Shangri-la
Gothic: Is there going to be a sequel? Will Jinx sue me for using her line? Will I remember to reveal Sunafire's powers? (Sunafire's powers are the best, so I've saved them 'til this chappie.) Why can't I find the right poem for this chapter in my writing book? I go back to school tomorrow, and they've blocked ff.net on the school computers! Why! *melodramatics and fake tears*
Kitty: Gothic does not own the Teen Titans, and look out for another one of her poems coming soon, when she gets around to writing it!
Evil Raven: I am about to destroy the Titans! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Draygion: Why do you have to
laugh like that?!?!
Evil Raven: Um, I'm evil? Duh.
Gothic: Great. Now those two will be going at each other all the way through the fic. Oh, and the full potential relationship of StarxRobin will be in this chappie! I've planned BBxRae for later, so enjoy StarxRobin for now! On with the ficcie!
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Everyone looked up when a huge bang went up outside, and the tower shook violently.
"What the heck was that?" Robin asked whilst scrambling to his feet.
The glass of the main window was shattered in one clean swoop, glass flying everywhere. Trigon's huge face appeared where the glass had been, followed by the shadow of Raven dropping through a portal from the roof.
"Oh no." Beast Boy froze. Raven smiled, then hissed back at him.
"Oh yes."
"TITANS! GO! HOLD OFF RAVEN AND GO FOR TRIGON!" Robin yelled his commands to the terrified teens around him, before launching himself into battle with Raven.
"I just knew you'd say something like that." Raven sarcastically remarked, dodging Robin oncoming attack. "But still, there's an advantage knowing your battle strategy."
"Shut up and fight me!" Robin angrily drew out his staff, and pushed the end towards Raven. She ducked out of the way, before swinging her arm back again to get a direct hit on the side of his head. Robin went down in agony.
"I don't want to fight you anymore. I want to fight someone else, that's more of a challenge." Raven shrugged her shoulders, then flew upwards to the roof through another portal.
Trigon meanwhile had Starfire and her sisters on the run, as well as Cyborg and the rest of the Trigon 5. They were attacking Trigon whilst Robin and everyone else provided the distraction they needed. Chain meanwhile was busy planning how to get to Trigon and do some serious damage. Her weapon was no ordinary chain, it was highly charged by her demonic powers. She would hurt Trigon, or at least do him some damage.
"Hey? Where Raven? She was here a minute ago?" Sweetfire asked whilst recovering from a back slash Trigon had thrown at her.
"Disappeared upwards through a portal. This is really starting to piss me off." Sunafire added, whilst also recovering from a heat eye beam that had nearly badly burnt her arm.
"If she went upwards, then it's likely she's on the roof. Waiting for an opponent, no doubt." Draygion commented, whilst fighting off demon ravens Trigon had blasted at him.
The roof huh? Waiting for an opponent? Well that opponent is going to be me, and I'll make sure she goes down. Without hurting her too much that is. Beast Boy thoughtfully ducked away from several ravens, and quickly darted for the exit. He made his way to the staircase leading to the roof, and carefully began to make his way up. He could see the red skies still, and the horns of Trigon sticking up from the open door at the top. Raven was nowhere in sight.
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Back in the main room, Trigon was slowly but surely beating his adversary. The room itself was a wreck, and the ceiling above beginning to
collapse. Pieces of rubble, mortar and plaster were starting to crumble away, creating a dangerous battlefield for the Titans.
"Robin! Robin! Are you alright?" Aqualad fought his way through to where Starfire was carefully protecting the unconscious Robin. "Starfire! It's
getting too dangerous to fight in here any longer! The place is falling in on us! Come on, we have to get out!"
"But Robin is not awake! How can we get him out? And there is no open exit!" Starfire blasted a raven away, before tending once more to the clean gash Raven had sliced across the right of his head.
"Hey! Where's BB? And what happened to Robin?" Cyborg made his grand entrance on the scene, now blasting at Trigon's head. Trigon merely moved his head sideways, the cannon not even touching him.
"Raven knocked Robin out. And I haven't a clue as to where Beast Boy is." Firgu answered from beside him.
"Oh man! We're getting our asses kicked! Com' on, we gotta try sumthin' else! I hate these damn ravens!" Cy complained whilst fighting off a fresh attack from Trigon.
"Worthless Titans! You are not a threat to me! Prepare to feel my wrath!" Trigon unleashed a fireball, nearly destroying the entire room, and leaving a huge hole in the centre of the room.
"Watch out! Starfire! Robin!" Draygion shouted as the floor dissolved away in the direction of the two. Starfire was not quick enough to move as the floor collapsed beneath her. Starfire and the unconscious Robin plunged down several floors through the hole, Starfire's screams echoing back up.
"Star…." Cyborg froze for a minute, a tear dropping from his eye. "Robin…."
"MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Trigon triumphantly laughed, before throwing a second fireball at the unwary teens. "SEE HOW EASILY I CAN DEFEAT YOU!" He watched the startled Titans either levitate in fright or run for cover. Moonfire and Sunafire were badly burned, Draygion narrowly escaping being fried to death as the fireball hurtled straight for him.
"Okay that's it! I've had enough of you! Ow….. " Sunafire angrily turned towards Trigon.
"Heh, heh, heh. Do you really think you stand a chance of defeating me?"
Trigon, amused, chuckled.
"This time, you are going down!" Sunafire closed her eyes and whispered strange
words. As if they were stand beside it, the sounds of the sea reached their
ears. Joyful thoughts of Trigon destroyed and this world restored came to her
mind. As she opened her eyes, they glowed a bright white. Her hands glowed as
she whispered three words loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Sinoto, Grathios, Drasin." She released a bright white Sunabolt from her left hand, as Trigon withdrawed in surprise.
"A Spirit Guide? But, that is impossible…." He gasped in surprise.
"Oh that's very possible. Only two are born once every century, and I am one of the two. So…" She smiled. "You have a problem."
For a minute Trigon added up his odds. Then, he laughed once more. "Heh, heh, heh. So what if you're a Spirit Guide? I am the most powerful demon in the 1000 Dimensions!"
"I don't think so."
Trigon looked up so see Chain there. He stared for a minute, then spoke in the most harrowing voice yet to be heard.
"You…." 4 eyes narrowed in disgust. "You again…..This time you are dead."
"And I'm so scared. Take this demon boy." Chain, wielding her chain, swung it for the gem. As she was in mid air, being able to levitate like any other demon, she got a direct hit. The gem shattered, into a thousand pieces, drawing black blood where the gem had been. Trigon howled to the skies in pain and rage.
"Cool. Now that's neat." Sunstar remarked from beside Cyborg.
Where's the door to the roof?" Chain asked
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Up on the roof, Beast Boy had ended up being involved in a combat with Raven. He had found her standing by the edge of the tower, looking down. When she had detected him close by, Rae had spun around, and the fight had spiralled from there. Strangely enough for Beast Boy, he didn't want to fight Raven, something inside of him not wanting to fight her. However much he told himself that this was not the Raven he knew, he couldn't get it into his head, and the feeling of not wanting to fight her inside remained.
He had tried to fight it, but fighting your feelings about the enemy you're fighting at the same time was not easy. He had now landed himself in the shit, as Raven had him flat on his back, and had pinned the changeling to the ground. He could of shape shifted, and got away from her, but that thought never reached his brain.
"You are more pathetic than that puny human. Why am I wasting my time on you?" Raven sneered.
"Uh, you wanted an opponent?" Beast Boy nervously replied. He was shocked at the reaction from Raven. Suddenly, as she heard this remark, she froze. It triggered memories, thoughts feelings, that ran circles round Raven's mind. She screamed and backed off from Beast Boy, clutching her head in seemingly painful thoughts.
"Rae? What's happening to you?" Beast Boy scrambled to his feet, and crawled over to where Raven had collapsed onto the floor. For Beast Boy's one joke, however corny, had tapped into the one spark of humanity left in Raven, and ignited that spark. Overcome by the sudden onslaught of memories, that told of what she had been, the moody goth, the day she had found true friends in Beast Boy and Cyborg, the time she had found her brother, overloaded her already crowded brain. Mingled in with these memories was the painful feelings, the joys and sadness, the pain of when she had found Arella, the fears of defeating her dark side the first time. The feelings came back to her, the feeling of being able to talk with her friends, the feelings of safety and warmth. It was too much for her to take, the darkness within beginning to become unstable.
"Raven! Talk to me! What's happening to you! Why are you in pain?" Beast Boy, upon reaching Raven, carefully pulled back her hood. She didn't complain, her thoughts preoccupied with other matters. Her black hair flowed down her back, reaching the floor almost, as it seemed to of grown a lot in the last few days. The traumatised demon was in pain, darkness fighting light. The darkness would eventually win, but not before Raven went through a lot of pain, as the human in her wasn't going to give up that easily. If anyone could help her, it was going to be Chain, but Chain was currently held up making her way up.
"Hey! What's happening?!?!" Chain shouted making her way across the helicopter pad. "How did this happen?" She gasped in realisation.
"You know what happening to Rae?" Beast Boy asked.
"You must have released her human side. Somehow. There's a huge battle going on in her head, with her dark side fighting against her human side." Chain knelt in front of her old friend, examining her pale, frightened eyes. "She doesn't have much time left. I have to get in there, or her dark side will take over completely. We'll never get her back." Chain's desperate expression sparked a few fears in Beast Boy, worry for his friend dominating his thoughts.
"Um, how did I release her human side?"
"You must of said something
she recognised before this happened. You've probably saved her, 'cause it's now
that she's at her weakest."
"I told a joke. And I always joke at least 10 times a day." Beast Boy crept
further forward, praying that Raven would be all right.
"You do tell a lot of jokes. She probably recognised that joke as you, helping Raven's human side to come out. Now, lay her down on her back. Yes like that."
Beast Boy did as the demon commanded, feeling worried and slightly joyful.
"I'm going to go into her mind." Chain continued. "Come around behind me and catch my body when I enter. Lay me down like you have Raven." Chain closed her eyes and concentrated as Beast Boy scooted around behind her. Then, the reality of Chain's world faded, as she found herself in Raven's mind. The figure of Raven pure, and in white fighting the dark Raven, the Raven everyone could see on the outside at the moment. The red skies ruled against the shadow of the moon, many rocks being destroyed and torn apart in the raging battle.
"Raven! Raven it's me Chain. I've come to help you!" Chain could do nothing but watch, as the pure Raven was put down, time after time, the darkness winning against the light.
"I do not need your help!" The darkness hissed, turning red glowing eyes to face Chain.
"I am here to help her." Chain spoke as if quoting from a scripture book. "And together, we will defeat you."
"You do not stand a chance!" The dark Raven turned to throw fireballs, like her father, at Chain.
"Leave her alone!" Raven stood up before the darkness threatening to consume her. "I will not let you win this time!"
And together, friends standing by each other, Raven and Chain began to fight back.
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Outside, in reality, Beast Boy was starting to get very anxious. Long ago, he had caught Chain seemingly lifeless body, and carefully laid her body down. He had then watched Raven begin to shake, before her eyes finally shut, and the battle for control began.
"Come on Chain, you can do it. Help Rae fight this darkness." He sat down once again, before a blast could be heard below, and the building shook and shivered. He had almost forgotten about the battle still going on below
"Right. Trigon's still at it with the others. Hope they're coping alright."
The others weren't alright at all. Trigon had them on the run, and there was no sign of Starfire or Robin. At the moment, Trigon was holding Cyborg between two fingers, and laughing, amused at the helpless struggling of Cyborg. The blast that had shook the building had been Cyborg trying to shoot Trigon's grasp on him. Trigon just positioned Cy so that he shot at the tower instead of at the demon.
"Let him go!" Suna shouted whilst throwing another Sunabolt. This hit Trigon hand, and he dropped Cy to examine the fresh burn on his hand.
"You will pay for that!" Trigon bellowed. With this cry, he shot a fireball at the nearest available target, this happened to be Sunafire. She was also not quick enough to move out of the way, and would of suffered a similar fate to her sister had Firgu not darted down and snatched her out of the way. She was terrified, not letting go of her saviour for a minute, who comforted Sunafire, hugging and speaking soothing words to her. Had the situation not been so serious, Moonfire would have teased her little sister.
Zuthion meanwhile, was having a slight problem. With Trigon being her father, she was bound to him by blood. This meant that she could not do any real damage. Sadly, this only affected her, as she was a half demon. So, right now, she was trying to avoid several hundred fireballs coming her way.
"Start wishing everyone! It's gonna take a miracle to win this battle!" Cyborg shouted encouragement, whilst trying to get to his feet. But he was too tired, as was everyone else still there. The tower was close to caving in, the foundations beginning to give way, and the more solid parts of the building starting to crumble and become unstable.
"Victory is mine!" Trigon cried to the blood red skies.
Everything, it seemed, was lost.
Except for the miracle that was about to happen.
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Deep inside Raven's mind, Chain and the pure Raven were at odds with the enemy. They had been fighting for what had seemed like a lifetime, no real advantage coming to their use. But, slowly but surely, the two friends were winning.
"You cannot defeat me! I am you, and always will be!" The cruel laughter of what had been Raven for too long echoed into the darkness.
"You are going back where you belong!" Raven shot her black and white aura, challenging her opposition. She succeeded in blasting the darkness away from her, and knocking her vision for a minute. This allowed Chain to come up behind and smash her chain whip into the darkness's back. She howled in pain, and shot her fireballs randomly into the air, almost hitting Chain. The dark Raven unleashed her ultimate weapon, - the darkness itself. She blasted Chain, and then hit the pure Raven. She dominated the battlefield, not wary of what was about to happen.
Outside, Beast Boy was still watching the two demons. He had watched Raven's expression change from triumphant to saddened losses, and right now her 4 still demon eyes were pale and frightened looking still. She was shaking, and clearly losing the battle going on inside her head. Beast Boy crept closer to her body, and carefully stroked the pale cheek of his once friend.
"Come on Rae, I know you can do this. I have faith in you. I'll never leave you." Beast Boy's words were from the heart. And even though he whispered them, Raven heard the words, and felt his affection. And deep down inside the pureness of her heart, Raven suddenly realised.
Beast Boy liked her, - as more than a friend. If she was correct, then Beast Boy fancied her.
This was a bit of a shock to Raven for a start, but then the reality settled in.
He was with her.
He had faith in her.
And she wasn't giving up anytime soon.
It was time to claim what was hers.
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Gothic: *sobs uncontrollably and cries* I will say it now! BB 4 RAE 4 EVA!!! And if writing that last part made me cry, then what's going to happen when I get to the real lurve parts?
Kitty: We know this is a short chapter, just over 3,000 words, but the next chappie will be longer, we promise.
BB: I love Raven…..
Every Titan: WE ALL KNOW THAT!!!
BB: *embarrassed* Uh, justreviewandGothicwillbehappyandthenRavenwillnotkillmeandwherehaveRobinandStargone?
Gothic: I will work on the whole 'love' thing between RobinxStar and BBxRae. There's also gonna be a little romance between SunaxFirgu, making the romance front much more interesting. So, if you review, I will update quicker. Next chappie up soon if you lovely readers review. =^_^=
