Of Moonbeams and Starlight
chapter 12
The Titans rush to the corrdinates that Robin picked up earlier. They all watch as the dagger is tucked into the belt of Red X's suit. As some foliage is pulled back they see a cave entrance.
Starfire lights up one of her starbolts to light the way as they venture inside.
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Raven looks up as Slade leaves the room. She feels so weak she doesn't know how much more of this she can stand.
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Red X enters a secret entrance that was indicated on the dagger. He pauses as he rounds a corner as Slade passes by. He just hopes that the villain will fall for Robin's trick. He waits there for some time before he ventures in the direction that Slade came from.
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The titans suddenly find themselves surrounded by cave people.
"They think you're here to stop the rebirth of their god and goddess."
"You do realize that twins are the same age right?"
Slade turns to the one dressed in the Red X suit. "I see that smart-mouthed comments run in the family."
"Where is my sister?"
"You'll never find her...but you will be much too busy-these people seem to think that you have stolen what belongs to their god." Slade turns to the cave people and speaks some strange words.
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Red X begins to feel very ill the moment that he enters the chamber with the black crystals.
Raven looks up as her brother enters the room. "Apollo!"
"I promised I would come, Artemis." He staggers deeper into the room--trying to keep his footing as the crystals seem to zap his strength. Red X collapses half way to his sister.
"Get out of here while you still can-this could kill you."
"Not a chance-I've come this far and I'm not going to lose you." He forces himself to crawl toward his sister.
Raven finally manages to get up and crawl toward her brother.
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Slade stands back watching as the cave people attack the Titans. He turns as the Red X suited teen tries to slip from the chamber. "Going somewhere?"
"To find my sister."
"You aren't going anywhere-except to hell once you hand over the necklace."
Robin is sure that Red X must have found Raven by now. "I've been there and I have no intention of going back."
Slade's one eye widens as he realizes that he has been tricked. "Very clever Robin."
Several of the cave people sheik and move away as the hologram Robin suddenly fades away.
Robin uses the teleport function on the suit to get in front of Slade who tries to get back to Raven. "You aren't going anywhere."
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The twins are just short of each other when they both become too weak to move any further. They still strain to reach each other-finally just barely making contact with the tips of their fingers. Both of them cry out as the black crystals flare to life as the necklaces that the twins wear begin to glow. As the crystals explode in a burst of light-the twins finally feel their strength returning.
Red X gets up and pulls his sister into his arms. "Are you okay Artemis?"
"I feel fi..." Raven looks up at her brother. "...I--I can feel."
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The cave people turn their attention to the bright light that emanates from the chamber. They all begin chanting Raven's mantra as they rush toward it.
Beast Boy turns to the others "What just happened?"
"I believe they think their god and goddess have been reborn." Starfire turns to look at Robin who still faces down Slade.
"You failed Slade."
"Failed? I've only just begun Robin. Let your precious twins celebrate the prophecy of their rebirth-for all too soon it shall spell their doom."
"What are you talking about?"
"Now why should I spoil the surprise?"
Robin tries to follow Slade as he slips away-but the villain is no where in sight as the reaches the exit of the cave. He turns around and take off the mask as Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy venture out. "He got away."
They all turn to look as Raven and Red X leave the cave followed closely by the cave people.
"So who are you're new best friends?" Cyborgs looks around as the cave people bow to the twins. He waves his hand in front of Beast Boy's face as he drools while staring at Raven's scantly clad form.
Raven looks at Red X. "I think they were only meant to be guardians of the chamber that divided the powers that originally belonged to the both of us."
Red X holds up his hand as a white aura surrounds it. "They aren't going to follow us around everywhere are they?"
Raven looks around at all of them as she steps forward-addressing them in the language of Azarath.
Red X listens carefully its been sometime since he had heard the language spoken.
"What's she saying?"
He turns back toward Cyborg. "She is thanking them for guarding the cave for so long and asks that now they go out and live their lives since their task is complete." He looks back as one old man speaks to the others. "He says if the goddess decrees it they shall obey."
All the people bow again before they disperse.
Robin takes off the cape from the Red X suit and places it around Raven's shoulders. "Are you two okay?"
Raven looks at her brother. "I think that we're going to be fine."
He starts to mention what Slade said before he disappeared-but doesn't. Robin thinks that right now it is best to let the twins have sometime to get used to whatever changes all this is going to mean for him. Instead he lightly raps Beast Boy on the head a couple of times. "Maybe we should get back home."
"Good idea. I've got a lot of kids to look after at the orphanage."
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At the orphanage-Slade watches from the shadows as little Saffire stands at the window and looks up at the brightly shinning moon. The twins aren't the only reincarnations of ancient deities.
The rewrite really took a turn that I wasn't expecting. I guess a sequel to this one is implied but right now I have no idea when I will get around to it since I am just starting a new job. Aside from that I would need to put a lot of thought into what Slade is planning now and how little Saffire is going to play into it. For the first time I honestly hate the way I ended this one. I don't like the idea of Slade trying to manipulate the cute little girl. My editor asked was Slade her father-the answer to that is no. Slade is just bent on world domination at this point is all I know for sure.
The last time I worked on all these stories I think I put them all way because I just got burnt out on them since that is all I was working on at the time. I'll still work on typing up the old ones from my notebooks but I'm also going to work on typing up some others too. So for those of you who have me on author alerts I am going to be posting some other fan fictions as well-like my take on a second generation of Samurai Troopers aka Ronin Warriors over in the anime section (that I have been working on for the last three to four years.) I also have some She-Ra ones and She-Ra/He-man crossover ones too. I am hoping to get a new job soon so I may not be updating as often as before-that is also why I'm not going to work on anything new for awhile. In the meantime I do hope you will enjoy the older stuff that I put up over the next few months.