Teen Titans Fan Fiction

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Normal Font: Basic read and insight.

Bold: Change of location or time.

Italics: Individual thoughts and recollections.

SACRIFICE

As Raven prepares to enter her own fight, Cyborg and Beast Boy have left to find Terra. Can Raven defeat the evil one who used her so long ago?

Chapter 34 - The Awakening

Raven pushed the small doors leading to the living quarters. They opened slowly and creaked as the light entered into the room. Walking through to the large living quarters, the three Titans looked around the room, cautiously. This area was significantly larger than the other ones, and in the center stood Malchior, the purple and black dragon with piercing red eyes. He roared once as fire shot from his mouth out. The flames lit up several smaller houses as it burned. Once finished, the dark dragon roared ferociously once more, with smoke rising from all around him.

Taking several steps forward, the three Titans soon came within a reasonable talking distance. Following Raven's lead, Starfire and Robin followed as she stopped about 15 feet from the dragon. Smoke came from the dragon's nostrils, and finally they were able to get a clear shot of it. Malchior was a dragon of immense dark powers. Standing well over 30 feet tall, it had a purple underside, but the rest of him was black. A large tail accompanied him, and he demonstrated some of his physical strength by swinging it back and forth, knocking down several stone hones in the process. Large gaping blood red eyes were his biggest giveaways to his intentions. They weren't welcoming or inviting, they caused fear and destruction wherever he went.

Scanning the area several times, Robin looked around the entire area. The rising smoke made it harder to see, and the numerous small fires all around made it a bit warmer in the room. Looking around, if there had been any sentry guns, hidden traps, or weapons, Malchior may have already destroyed them. He also saw that many of the old stone houses had open windows, so those would have to be given special attention. Out of all the houses in a line, there were dozens upon dozens that would allow a clean unobstructed view of where he and Starfire were standing. So, it wasn't going to be easy watching around.

"I don't think I have to tell you this, but..." Robin spoke up to Raven's back, "block out anything that he says and push through it. So far, our opponents have been using mind games to gain an additional advantage."

Raven simply took another few steps forward as Robin and Starfire retreated backwards. The dragon Malchior snorted fire from his nose at the ground in front of Raven, telling her clearly that was far enough.

"Ah, my dear sweet Raven..." Malchior was using telepathy to speak to her mind, "You aren't going to cry again, are you?"

"You wish..." Raven responded plainly. "I don't know why you decided to join up with Slade and the others, but it doesn't matter now."

"Oh, prey tell sweet Raven." Malchior seemed interested at her boldness.

"Because I'm finishing this..." Raven's mind cut off. Her blue cloak flashed white and it held for a few seconds, then changed back. Like a heartbeat increasing it's pace, her cloak flashed white and then back to her normal color of blue.

Malchior roared loudly as fire shot from his mouth right at Raven. Levitating at an upward angle, she avoided it and fired dark energy from her hands, each one hitting Malchior. Having no effect, the dragon raised it's mouth so the fire started chasing Raven. Avoiding to the left, then the right, Raven fired a large concentrated blast at Malchior which had some effect this time, as it's breath stopped for a few moments. The dragon shrieked in pain, it's cries deafening to Robin and Starfire, as both had to cover their ears. Regaining control, the dragon broke free of Raven's counterattack and shot fire from his mouth once more.

"Raven..." Robin's eyes widened as for the first time, he and Starfire caught a glimpse of her cape continuing to flash.

Meanwhile, down in the depths of the underground...

Cyborg was following a green dog, who was sniffing at the ground beneath them. Cyborg's left shoulder was raised to allow a flashlight that helped guide their paths. Beast Boy and himself had opted to try and find Terra, hoping to find her alive and get her some much needed medical attention. None of them had seen the trap Slade had left for them in the previous room, and Terra had saved Beast Boy's life with yet another noble sacrifice. Cyborg was shocked and moreso disappointed that he just stood by and did nothing to help her. The green dog in front of him continued to sniff and it changed back into Beast Boy.

"I think I got something.." Beast Boy started, "I can smell Terra, but it's a bit hard, I'm also smelling a lot of metal and I think is oil."

Cyborg nodded and looked down on his forearm. He had repaired his right arm enough so that he could get his basic systems back up, but he'd have to return to the tower to get it completely fixed. "My radar sensors are still off-line man, I have no idea where we're supposed to look." Pressing a few more buttons, Cyborg continued to work.

Beast Boy changed back into a dog and started sniffing the ground more. It was dark, and you couldn't see two feet from your face unless you had some sort of light. Rocks and minerals were everywhere, this was a lot harder than it seemed. Sniffing, the dog eventually came up to a pair of feet, problem is, they were standing up. The dog sniffed one foot, then the other, not knowing what smell it came from, it looked up, as a Slade commando robot stood and pointed a small hand laser at him. The dog turned back into the man as Beast Boy rushed over to Cyborg.

"Umm...Cy?" Beast Boy poked Cyborg to try and get his attention.

"Not now, B., I'm trying to get my radar sensors back up." Cyborg waved his other hand at Beast Boy, signaling him to leave him be.

"Cyborg..." Beast Boy looked around where they were. From the dim light that came from Cyborg's shoulder, he was slowly making out more and more Slade commandos where they were.

"Go away, B.B., I almost got it back up and working!" Cyborg pressed a few more keys on his right forearm. Recalibrate this, set the wavelength to that, almost there...

"Earth to Cyborg!!!" Beast Boy was tugging at his forearm, but Cyborg continued to press more keys. Seeing RADAR SYSTEMS ONLINE Cyborg shouted "BOO YA! Radar systems back online!"

"Now, what is it dude?" Cyborg asked as he turned down to finally address Beast Boy. Beast Boy only pointed forward and Cyborg looked up. Several dozen Slade commandos pointed their own hand lasers at the two of them.

"WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?!" Cyborg shouted at Beast Boy. Both of them turned their backs to each other, as Slade commandos had surrounded both of them.

"Well ... you just ... and then ..." Beast Boy tried to explain, but sighed soon after, "Never mind, let's deal with these guys first..."

"Let's get it started! Teen Titans, go!" Cyborg shouted as he charged straight ahead into the Slade commandos. With a right hook, then a left kick, he knocked two commandos to the ground. Avoiding a small barrage of blasts, he grabbed one of the fallen commandos and threw him by his ankle at several others. Changing his arm into a sonic cannon, he fired up at the ceiling, causing rocks to come down on about six more. Running forward, he knocked off several more commandos with a shoulder charge followed by another right hook that sent the commando crashing into the wall.

Beast Boy changed into a gorilla and punched one directly in front of him, causing the commando to crash backwards into several others. It pounded it chest several times and started running towards another commando. Changing into a ram, it pounded another commando in half, they were robots after all. Several commandos started firing at the green ram, but to avoid being hit, it changed into a snake and slivered its way through the barrage. Morphing once more into a Stegosaurus, it swung its tail, catching several commandos to hit the wall and seize functioning. The dinosaur changed into another, a T-rex that roared at the remaining commandos as it charged at them.

Meanwhile, back at the battle with Raven and Malchior...

"Oof!" Raven was knocked from the air and hit the ground as Malchior's tail had found its target. She bounced once on her side and landed on her stomach. Looking up at the dragon, fire came from its mouth straight at her. Erecting a shield, it dispersed as soon as the fire passed over it. Levitating upward, Raven's eyes glowed black as a large boulder was now within her own control. Sweeping her arms to the right, the boulder collided with Malchior's side, causing the dragon to lose balance and fall onto its side. Raising its head, more fire shot from its mouth at Raven.

Raven started levitating once more to avoid the attack. Malchior soon regained his footing and used its tail to hit the ceiling, causing rocks to fall from above. Raven weaved through the falling rocks, but the dragon closed in and with one motion, snatched Raven from the air with its claw.

"Heh heh heh. Your powers seem to have improved since our last encounter, but they still present no challenge to me." Malchior was communicating telepathically once again, and it brought Raven closer to him as she struggled to try and get free. "Don't forget, I taught you everything you know about dark magic. Even if you don't want to remember, I remember it clearly..."

"Ouch."

Raven, in a bit of a surprise was astonished to hear a voice other than hers in her room. She thought it had come from the book she was reading.

"Umm...did you just...?" Raven asked the thick white book.

"Speak?" The book interrupted her and finished.

"Uh huh." Raven answered and nodded, it wasn't everyday that a book talked back to you.

"I did...and then you dropped me on my spine." The white book responded in a medieval English accent.

"Oh, sorry. Books aren't supposed to talk..." Raven stated the obvious. Yes, inanimate objects didn't usually respond to questions.

"True, fair maiden, but I am no book..." He responded. The book opened up and several pages flew by to reveal a handsome set of eyes, "I am a man. Malchior of Nol, at your service..."

"The wizard who faced the dread dragon, Rorek?" Raven had been reading the book and had quite enjoyed it.

"The wizard who defeated Rorek and is trapped in these pages by the dragon's final curse..."Malchior explained.

"Trapped? But that battle was almost..." Raven recollected.

"1000 years ago. And I've been waiting for someone to find me ever since." Malchior's book turned several more pages. One page opened up to reveal a picture of Raven, "Raven...I've been waiting for you..."

In the days that passed, the two had grown closer. Malchior had taught her various spells and dark magic which would help her increase her power to free him. Malchior's understanding of her dark powers opened up doors for Raven she never thought could. He was kind, gentle, and funny. His knowledge of the ancient ways were astonishing, but when the curse was broken, it was revealed that Malchior had switched the names. Rorek was the wizard, Malchior was the dragon. Malchior had used Raven to get what he needed. He had betrayed her trust and friendship, but eventually was sealed by the same curse back into his book.

"Foolish girl, you can't possibly hope to defeat me..." Malchior threw Raven against the wall after he finished speaking. She crashed into it and slid down to the floor. Opening her eyes, the dragon's mouth was open and fire shot from it directly at her. Firing back with her own dark energy, she couldn't stop the flow of the fire, as a combination of her own power and fire struck her. Raven fell down on her face, her body singed from the fire and her blue cloak had holes everywhere on it.

"Raven!!!" Starfire and Robin tried to hurry over to her, but Malchior fired instead at them, forcing a mismatched confrontation. Robin took out his grappling hook and fired it to avoid the fire blaze. He threw several small discs that contained a cooling solution, and upon entry to the atmosphere, caused large chunks of ice to form from it. They each hit Malchior's mouth, but it did not stop the blaze for long. Putting two birdarangs together, they formed a small sword as Robin struck the dragon's side. Malchior swung his tail which hit Robin and threw him against the wall.

Starfire threw several starbolts at Malchior. Each one hit the dragon, but each had no effect on him whatsoever. The dragon laughed a bit, but Starfire flew in and punched the dragon on its left cheek. The dragon, having underestimated Starfire's strength, fell to its side. It swung one more time with its tail, but Starfire caught it. She pulled with all of her strength and started swinging the dragon in circles. Eventually letting go, the dragon crashed down into some of the houses below. Standing up on all four's, the dragon spewed smoke from its nostrils and fired another fire blaze at Starfire.

"Get up, Raven!" Beast Boy was shouting in Raven's mind.

"Go away!" Raven shouted back.

"You can't sleep now. It's time you released your power." Beast Boy responded. He extended a hand to her, she took it and he helped pull her to her feet.

"What do you mean, release my power?" Raven asked as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"For some time now, your inner strength has been swelling up. It's time you let it out..." Beast Boy pointed right at her heart, "The power within you has been growing, use it!" Beast Boy took her hand and held it up to her own face. "Just let it go..."

"Why are you always in my head?!" Raven shouted back at him.

"Easy. I'm the one you think of most now. If you'd like, I can be become the ultimate form of evil!!!!" Beast Boy made a fist and rubbed it on his chest. He blew on it as he finished and raised his eyebrows a bit.

"Who, Trigon?!" Raven asked a bit surprised.

"No, silly, the meat factory president!!!" Beast Boy waved his arms around frantically. Raven chuckled a bit.

"I'm serious!" Beast Boy spoke and Raven wasn't quite sure if he was serious or not, "It's time to wake up now. Go, Raven!"

Raven's eyes opened suddenly. She held her head and saw Malchior was battling with Starfire and Robin, they were holding his attention, but losing the battle. Malchior's tail came down on Starfire, and Robin was smacked by his claws halfway across the room. Slowly, Raven rose to her feet and chanted, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Dark energy swirled from her arms, which caught Malchior's attention. Starfire retreated backwards with Robin in her arms, allowing Raven to take control once more.

Malchior looked over at Raven. The dragon's eyes narrowed a bit as he observed Raven. Its wings extended, Malchior took flight up into the air. Raven shot some more energy from her hands, but this time Malchior felt the full extent. The dragon shrieked out in pain and fell from the sky. Standing on all four's, the dragon spoke telepathically once more, "What is this?! You didn't have the power to hurt me moments ago! What's going on?!"

"My awakening..." Raven spoke those two words before a blinding white light consumed the entire area.

Back with Beast Boy and Cyborg...

A large gorilla was throwing another Slade commando against the wall. It hurled him before changing again into a turtle to avoid being shot by the hand lasers of other commandos. Changing into a leopard and hiding behind a large rock, Beast Boy reverted back to his normal shape. He was joined by Cyborg, who had taken cover and was shooting back sporadically. Thump thump. Beast Boy thought he had heard, no, he had felt something. What was that, just now?

Beast Boy looked at his hands. I definitely felt something, but what? Beast Boy tried figuring things out, but was having no luck at all. He closed his eyes, trying to remember what that feeling was. Instead, he felt himself being tugged away, and found himself in a small open field. The grass was green, the sun was filled with dark clouds, as a light rain started to come down. He looked down and saw a few white flowers. He picked one up and noticed that there was someone else with him. Walking over, he saw Raven, she was sitting in her white cloak and allowing some rain to fall on her face. She turned to look right at Beast Boy, and smiled at him. "Raven?"

"Yo! B.B.! Snap out of it and help me out here!" Cyborg's words shook Beast Boy from his out of body experience. Shaking his head several times, he looked up. Cyborg was having a very difficult time shooting back at some of the shots being fired. I can worry about that later, right now, it's time to fight... Beast Boy changed into a small ladybug and crawled around the rock. Once it was in front of the large group of commandos, the lady bug changed into a T-rex and roared. The green dinosaur swung its tail, as it caught all of the commandos firing at them. Beast Boy changed back into himself and made an inverted karate pose.

"You owe me big time! You owe me big time!" Beast Boy was having fun with the situation, but another commando had appeared right behind him and had taken aim at the green Titan. He never got a chance to fire, as a sonic cannon blast burst through his chest, causing the robot to cease function. Cyborg lowered his arm and glared back at him.

"Umm...call it even?" Beast Boy chuckled a bit.

"I think that's the last of them, what the hell are Slade commando's doing down here?!" Cyborg asked as he looked at his radar, "Now that we've finished up, the only thing left to do is ..."

Both men stopped and looked at each other in sudden surprise. They both said, "Terra..." at the realization of why they were attacked.

"Come on, we gotta find out where they took her!" Cyborg commanded at Beast Boy.

"What makes you so sure they didn't...you know..." Beast Boy dug his foot in the ground hard as he spoke.

"Because if they did, they would have just left right after finishing the job. Come on, we can still pick up on their trail..." With those last words, both Teen Titans headed deeper into the caverns.

Back with Malchior and Raven...

The blinding white light soon cleared up as everyone looked around to see what was going on. Malchior, Starfire, and Robin all soon found out what had happened. Raven was wearing a white cloak, her hair had grown longer, and she was glowing with white light surrounding her. She set down on the floor and with a glare, it caused the dark dragon to take several steps backwards.

"Raven..." Robin spoke up first. Raven had assumed the form she took when she defeated Trigon. Robin had figured out that when Raven's cloak was white, she was at her highest echelon of power. At that time, she had the power to bring down the intergalactic demon, Trigon. If his theory was correct, Malchior didn't stand a slim chance.

Raven took a step forward and pointed her right arm towards the dragon. White light shot from it and caused the dragon to shriek out in agonizing pain once more, but it held for much longer than any of her previous attacks. The dragon tried to stand on all four's, but found it extremely difficult. It's knees were shaking, and the dark dragon tried firing directly at Raven. She didn't even move from the fire blaze, but as the smoke cleared, Raven still stood there and looked up at the dragon.

"Impossible!! Where did you get so much power?!" Malchior shouted telepathically. Raven didn't answer him, but instead spoke, "It's time..."

Raven's hands glowed with her usual dark energy, but once it cleared, it showed the white book of which bound Malchior to.

"You can't go far without this book, you're still somewhat bound to it. I could feel it nearby in one of the houses, clever place to hide it..." Raven spoke up.

"Nooooo!!!!" Malchior shrieked out and shot fire once more, but again, it had no effect on Raven.

Raven opened up the book and chanted, "Alderon and Lethranel, Vol Soulanurus Nor!!!" White magic shot from the book and struck the dragon. It tried squirming, but to no avail. It dissipated and vanished back within the book from which it came. Winner: Raven!

Raven's cloak turned blue and she fell to the ground from exhaustion. Robin and Starfire hurried over and picked her up so she could speak.

"Raven, that was..." Robin started.

"Unbelievable..." Starfire finished. They had an odd sense of deja vu, remembering back after the fight with Trigon.

"Actually, it wasn't. I need to rest for a while, though." Raven spoke as Starfire laid her down against the wall so she could sleep a bit. As she did, Robin's communicator went off. He picked it from his utility belt, "Robin here, Cyborg report."

"Terra's gone, she was taken by a bunch of Slade's commando robots." Cyborg said through his forearm, "We've been trying to track down where they were headed, but so far, nothing..." Cyborg stuffed his face with something as Robin looked through his communicator.

"What are you eating?" Robin asked a bit irritated.

"Chocolate, dude, there's a ton of it around here. Want me to bring you back some?" Cyborg held up a large box of assorted chocolates.

"Robin out." And the communication relay went dead.

"You guys should go on ahead..." Raven had woken up slightly and was addressing her two friends.

Robin and Starfire turned to face Raven. Starfire spoke the obvious, "But we can not leave you here all alone in this lonely place of darkness!"

Raven held up her hand and placed it on Starfire's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll catch up as soon as I regain some strength. Go, I don't think Slade anticipated us making it this far. Beast Boy, Cyborg and I will eventually catch up, so we'll be the reinforcements if anything gets too crazy."

Robin nodded and placed his hand on Starfire's shoulder. She looked up at him, teary eyed, but eventually stood up herself. "Please take care, friend Raven. I could not forgive myself if something were to happen..."

Raven nodded as the two remaining Titans headed off to face their remaining challengers. She concentrated as a black energy shield surrounded her completely before falling asleep to rest.

As Raven continues to rest, Starfire and Robin head further into the shrine. Cyborg and Beast Boy continue to track Terra's whereabouts, what dangers still lurk within the shadows as they move forward?

Next Time: Chapter 35 - A Sister's Grudge

Starfire and Robin arrive to find their next challenger, Blackfire. Can Starfire alone win the battle against her sister after asking Robin to sit idly by? You definitely won't wanna miss it!

A/N: I probably misspelled Raven's last curse, but I have very little familiarity with curses and goth experiences. So if anyone was offended, sorry. I did the best I could.