Raventhedarkgoddess: Here, chapter nine.

Terra: Now, here's the part where I kill her!

Raventhedarkgoddess: Enjoy and reveiw!

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Chapter Nine: Didn't Like My Offer

Lecita saw the knife rushing at her heart, but was inmoble with fear. She whispered goodbye to the world and waited for the knife to hit her. When it didn't come, she opened her eyes, only to see the reason.

Raven stood in front of Terra, who was fighting back, eager to reclaim her knife. Raven's hand had closed around Terra's wrist, but the knife was aimed at Raven's chest. Terra let out a yell and tried to swing it up, but Raven blocked it with her mind. They were rolling on the floor now, hurting one another.

Robin looked hurt and upset as he saw Raven fight. He felt almost sure she was going to die, then she'd get up and keep fighting. Robin yelled the only words he could think of. "Titans, help Raven and take Terra down." Dead or alive, he added in his mind. Everyone but Anna jumped in.

Lecita looked at Raven as she tried to hit Terra. That girl, she told herself, has risked her neck for you since you met her. So what the hell are you waiting for? She pryed Terra's hand off the knife, and was rewarded with an angry kick in the face. Robin took the knife that rolled toward him and did the only thing that made sense: Slammed Terra straight in the chest.

"Murdering feind," Terra muttered. "Slade will get you, and he'll kill your little friends. You'll die unhappy." Terra gave one last smirk and glanced around. "You, Raven, do nothing but ruin my life. Miss Perfect. The good girl, the one who needs trust. May you burn in hell." Terra closed her eyes for the last time. Beast Boy sagged slightly, but kept standing and staring straight ahead.

"And if Slade wants something done right, he has to do it himself," Slade muttered. "Terra was supposed to play my pawn...Stupid girl." Slade kicked her body, which was still warm with it's own blood, into a corner.

Anna watched in fear and terror. This man was evil, she could tell. But what in the world was he after Lecita and the Titans for? What had they done to make this man so angry? He stared at them with a desire to kill she'd only seen once before, and that had been in her father's eyes the night he'd driven off the road and into the ditch.

Slade moved toward Robin, eyes fixed with madness. "Death will come to all of your friends. This is the end." He moved toward Raven, grabbing one of her wrists. "So, do you like your friends as much as you claim? Then watch this one in her final hours." Raven resisted, freeing her wrist with her mind and kicking him with surprising aim.

"Damn you, girl!" Slade noticed her with anger and a lot of surprise. When he reached out for the hem of her cloak, Cyborg slammed him in the back from a distance. Beast Boy, now a monkey, came in and tried to attack Slade, but was thrown off to one side. Starfire and Raven started to float around him, and Starfire managed to smack him in the eye with a green blot.

Slade glanced around through his one good eye. They weren't giving up without a fight, and he knew how to give it to them. "You wanna play dirty, Titans?" Glancing at Robin, he said, "Then let's play dirty!"

Robin clenched his jaw and yelled, "Titans, go." He stared at Slade, who stared back through his eye as if this was just an amusing game. Robin felt hatred from the past few days well up inside him, until, with a furious yelling, he jumped in at Slade. Raven grabbed Robin's shoulder, heaving him back in mid-jump, and yelled, "Do you want to get killed? This is crazy!" She looked at him, and he relised what she ment.

"Go with your girlfriend, Robin! She's right, you'll never win!" Slade played the hate he knew Robin was feeling. "One match, Robin. You and I. If you win...You may kill me. If I win...I'll think of something." Slade grinned and thought, Robin will be my apprintice. I'll make him slaughter his friends, Raven first. Slade laughed at the thought.

"What are you laughing at?" Robin glared at him definantly. Let him laugh, Robin thought. I will win this and show Slade. "Let's go." WIth a grunt, Robin threw himself at Slade, who grabbed his foot and flipped him on his head. Robin landed agenst a wall, his head making a nasty sound.

"Robin, are you uninjured?" Starfire moved toward Robin, but Beast Boy held her back. "Star," he said to her, "We can't help Robin right now." She looked hurt for an instent, but looked away as if she understood.

Lecita held onto her sobbing sister, her own face wet with tears. "It'll be okay, really, sis." Anna looked at her sister and muttered that it wouldn't and she knew it, so why was she trying to pretend?

Lecita sighed and relesed her. Raven put one hand on the girl's shoulder in a forgetful way. Robin was laying on the ground, and she could see that Slade was getting ready to claim victory. She looked into Raven's face and saw something that might have been sadness there. She watched Robin with her eyes intent, but she seemed almost ready to cry. Lecita did the only thing that felt right to her: Threw a knife at Slade and jumped into the battle after it.

The knife had poor aim and was off by several inches. It stuck in the ground, just long enough to quiver. Slade grabbed it's handle, looked straight at Robin, and said, "No help, Robin. Big boys don't cry for their mother." He moved after Lecita, but Robin got up and flung himself onto Slade. Slade fought back, and the two of them rolled over and over until Cyborg moaned that it wasn't supposed to end like this. Slade shook Robin off and took the knife back, grabbing onto Lecita around her skinny waist and lifting her so that her feet no longer even brushed the earth.

"I thought we had a deal, partner. But you didn't like my offer, did you?" He moved the knife toward her, rather slowly. "I never thought I'd have to get rid of you to keep you quiet, Lecita. Such a shame."

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Raventhedarkgoddess: You didn't really think I was going to kill Lecita right there, did you? Okay, short chapter, but I did get one of my goals out of the way. Please reveiw so that I can get back to this soon. ^_^ Sorry, Terra fans. I just couldn't stand her anymore. I'm also sorry for all my typing errors in this story. DO NOT BEG ME FOR AN UPDATE! THIS MEANS YOU, Krazy4Robin! ^_^