I think I owe all of you a huge apology that I haven't been updating. I've been very very preoccupied with school and other things and if I were to be honest, I'd say I became a bit like Raven myself. Giving in to my inner demons :/ Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter of a long-forgotten fanfic!
The night before D-Day.
"Let's go for some pizza tonight. We've got a lot to deal with later." Robin said as he entered the Ops room.
"Glorious! In addition, I shall make the Pudding of Lu-"
"NO!" yelled the other members, extremely opposed to her Tamaranian cooking. "Pizza's fine."
Raven giggled as she entered shortly after Robin. "Is this what you guys are always doing when not annoying me and Slade? Arguing?" She took a seat next to Beast Boy. "I say pizza's fine too."
Cyborg ran out of the Ops Room, but not before gesturing towards the garage. "Hop on the T-Car you guys. Pizza here we come!"
"They are indeed intriguing...I didn't think superheroes listened to this."
"I'M GONNA CHANGE YOU, LIKE A REMIX,
THEN I'LL RAISE YOU, LIKE A PHOENIX!"
"That reminds me of how Slade had rai-"
The car had come to a sudden halt and the team yelled in confusion.
"Yo! What's going on here!" Cyborg stumbled out of the car, furious at what had happened to his "baby".
A plume of dark smoke in front of the car had begun to thin and fan out, revealing a creature of a demonic built.
"The Master calls for your service, Raven." The demon had begun to step out - revealing a gigantic orc-like body with a helmet covering half its face. On his chest was the mark they knew too well - the Mark of Scath.
"Fulfill the prophecy, for defiance against The Lord is not worth it."
"This is going to be one tough villain..." muttered Robin.
"Not for me," replied Raven, already running towards the demon, "this bloke calls himself Goronn. And I can handle him if I have the luck."
"TITANS, GO!"
"Why do you fight?" Goronn swashed his axe at Raven but he missed, and Raven leaped onto the axe and finally onto Goronns head. "You made a deal. You cannot go back on your word after sealing it with your blood."
"Yeah, but I don't need you to come and tell me what to do and ruining the lives of people here. That's my job, not yours. Now, die!"
With that, as Cyborg and Starfire dealt him with powerful blasts, and Beast Boy flying Robin around to fling birdarangs and explosives at him, Raven summoned all the strength she had and delivered a straight-down punch into his skull. A bright glow of light shot out of Goronn as he roared in pain, before collapsing into a pile of ashes which flew away with the night breeze.
"We need to get back to the Tower."
"You made a deal with him when you were 13? WHEN YOU WERE 13?!" Slade stalked around the confining room looking at Raven. "I only knew about the one where you had to work for him for a year. Where did it state that you had to see to your role in the prophecy?"
"I...didn't really consider it serious. I mean, I was 13 and angry at everything. I didn't care if the world ended. But I do now."
"Amazing what one year can do, huh."
"Yeah...but this deal is about me completing the prophecy. what if I do what I'm supposed to do, and fight back? I wouldn't die for sure..." Her voice trailed off as she suddenly remembered the library. "Oh God. Slade. There's something I left back there."
"Back where?"
"The library! I found a book about him and I wanted to read it but then I got directed to the stairway leading to him. I told myself to pick it up after I was done. But I felt so tired and drained afterwards that I just...left it there."
"You can't go out now. It's dangerous if your father sends anymore on our way."
"His power is growing. I can feel it. that's why he's able to mess with us. His power allow slight intervention with this dimension - this universe. Anyway, in the book, it said that I wouldn't die. You still have the chance to find me. And trust me, I won't let you and the Titans be turned into stone."
She handed him a ring with tiny red rubies on it. "This is the ring of Azar. I stored part of my powers and soul in it. When the time comes, it'll protect you guys."
Slade looked at the ring resting on his right palm, proceeding to leave the room.
"And one more thing...Slade, promise me you'd do as I say."
"What do you want me to do?"
"If I ever get out of control, or rather, if I ever returned to my father's side...And there seems to be no chance of my redemption or return, please kill me."
She gave him a look which made him only able to agree. Her face, in pain yet calm, a painful bitter smile acknowledging her fate...Slade turned away as he managed to choke out "I will. Rest for now."
"So...we can't prevent it? At all?" Robin asked, dumbfounded.
"No. She made the mistake of sealing the deal, but she's going to try to undo it. Somehow, I have a feeling she can. After all, she won't die." Slade sat on the table, with his eye boring a hole through Robin's skull. Robin shuddered at the thought of having to be a team with him and Raven just this once.
"And how is she going to guarantee it?"
Slade held out the ring for the Titans to see. "She stored part of herself and her powers in here. Kind of like a Horcrux, if you read Harry Potter.."
"Cool!" Beast Boy marvelled at Raven's "horcrux". "At least we've an aid!"
"So the plan now is to let it happen and then fight back?" Robin didn't like the thought of it, and his eyes narrowed even further. The clock showed 23:55 as he did so.
"Time is near."
Raven fled through the hall bearing statues of her without eyes... a creepy decor, but nonetheless epic.
'The gem was born of evil's fire.
The gem shall be his portal.
He comes to claim. He comes to sire
The end of all things mortal.'
The voices of the apparitions chanted it again and again, driving her mad. As if she hadn't memorized the whole thing all her life.
The outstretched concrete palm beckoned, and Raven slowed down, regaining her energy and breathing slowly yet heavily.
"Raven!" The Titans were running towards her with Slade at their side but she merely set up a forcefield of dark energy to prevent them from getting her.
"Whatever I do, know that I'll never leave you guys to fight alone. I will find a way back. But for now...I need to finish this and get us out of it." Tall concrete steps had begun appearing as Raven made her way towards the top of the palm.
The Titans could only stare in mute shock as everything unfolded in front of them, and Slade could only weakly hold on to the ring.
Upon reaching the palm. Raven took her last deep breath. She could feel his power and his rage. Her head was hurting, but she only needed to say her last words. Closing her eyes, she levitated and let her hair rise in levitation as well.
"The gem was born of evil's fire.
The gem shall be his portal.
He comes to claim. He comes to sire
The end of all things mortal."
Her head raised as her eyes glowed white, a large wide rift of bright light tore up her midsection. Her body became outstretched and soon she was no longer there, but the white light enveloped the place and in the place of where the concrete palm once stood, was a red skinned demon with four eyes.
It was the incarnate of evil - Trigon the Terrible.
Raising his hand with a roar, and bringing it down to the ground with a shockwave spreading to cover the world with, he yelled -
"EARTH, IS MINE!"
I think this chapter isn't very good sigh I haven't been writing stories for so long! But I tried my best so I hope you guys are okay with it. I'll try to make the later chapters better. Merry xmas everyone! :)
- nic