to make sure no one had been hurt. Obviously they heard the screams and came running to rescue.
"Guys" shouted Beastboy "Slade's here! He's trying to take Sarah away!" Raven teleported all of them down. They stood with Beastboy in their fighting positions. Strangely all of them were in uniform. Robin must have taught them all how to change quickly for things like this.
Cyborg has his cannon aimed and ready to fire. He hated Slade for the many times he hurt his friends.
Starfire floated with her hands and eyes glowing. She hated Slade for what he did to Robin. He took him away and forced him to be a criminal and nearly killed them all as use for blackmail.
Raven too, was floating, across from Starfire. Her eyes beamed with dark energy. She hated Slade for helping her father come to earth. Nearly destroying the world for an empty promise.
Robin stood as he usually did when facing Slade. Birdarangs ready and his face showing it's well known expression. He hated Slade for what he said to him and that most of it, even though he denied it, was true.
Beastboy. He had made his way to the front of the group. His face was blank to any emotion. The others showed fury, anger and hatred, while Beastboy simple stood there, staring at the man he hated. He despised Slade with every fibre and bone in his body. Slade took Terra away from him and messed with her head. She betrayed her friends, but saved them all in the end. Now he's here to take his family away. He thought about all the lies Slade must have told her. All the promises he must have made. He found a secret and exposed it to get to her. Just like he did to Terra. Not again. Not this time. He wont let Sarah be manipulated and turned into something she isn't.
"Get away from her Slade" said Beastboy. His was tone so dark it even made Raven quiver.
No, Garfield. You get away from him" They all gasped. Sarah just defended Slade. It wasn't the first time, but now there was a giant hole in the building.
"Don't defend him Sarah!" Beastboy shouted back. "He's lying to you! All that was an act to get you to work for him. What ever is wrong with you, he doesn't want to fix it. He only wants to use it to destroy us all!"
"I didn't come here to end your worthless lives!" Yelled Slade. He picked himself up from the ground and stood behind Sarah. "As much as that would actually please me, I actually came here to offer my help"
"More like your life!" Interrupted Sarah. More tears were creeping from the corners of her eyes. None of this should be happening. A criminal madman shouldn't be willing to give up his entire life for her. She wasn't supposed to be caught eating organs. The choice between family and a man was never meant to be hers. "Like you said Garfield, there is something wrong with me. Only I can't be as easily fixed as Terra could have been. I must disgust you. The blood on me is also inside me. I don't deserve to even be looked at!" Robin now stood at the front.
"Sarah what are talking about? Why are you covered on blood? Why is Slade here? Did he hurt you?"
"Enough with the fucking questions Robin! I'm fucking tired of it! I just want to die!" Sarah fell to the ground in tears. She gripped her hair tightly and screamed out her cries. Slade outstretched his hands and arms to pick her up. He softly said her name but was cut off by a loud growl
"I said get away from her!" Slade shot up from the ground to see Beastboy charging forward as a tiger again. There was no time to block. He was too close. Beastboy leaped in the air, his claws extended and ready to cut Slade to pieces.
"NO!" Beastboy was knocked to the ground, but not before leaving his mark. There were no screams. No cries. No yelling. No blood.
Sarah had jumped in the way of Beastboy's attack. Her neck bared three cleaned gashes in her flesh, but there was no blood. Everyone stood frozen to the spot. Confused and scared at what just happened. Sarah just had her throat slashed and she was just standing there, limply. She then fell to her knees, with her hands wrapped around her neck. Slade was by her side first. He gripped her face in his hands, shouting her name and begging her to answer. She didn't respond, only lifted her head to meet his eyes. She then began to cough violently and as she did a thick, black liquid spat out her mouth and into Slade's eyes. He didn't look away though; he just let the liquid sting. It didn't matter; he had to keep looking at her. He wasn't sure if she could see him now. Her eyes had turned cloudy, as if she'd gone blind. Slade bent in as Sarah opened her mouth to speak.
"…………." She coughed again. More black stuff poured on to the ground. She opened her mouth again and this time she screamed.
"RUN!" She swiped her hand up to Slade's face and sent him soaring in the other direction. He collided hard against the rocky earth, but threw himself back up again.
"Sarah!" he shouted as he ran to her. Suddenly the black puddle at her knees moved. It rose from the ground and darted straight for Slade. He jumped out the way. What Slade failed to notice that he had landed in front of Beastboy earlier. Now the black was darting for him. Beastboy tried to run but was quickly caught. He screamed for help as he was being constricted. The others tried to help him, they attacked with everything they had, but were soon caught themselves. Each of them were screaming in pain. They were thrown to the ground. It was a struggle to get up again. The pain was immense and was about to get worse if they didn't do something soon. The wind suddenly picked up, a low moan could be heard as it glided through their ears. Dark clouds formed above them. They swirled around until the centre could be seen directly above Sarah's position. At this point Sarah had got to her feet, no longer frightened with empty eyes, but standing with a wicked looking smile. Her nails had grown noticeably longer and had somehow turned black. Her hair flew in the wind. She raised her arms high above her. Bolts of lightening struck from the sky, although not white flashes streaks, black one's. Three struck the water at once. Everything then went quiet.
"Rise!" shouted a raspy voice. It came from Sarah. Just then, a noise above the battering water could be heard. More moans. The moaning increased and after a few second hands appeared from the surface. Arms. Shoulders. Heads. Full bodies. They were completely black, oblivious to any features. Like shadows emerging from the ground. They dragged themselves, edging closer and closer. Now there was laughing. An evil, maniacal cackle. That, of a witch.
Sarah's body became encased with black flames. Her body rose from the ground. She flew her arms forward and the black fire speed straight in the titans' direction. It came so quickly; they couldn't even think to move. They were caught again and now they were about to be burned alive.
"You will all perish under my…Argh!" Slade sent a swift kick right into Sarah's face. She withdrew her flames. The titans were safe for now, but they weren't left unharmed. They were burned in several places. They weren't fatal, but it was too difficult for them too move. Sarah's attention was now focused on Slade. The viscous grin still played over her face.
"You've got guts Slade. I'll enjoy feasting on them!" Sarah raised her right hand. Shadows then swirled in her palm and morphed into a dagger like object; sharp and small.
Slade's POV
What's happening? What is she doing? I have to move quickly before she kills me. Before she eats me.
What have I gotten myself into? Ever since that night she found me in that alley, I haven't been able to think straight. I remember it so clearly; she thrashed those sorry excuses for villains and observing her amazing power up close, was me. I had heard the Titans made a new recruit so I decided to investigate, find out if I would actually have a fresh challenge now that I had returned to the land of the living. She made a sudden disappearance, so I was unable to discover much. All I had learned was her name. Learning about Terra was extremely easy. I followed that child through newspapers and the destruction she left behind her. However, Sarah proved to be a more difficult challenge. I could find no history connecting her in any way. I doubted that I could have used her in any way; from what I heard she was a powerful women, not an overlay strong child that could be willed. If she was able to keep information hidden about herself away from even me, then she was too clever to be controlled by me.
Her power was extraordinary, but what amazed me more I that I could tell she was barely trying. I could tell that this was only the wash up on the beach. Beyond the murky foam left on the sand there was still the edge of the water, the rocking waves, the mighty currents and the deep dark secrets that lurk beneath the surface. Since then I made a silent vow that I would learn everything. It struck that there was no point in this, but as Robin once told me, I hat to lose and this woman was winning against me. I never anticipated that I would learn about her from her own mouth. One of her attacks knocked me from the building I was perched on. Normally I could have avoided something like that, but I was mesmerised by her abilities that I was caught off guard. I paid for it too; my leg came in contact with a rusty pipe that stood outwards from the building. My reflexes decided not to work that day and I fell hard on the ground. My leg bled out and I couldn't move. My communicator to my robots became damaged in the fall-how convenient-and I was unable to summon help. It was only a matter of time before I either died from blood loss or someone found and turned me in. Someone did find me, I remember seeing a silhouette in my weakening vision. When I woke up I found myself in what looked like a medical room. I could hear voices, one of them I knew very well. Robin. My first intensions were to get up and fight, but I stopped when I heard the other voice say my name,
"He may be a villain but I bet he would let you still have a sense of decency if you were in that position" I could feel the shock running through my body at that point. To think that someone would actually save me, defend me and not just anyone, but her. The person I'd been trying to pursue found me and even took me in like a wounded animal.
During the few days I spent in her company I became even more fascinated with her. She is nice. Very unusual considering most people with level of power grow bitter and miserable from having to live in a world where they can't use their power how they wish. They despise the fact that they become no better than the criminal when they wish to take away their lives for their actions, so they turn into vigilantes that are often just as loathed as the criminals are despite their good intention. Sarah, on the other hand, isn't afraid to take such action and she is able to keep a chirpy attitude regardless of what others say. I was very wary of my vulnerable state, but she helped me relax. She kept reassuring me that the titans would not take advantage of my position. She rarely left the room, so we had to find some way to pass the time that I was awake for, the injury to my leg was using up a good bit of my energy so I found my self waking up with her smiling, reassuring me that I was still safe. This was the opportunity I had been waiting for, the setting was completely off what I had in mind, but it was still an opportunity. I leaned that she's Beastboy's cousin, she's terrified of giant puppets, she lived in Scotland for many years, she took care of children and that she was a witch. She told me about that quite freely as if it wasn't much of secret, but she asked that I keep it quiet, she wished to tell the others in her own way. After I left I wanted to thank her. It had to be something special. I thought about all the thing she told me about herself- I realised I never told her much about me but she didn't seem affected, she respected my privacy-her being a witch gave me an idea of how to thank her. What do you give a witch? A black cat, obviously. That night when I gave Sarah her gift I had no idea what I was in store for. When she hugged me, I felt an old sensation flow through me. It was so old I sure I could no longer feel it. I discarded it. I am not the person to feel these kinds of things. I am Slade, a ruthless criminal who is feared by name. Later when I discovered her secret, I felt it again. It made my heart thump hard against my chest. When she killed that man I began to think the person who I talked with earlier was only a cover up. But, after seeing the look in her eyes as she cut him open I abandoned that thought. I felt like weeping for her, because she wasn't. Why was she doing this, murdering the man was no surprise to me, I figured she was no stranger to blood shed by her own hands. This however, was puzzling. I pondered the question and came to a possible solution; she is a witch. There are things we do not know about them, this could be something to do with it. Maybe she needs to do this to keep at full power. I don't know. I told her I did though. My solution could be completely off the truth but it was the only answer I could think of. These feeling I can sense are controlling me, I said things to her, like I would protect her. These feeling refuse that I lie to her, so everything that I'm telling is true. I will protect her. I will kill for her. I will do what she shouldn't have to. I will keep her safe just like she did me. But whom can I protect now. I can't protect her and I can't protect myself.
She walks towards me with that dark dagger in her hand. Before I have the chance to run, something grabs me, one of those creatures that crawled from the water. It has me by the neck, soon another has my arm, another at my leg, more and more surround me. They push me to the ground on my back. I struggle but they are strong in their numbers. They space apart at my feet to make way for her. She throws her body towards me with the dagger aimed at my heart. I pry my right arm free just as the dagger is millimetres from my chest. My fist clutched around her wrist is an effortless battle, I have powerful witch ready to cut me up and dine on my organs, there is no question who will win this. So, I think of the words, the words that tell her how I feel. The feeling that I developed for her has made itself clear to me now. I believed I would die without ever having the chance to experience it again. And now I was going to die with it, but not before I told her. I looked into her cloudy eyes, hoping she would see the tear I allowed myself to shed for her. I felt the dagger cut through my armour and begin to pierce my skin. Now! I have to tell her now!
"I Love you!"
Holly jeez this chapter took me a while. sorry for the wait.IT was a huge struggle for me to describe allt his withiutit sounding so simple and unaffective. Hope you all like it! review quickly please! Oh and i have a new pic for the story, it's aboutt he the last chapter. Check it out!