Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Disclaimer: only Titan I own is Vampyre, none others. I also don't own the title "Something Wicked this way comes", it just seems a good title. Another FYI, if this, or any other of my stories offends you, it was not meant to offend anyone, just entertain people.
Thx: softballtitan009, Raventhedarkgoddess. And to anyone else who reviews and like this story.
Outside of the Titans Tower, afternoon.
Jab, Left kick, right hook, Lung punch, Roundhouse, right hook, left jab, Sweeping left heel-crusher, Roundhouse face-plant, Spinning rib-smasher.
After executing all of these moves, Vampyre finally broke through Robin's defense and executed his most powerful combo: Sweeping left heel-crusher, Roundhouse face-plant, Spinning rib-smasher. Starfire screamed when Vamp's last kick hit Robin in the ribs, because it made a loud crack. His rib is broken, Vampyre thought, well, I guess I have to fix it.
"Back away Star, you don't wanna see this," Vampyre told her when she ran up to see if Robin was okay.
"Okay"
Vampyre bent down to Robin's still form, pulled a vial from his pocket, opened Robin's mouth and emptied the vial's contents into Robin's mouth. Robin thrashed around while his body twisted this way and that, but then lay back still. Everyone waited with baited breath, but when Robin got up and rubbed his ribs, Raven and Star breathed again.
"How do you feel Robin?" Vampyre asked.
"Queasy, but otherwise fine." Robin replied, "I do, however, remember you cracking my rib. I know you did some damage, so why don't I feel the pain?"
"Because in studying Necromancy, I studied life and death. I developed a... well... curse, but it isn't harmful. Quite the opposite, as Robin just proved, it heals, not injures."
"I don't get it" Robin said, confused. Raven stepped forward.
"Perhaps I can explain better. Necromancy studies life and death, and how to prevent each. Pain often brings death; therefore he knows how to prevent it." Raven explained.
"Okay, now I get it," Robin said, a look of full understanding on his face. Star still looked confused though.
"I still don't understand," She chirped from behind Vampyre.
"Well, Star, maybe you just weren't meant to understand, but I'll try to explain in the simplest way I can. I study life and death. I can prevent both. Pain often brings death. Robin was in pain. I prevented that pain from getting any worse. Got it now?" (The reason Vampyre explains what he did piece-meal was so Starfire could understand clearly.)
"Oh" Starfire said, embarrassed.
"Ah, don't worry about it, took me a year to understand it." Vampyre said, cracking a slight smile.
Titans main room, the night.
"What moving pictures shall we watch friends?" Starfire asked.
"Horror" Raven and Vampyre said.
"Action" Robin said.
"Comedy" Beast Boy said.
"Sci-fi" Cyborg said.
"I did not know we could view all four of these moving pictures at once" Starfire responded to all the requests, with a confused look on her face.
"We can't" Raven said, monotonously.
"Let's take a vote, the type of movie with the most votes, gets watched." Vampyre suggested.
"All who wish to view horror?" Starfire commanded more than asked. Vampyre and Raven raised their hands.
"Action?" Robin raised his hand.
"Comedy?" BB raised his hand.
"Sci-fi?" Cyborg raised his hand.
"Horror it is" Raven said. Everyone but Raven and Vampyre groaned. Raven and Vamp chose the video, "Eternal Rest" (A/n I know that title may be... well... cheesy, but it fits better than Graffiti doesn't it?) About halfway into the film, Robin said, "I'm going to go make popcorn."
"And I shall accompany him" Starfire said, floating up, along-side Robin.
"I'll make sure they have comedy relief, so when it gets hard (insert perverted remark here, or just laugh) to make popcorn, I can make them laugh" Beast Boy said, joining Robin and Starfire in the kitchen.
"And I'll make sure they don't get lost, you never know when the lights will go." Cyborg said, walking quickly to catch up to the others. As Raven and Vampyre watched the movie, Raven inched closer. Either Vampyre didn't notice, or didn't care, but he did put his arm around her when she was sitting very close to him.
"Damn it!" Vampyre said, through gritted teeth. "They just can't shut up can they?" He leapt over the couch and stalked away to the kitchen.
*Raven's point of view* -Raven's thoughts- Why now? Why do they always have to interrupt at the worst times? Just when I was so close to getting a kiss. I was so close to him, and he was so close to me. It just doesn't make sense, I just don't understand sometimes. Why now though?
Titan's kitchen, middle of movie, Eternal Rest.
Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg were in the kitchen, having a food fight. Food was everywhere.
"ENOUGH!" Vampyre yelled, making his voice echo for effect. All of the Titans stopped right where they were, and turned to look at Vampyre. Beast Boy had a handful of who knows what. Starfire was ducking behind a cabinet. Robin was hit in the face with a hamburger. Cyborg had just thrown the hamburger that hit Robin. Vampyre walked, and with each step, the black energy surrounding Vampyre grew larger. When he got to Robin, it gathered around him, like a cloak.
"You have caused enough, now have you not? If I come back in here again, and you are food fighting, it will be hell on earth." He said, slamming his hand down on the table, causing it to break. The other Titans nodded, scared looks on their faces. "I'm not asking the impossible am I? Because if I am then please tell me now." When nobody said anything, he returned to the couch.
Vampyre found Raven asleep on the couch. He picked her up and, cradling her gently, carried her towards the hallway where her room was located. She was talking in her sleep, or, more of, nightmare. When Raven began to breathe harder, with a twisted look on her face, Vampyre began to rock her gently. The rocking had the intended effect of calming Raven down. Vampyre could wake her up, but decided not to, to just let her sleep. When they got to her room, Vampyre collapsed on her bed with her.
Raven's room, early morning.
A surprise greeted Raven's eyes when she woke up. Vampyre was lying beside her, his arm behind her back, as if he was holding her. She felt the room grow hot, and she became a little dizzy.
"Vampyre?" Raven asked softly. His eyes blinked a couple of times, and he finally opened them. "How did I get in my bed? The last I remember was the T. V."
"After I saw that you had fallen asleep, I carried you here. When I was close enough to your bed...I don't know...my brain just, kind of...well...shut down, and I collapsed." He said, His cheeks going a slight red, still pale, but with a red quality. Raven smiled, and quickly kissed Vampyre on his cheek, making it go even redder. When he smiled warmly, Raven blushed.
Titans Tower main room, morning
All of the Titans were tired after last night, but Vampyre seemed the least tired, and then Raven, who had fallen asleep on the couch. Ironically, they were the first two awake, or Raven was the first awake. Vampyre just never went to sleep. When Raven walked in, Vampyre was making some herbal tea. He offered her a cup, which she gladly accepted. Then, dropping the cup, he began to clutch at his chest, a look of intense pain on his face. After screaming, he...exploded; sending bits everywhere, and splattering Raven's face with blood. Raven screamed, then screamed again. If he just exploded, and I am covered in his blood, then how is he holding Beast Boy and Cyborg, Raven asked herself.
"I told you two to STAY-OUT-OF-MY-ROOM!" Vampyre yelled at BB and Cyborg.
"How...? If you... I just saw..." Raven tried to find the truth in what had happened.
"Shadow clone, not the real me. I knew something like this would happen, so I prepared for it. I did offer you the tea, but then I had to replace myself with a clone." He explained. Raven was still, by the look on her face.
"Curses are not docile servants, they will turn on you, if you make a mistake. When they meddled with them, the curses turned on what they assumed was me. Necromancy does not come without its costs though, for I find that I must meditate everyday." Raven finally understood.
"I get it now. But what about those two?" She asked, cracking Vampyre's malevolent smile.
"They get to hang upside-down until lunch. Then they have to eat whatever the other normally would. For example, Beast Boy, can only eat real meat, no tofu. And Cyborg, has to eat tofu." Vampyre said, tying them up. "Let this be a lesson to you. If you go in my room again, I will tie you up for the entire day, and you will go hungry for that day. Got it?" They both nodded. Raven was itching to laugh, to just let it out for once. Vampyre walked over to Raven and wiped the blood off her face. She had forgotten about the blood. He pulled out a second cup, pulled a vial out of his pocket, and poured it in his cup. Raven looked in his cup, which looked like herbal tea.
"What is it?" She asked Vampyre.
"Herbal tea. I know I could make some more, but I don't want to."
"Oh"
Meanwhile Beast Boy was making kissy faces at Vampyre. Vampyre was over there in 2 seconds flat.
"You know what Beast Boy? You get a special bonus. You get to hang from the side of the Tower." He said, untying Cyborg, and taking Beast Boy to the top of the Tower. Robin walked in at this point. When he saw Beast Boy had a long rope tied around legs, and the short rope binding his hands, he just rubbed his eyes.
"I'm just gonna assume, that whatever they did, they deserved it?" Robin asked Raven, while Vampyre stalked off to the top of the Tower. They heard Beast Boy yell, "DUDE! Stop playing around, I hate heights!" Then Vampyre said something they couldn't hear. He walked back down, smiling.
"I figure I let him hang around for about 15 minutes, then see if he learned his lesson. If not, he hangs there for 5 hours." He said. Starfire walked in, with a cheerful greeting as usual. When no one said that it was too early, she looked puzzled.
"Did I miss something?" She asked.
"A lot, but nothing to freak out over" Raven replied.
"Time to check on the Beast." Vampyre said, walking to the stairs. A few, tense minutes later, Vampyre returned, followed by Beast Boy. This was when it happened. Raven suddenly stopped moving, and stared straight ahead. Her mouth was gaping open, her eyes started to glow red. Then in a voice that was not her own, "Enjoy your last days with free will. When I take over Earth, you will serve me as slaves. Mwahahahaha" Raven fell out of the trance and collapsed, only to be caught by Vampyre.
"Trigon" He breathed, his voice low and dangerous.
"Shall I accompany you to friend Raven's room?" Starfire asked.
"No, I need to go alone." He replied, taking Raven and walking towards his room.
Vampyre's room.
Raven was lying on Vampyre's bed, unconscious. Vampyre himself was musing over all sorts of different books. When Raven woke up, some 30 minutes later, Vampyre was talking to someone, someone she couldn't see.
"This isn't good, you're sure you can't do anything to prevent this?" Vampyre asked whomever.
"Nothing, the best I could do is warn you, which I just did. I have to go now, good luck Vampyre!" The figure said. Vampyre looked over to Raven, who was watching his every move. She looked at him as though he were a traitor.
"Raven-"
"What just happened?" She asked, accusingly.
"A contact. He warned me that Trigon is going to try to take over Earth. It's going to be slowly though, use demonic influence to corrupt the city. Then, when the city is more susceptible, take over." He explained.
"Vampyre, you may not have been here very long, but I feel I can trust you. So how do we stop it?" Raven asked.
"We kill Trigon. Simple as it sounds, it's not, and it's going to be extremely complicated." Vampyre replied.
"Doesn't look like we have a choice does it?" Raven asked "But we have to stop my father, once and for all" Vampyre just smiled at this. He would relish the chance to face Trigon in combat once again, because, he had an old grudge to settle with Trigon.
Disclaimer: only Titan I own is Vampyre, none others. I also don't own the title "Something Wicked this way comes", it just seems a good title. Another FYI, if this, or any other of my stories offends you, it was not meant to offend anyone, just entertain people.
Thx: softballtitan009, Raventhedarkgoddess. And to anyone else who reviews and like this story.
Outside of the Titans Tower, afternoon.
Jab, Left kick, right hook, Lung punch, Roundhouse, right hook, left jab, Sweeping left heel-crusher, Roundhouse face-plant, Spinning rib-smasher.
After executing all of these moves, Vampyre finally broke through Robin's defense and executed his most powerful combo: Sweeping left heel-crusher, Roundhouse face-plant, Spinning rib-smasher. Starfire screamed when Vamp's last kick hit Robin in the ribs, because it made a loud crack. His rib is broken, Vampyre thought, well, I guess I have to fix it.
"Back away Star, you don't wanna see this," Vampyre told her when she ran up to see if Robin was okay.
"Okay"
Vampyre bent down to Robin's still form, pulled a vial from his pocket, opened Robin's mouth and emptied the vial's contents into Robin's mouth. Robin thrashed around while his body twisted this way and that, but then lay back still. Everyone waited with baited breath, but when Robin got up and rubbed his ribs, Raven and Star breathed again.
"How do you feel Robin?" Vampyre asked.
"Queasy, but otherwise fine." Robin replied, "I do, however, remember you cracking my rib. I know you did some damage, so why don't I feel the pain?"
"Because in studying Necromancy, I studied life and death. I developed a... well... curse, but it isn't harmful. Quite the opposite, as Robin just proved, it heals, not injures."
"I don't get it" Robin said, confused. Raven stepped forward.
"Perhaps I can explain better. Necromancy studies life and death, and how to prevent each. Pain often brings death; therefore he knows how to prevent it." Raven explained.
"Okay, now I get it," Robin said, a look of full understanding on his face. Star still looked confused though.
"I still don't understand," She chirped from behind Vampyre.
"Well, Star, maybe you just weren't meant to understand, but I'll try to explain in the simplest way I can. I study life and death. I can prevent both. Pain often brings death. Robin was in pain. I prevented that pain from getting any worse. Got it now?" (The reason Vampyre explains what he did piece-meal was so Starfire could understand clearly.)
"Oh" Starfire said, embarrassed.
"Ah, don't worry about it, took me a year to understand it." Vampyre said, cracking a slight smile.
Titans main room, the night.
"What moving pictures shall we watch friends?" Starfire asked.
"Horror" Raven and Vampyre said.
"Action" Robin said.
"Comedy" Beast Boy said.
"Sci-fi" Cyborg said.
"I did not know we could view all four of these moving pictures at once" Starfire responded to all the requests, with a confused look on her face.
"We can't" Raven said, monotonously.
"Let's take a vote, the type of movie with the most votes, gets watched." Vampyre suggested.
"All who wish to view horror?" Starfire commanded more than asked. Vampyre and Raven raised their hands.
"Action?" Robin raised his hand.
"Comedy?" BB raised his hand.
"Sci-fi?" Cyborg raised his hand.
"Horror it is" Raven said. Everyone but Raven and Vampyre groaned. Raven and Vamp chose the video, "Eternal Rest" (A/n I know that title may be... well... cheesy, but it fits better than Graffiti doesn't it?) About halfway into the film, Robin said, "I'm going to go make popcorn."
"And I shall accompany him" Starfire said, floating up, along-side Robin.
"I'll make sure they have comedy relief, so when it gets hard (insert perverted remark here, or just laugh) to make popcorn, I can make them laugh" Beast Boy said, joining Robin and Starfire in the kitchen.
"And I'll make sure they don't get lost, you never know when the lights will go." Cyborg said, walking quickly to catch up to the others. As Raven and Vampyre watched the movie, Raven inched closer. Either Vampyre didn't notice, or didn't care, but he did put his arm around her when she was sitting very close to him.
"Damn it!" Vampyre said, through gritted teeth. "They just can't shut up can they?" He leapt over the couch and stalked away to the kitchen.
*Raven's point of view* -Raven's thoughts- Why now? Why do they always have to interrupt at the worst times? Just when I was so close to getting a kiss. I was so close to him, and he was so close to me. It just doesn't make sense, I just don't understand sometimes. Why now though?
Titan's kitchen, middle of movie, Eternal Rest.
Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg were in the kitchen, having a food fight. Food was everywhere.
"ENOUGH!" Vampyre yelled, making his voice echo for effect. All of the Titans stopped right where they were, and turned to look at Vampyre. Beast Boy had a handful of who knows what. Starfire was ducking behind a cabinet. Robin was hit in the face with a hamburger. Cyborg had just thrown the hamburger that hit Robin. Vampyre walked, and with each step, the black energy surrounding Vampyre grew larger. When he got to Robin, it gathered around him, like a cloak.
"You have caused enough, now have you not? If I come back in here again, and you are food fighting, it will be hell on earth." He said, slamming his hand down on the table, causing it to break. The other Titans nodded, scared looks on their faces. "I'm not asking the impossible am I? Because if I am then please tell me now." When nobody said anything, he returned to the couch.
Vampyre found Raven asleep on the couch. He picked her up and, cradling her gently, carried her towards the hallway where her room was located. She was talking in her sleep, or, more of, nightmare. When Raven began to breathe harder, with a twisted look on her face, Vampyre began to rock her gently. The rocking had the intended effect of calming Raven down. Vampyre could wake her up, but decided not to, to just let her sleep. When they got to her room, Vampyre collapsed on her bed with her.
Raven's room, early morning.
A surprise greeted Raven's eyes when she woke up. Vampyre was lying beside her, his arm behind her back, as if he was holding her. She felt the room grow hot, and she became a little dizzy.
"Vampyre?" Raven asked softly. His eyes blinked a couple of times, and he finally opened them. "How did I get in my bed? The last I remember was the T. V."
"After I saw that you had fallen asleep, I carried you here. When I was close enough to your bed...I don't know...my brain just, kind of...well...shut down, and I collapsed." He said, His cheeks going a slight red, still pale, but with a red quality. Raven smiled, and quickly kissed Vampyre on his cheek, making it go even redder. When he smiled warmly, Raven blushed.
Titans Tower main room, morning
All of the Titans were tired after last night, but Vampyre seemed the least tired, and then Raven, who had fallen asleep on the couch. Ironically, they were the first two awake, or Raven was the first awake. Vampyre just never went to sleep. When Raven walked in, Vampyre was making some herbal tea. He offered her a cup, which she gladly accepted. Then, dropping the cup, he began to clutch at his chest, a look of intense pain on his face. After screaming, he...exploded; sending bits everywhere, and splattering Raven's face with blood. Raven screamed, then screamed again. If he just exploded, and I am covered in his blood, then how is he holding Beast Boy and Cyborg, Raven asked herself.
"I told you two to STAY-OUT-OF-MY-ROOM!" Vampyre yelled at BB and Cyborg.
"How...? If you... I just saw..." Raven tried to find the truth in what had happened.
"Shadow clone, not the real me. I knew something like this would happen, so I prepared for it. I did offer you the tea, but then I had to replace myself with a clone." He explained. Raven was still, by the look on her face.
"Curses are not docile servants, they will turn on you, if you make a mistake. When they meddled with them, the curses turned on what they assumed was me. Necromancy does not come without its costs though, for I find that I must meditate everyday." Raven finally understood.
"I get it now. But what about those two?" She asked, cracking Vampyre's malevolent smile.
"They get to hang upside-down until lunch. Then they have to eat whatever the other normally would. For example, Beast Boy, can only eat real meat, no tofu. And Cyborg, has to eat tofu." Vampyre said, tying them up. "Let this be a lesson to you. If you go in my room again, I will tie you up for the entire day, and you will go hungry for that day. Got it?" They both nodded. Raven was itching to laugh, to just let it out for once. Vampyre walked over to Raven and wiped the blood off her face. She had forgotten about the blood. He pulled out a second cup, pulled a vial out of his pocket, and poured it in his cup. Raven looked in his cup, which looked like herbal tea.
"What is it?" She asked Vampyre.
"Herbal tea. I know I could make some more, but I don't want to."
"Oh"
Meanwhile Beast Boy was making kissy faces at Vampyre. Vampyre was over there in 2 seconds flat.
"You know what Beast Boy? You get a special bonus. You get to hang from the side of the Tower." He said, untying Cyborg, and taking Beast Boy to the top of the Tower. Robin walked in at this point. When he saw Beast Boy had a long rope tied around legs, and the short rope binding his hands, he just rubbed his eyes.
"I'm just gonna assume, that whatever they did, they deserved it?" Robin asked Raven, while Vampyre stalked off to the top of the Tower. They heard Beast Boy yell, "DUDE! Stop playing around, I hate heights!" Then Vampyre said something they couldn't hear. He walked back down, smiling.
"I figure I let him hang around for about 15 minutes, then see if he learned his lesson. If not, he hangs there for 5 hours." He said. Starfire walked in, with a cheerful greeting as usual. When no one said that it was too early, she looked puzzled.
"Did I miss something?" She asked.
"A lot, but nothing to freak out over" Raven replied.
"Time to check on the Beast." Vampyre said, walking to the stairs. A few, tense minutes later, Vampyre returned, followed by Beast Boy. This was when it happened. Raven suddenly stopped moving, and stared straight ahead. Her mouth was gaping open, her eyes started to glow red. Then in a voice that was not her own, "Enjoy your last days with free will. When I take over Earth, you will serve me as slaves. Mwahahahaha" Raven fell out of the trance and collapsed, only to be caught by Vampyre.
"Trigon" He breathed, his voice low and dangerous.
"Shall I accompany you to friend Raven's room?" Starfire asked.
"No, I need to go alone." He replied, taking Raven and walking towards his room.
Vampyre's room.
Raven was lying on Vampyre's bed, unconscious. Vampyre himself was musing over all sorts of different books. When Raven woke up, some 30 minutes later, Vampyre was talking to someone, someone she couldn't see.
"This isn't good, you're sure you can't do anything to prevent this?" Vampyre asked whomever.
"Nothing, the best I could do is warn you, which I just did. I have to go now, good luck Vampyre!" The figure said. Vampyre looked over to Raven, who was watching his every move. She looked at him as though he were a traitor.
"Raven-"
"What just happened?" She asked, accusingly.
"A contact. He warned me that Trigon is going to try to take over Earth. It's going to be slowly though, use demonic influence to corrupt the city. Then, when the city is more susceptible, take over." He explained.
"Vampyre, you may not have been here very long, but I feel I can trust you. So how do we stop it?" Raven asked.
"We kill Trigon. Simple as it sounds, it's not, and it's going to be extremely complicated." Vampyre replied.
"Doesn't look like we have a choice does it?" Raven asked "But we have to stop my father, once and for all" Vampyre just smiled at this. He would relish the chance to face Trigon in combat once again, because, he had an old grudge to settle with Trigon.