Getting together was the easy part... it's staying together that will
be a challenge. Especially with Slade up to
no good.
All You Needed
Chapter 15: Pay Back
Slade moved swiftly aside and avoided another attack from Robin. The boy wonder, stopped and cringed as his older opponent came in with a kick that made contact with his stomach. Staggering backwards, Robin coughed and gritted his teeth in frustration. Just as Slade brought his fist downward, Robin came up with his arm and slapped it away.
"When will you stop resisting?" Slade suddenly asked with a smile twinkling in his eyes. He slammed his forearms against Robin's, trying desperately to bring him to his knees.
"Never," Robin growled out as he tried to push him away. "I have a duty to my team... to Starfire..."
"Girl will never get you anywhere in life," Slade remarked, knowingly. "Forget about that little alien and come with me! With me, you can rule this whole town. Think about it."
Robin shut his eyes in frustration. His only concern at the moment was to pry Slade away from him. To shut him up so he never had to hear that god awful voice ever again. Moving back slightly, he felt his knees give away. Slade must have sense this, because as Robin looked up, Slade had backed away slightly to kick him in the side of the face.
Robin fell to the ground and slid a few feet away from the point of impact. Groaning, he looked up to find Slade by his feet. His eyes were on his, tempting the boy to get up and fight more.
"I should continue, but we have company," Slade announced as he half turned.
Robin looked over. His face cringed as he saw a black aura of light in the shape of a bird, more so a raven, appear. It flew into the air and quickly changed into a figure. A figure of a young woman. His eyes widen at the side of Raven's clone. Growling, he hit the ground with his fist.
"She lost?!" he shouted in anguish as he sat on his bottom and continued to stare. "How could she lose?"
"Because, newer is better," her clone spoke up as she took a couple of steps towards him. "And, I am much better than that pathetic Raven!"
"Have you disposed of that little brat?" Slade suddenly asked as he tore his gaze away from Robin.
She gave him a stern look and then nodded. "And, the green bean, as well," she replied, hoarsely. "They are both gone."
Cyborg looked around as he aimed his right arm in front of him. Gazing behind him, he checked to make sure his team mate was still behind him. Frowning, he saw her come up to his side with her hands glowing a bright green and her eyes reflecting the same color.
Turning her head towards him, she nodded and opened the door that lead out. For a moment they paused, gazing at a particular site in the air. Starfire gave her half human friend a questioning look.
"That's where Raven left to fight," he answered, gazing at the black smoke that still hung in the air as a reminder. "What should we do?"
"I am uncertain of this," Starfire began for a moment. "Part of me wants to go to Robin, but the other wishes for me to see if Raven is all right."
Cyborg gazed over at the door behind him. "How about this?" he began after a long moment of thought. "I'll go help Robin with Slade and you go see that site to make sure if Raven and Beast boy are all right."
"But," Starfire began to object.
"Star, listen... if you go to Robin then it will make things complicated," he began to reason. "Robin will only worry for your safety and distract him. While Slade will only be after you," he paused for a moment. "I'll be fine. Just take care of yourself."
Starfire could only gaze at his stern expression. For a moment, she sighed and closed her eyes. A smile of content over her lips. Reaching forward, she gave the half machine a hug. "Be safe," she whispered. "And, take care of Robin."
Cyborg placed a arm around her shoulder and gave a brief hug back. "I will, thanks."
Starfire moved away from him and floated into the air with ease. Staring down at him for the longest moment, she turned and took off into the sky. Cyborg stood for a moment, praying silently for her well being. After a minute or two, he turned and ran out of sight.
The clone moved forward and smiled. "Nothing can stop me," she declared as she lowered her head for a moment and stared at Robin. "Now, now... what should we do about this guy?" she wondered as she stepped closer towards Slade.
"Very good question," Slade answered as his gaze returned to Robin, who continued to sit on the floor.
Robin growled as he gritted his teeth. Looking away, thoughts began to form into his head. How could she lose? he began to wonder. Shaking his head, he reached into his belt and pulled out three metal balls. Flipping backward, he jumped into the air and threw the balls towards Slade and the clone.
A explosion occurred around them then followed a cloud of gray smoke. Slade pushed away from the smoke and looked up as Robin landed on a large pole high above.
"Why are you trying to start such a game?" Slade questioned as he moved his hand behind his belt and retrieved three metal balls. "Don't try and toy with your master!" he yelled as he threw the first orb into the air.
Robin jumped up and landed on a near by pole as one of the orbs hit the area where he was. The second landed near his foot, causing him to slip off the pole and hang on. Slade smiled as he threw the last orb at Robin, hitting him. A small cloud of smoke moved outward as Robin fell to the ground in pain.
Clutching his side with his hand, he sat still on the floor with his eyes on Slade. Just as their eyes met, soft hands with a hard grip grasped onto his neck, pulling him back. Robin's eyes looked behind him and found Raven's clone sitting on the floor with her hands around his neck. Her goal was to tear any breath out of him.
Robin fought for breath. His hands covered hers, trying to pry them off his skin. Yet, the clone made no attempt to move away or to free him. Exhaling in both exhaustion and fear, he looked on, watching Slade with deadly eyes. As everything went dark, a bright blue light shined past his head and hit the clone in the face.
Robin fell to the side, gasping for breath. Looking up, he found Cyborg standing on a nearby tank with his right arm extended outward. Frowning, the boy wonder lifted his hand up and made a thumbs up towards the half human. Returning the gesture, Cyborg then turned his arm toward Slade and shot a blast towards him.
Slade jumped up and spun in the air as the blast hit the ground. Landing on his feet, he looked up and threw another metal orb towards Cyborg. The half human fell back as the blast hit him in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"You all are pathetic," Slade muttered as he eyed Cyborg. "One hit you are on the ground," he observed.
Cyborg lifted himself half way off the ground. Looking down at his scanners, he realized that Slade was right. Sighing, he let his arm fall to the ground as he continued to watch Slade from his position.
By now, the clone had retrieved herself from the ground and stood up. Dusting off her arms and most of her cloak, she gazed over at Robin, who lay still on the ground. "That was a really nice attempt, machine," she began with a smirk. "But, I'm afraid your times are up."
"With the girl in our custody, we can eliminate her whenever we please," Slade began as he crossed his arms over his chest. "And, with Raven and the green boy gone... there is only you two left," his eyes glistened with excitement as he arms fall to his sides with clenched fists.
"Nothing can stop us now," the clone replied with a deadly smirk still hanging on her lips. She approached Robin, first, with her eyes on him and her hands lifted slightly up. Her palms began to glow a black color as she began to aim them towards Robin.
As she began her attack, something stopped her. She looked down to find her feet covered in a black energy and continued to move upward past her hips and finally to her neck. Looking over, she could see Slade in the same fashion. Covered from neck to toe in a black aura.
"What are you doing?" he asked her, suddenly with a great anger.
The clone gave a fearful look. "It's not me," she suddenly blurted out.
While still wondering what was going on, the two were suddenly lifted into the air and thrown across the dock. The two bodies hit the brick wall, hard before the aura disappeared all together and letting them fall to the ground in pain.
"What the hell was that?" Slade asked in anger. "Tell me!"
Cyborg looked up at the sky with a smile on his lips. "Rae..." he whispered under his breath as he closed his eyes and crawled away, the best he could, from the declared black site.
As if on cue, a large black claw extended from the ground and moved toward Slade and the clone. The two covered their eyes in fear just as the claw reached them. However, it never hit them. Instead, it disappeared in the air like a illusion before it even touched them.
"It can't be," the clone muttered as she stood up and gazed at the area where the claw had disappeared. "It can't be!"
"You are going to wish you had never messed with my family!" a female voice suddenly rang out to them.
Recognizing the voice as Raven's, Slade turned towards the clone and gave her a death look. "I thought you said you had gotten rid of her!" he shouted in anger.
Suddenly a black aura caught onto Slade, around his chest and held him in place. From the shadows, a figure emerged until the light hit her. Raven gazed on with a semi look of sadness, yet more of anger and hate. Her white cloak dragged along with her body as she walked. Her hood was over her head, covering her eyes and half of her face, making it hard to see her clearly. She held her hand up, which was surrounded by a black aura that matched the one around Slade's chest and arms.
"Raven, don't do this!" Slade finally found himself begging. "Have mercy..." he finally replied in a low and rather hollow voice.
"Mercy?!" she suddenly repeated with anger and shock. She lifted her head up all the way, revealing a red color in her eyes. "Mercy?!" she asked away. "Did any of you show mercy before taking away Beast boy!?"
Slade felt a sudden pressure hit him from Raven's energy. Looking down, he tried to figure out a way to get himself out of this mess. "Please, Raven..."
"Forget it!" Raven shouted, cutting him off. "If it wasn't for you than I would have never hurt Beast boy! If it wasn't for you then he'd still be here!"
The clone looked on in fear at the new Raven before her. This new incarnation was much more advanced for her to handle. Fearing for her life, she quickly took big steps backward and lifted herself into the air, hoping to escape before the attention was brought onto her.
But, it was too late for her. Raven had noticed this far too soon than the clone had hoped she would. Moving her hand upward towards the clone, she send out a black wave of energy in the shape of a raven's claw towards the clone. The claw latched onto the clone with ease, causing her to stop and try to pry herself away from it.
"And you!" Raven suddenly began as wind out of nowhere picked up and blew a crossed her. "You took the one thing that meant most to me than anything else in this world. The most precious thing to me is gone, because of you!"
The clone looked down at Raven as she was brought back down to the ground by the claw. "I was following orders!" she suddenly shouted with hopes that she'd believe her.
"It was the last thing you'd ever do!" Raven suddenly shouted as she moved her hands upward, making her clone fly up into the air before letting her drop back to the ground. "Nothing you say or do will ever justify how you have hurt me!"
End of Chapter
After Notes
Hmm... so all of you already knew that Raven would be pissed at them. How right you guys were. We've come a long way, wouldn't you say? From Raven's visions to her kidnap.. to her clone's appearance to BB's presumed death. And, it's all coming to a close in the next few chapters. Hope you enjoy it.
I drew my second R/BB picture over the last week. It turned out pretty good. I loved it. Colored it in paint, and it didn't turn out half bad. You guys should check it out.
Anyway, like I said.. if you like to check out my R/BB web site please email me for the link. Thanks.
Hope to see your reviews. Bye!
All You Needed
Chapter 15: Pay Back
Slade moved swiftly aside and avoided another attack from Robin. The boy wonder, stopped and cringed as his older opponent came in with a kick that made contact with his stomach. Staggering backwards, Robin coughed and gritted his teeth in frustration. Just as Slade brought his fist downward, Robin came up with his arm and slapped it away.
"When will you stop resisting?" Slade suddenly asked with a smile twinkling in his eyes. He slammed his forearms against Robin's, trying desperately to bring him to his knees.
"Never," Robin growled out as he tried to push him away. "I have a duty to my team... to Starfire..."
"Girl will never get you anywhere in life," Slade remarked, knowingly. "Forget about that little alien and come with me! With me, you can rule this whole town. Think about it."
Robin shut his eyes in frustration. His only concern at the moment was to pry Slade away from him. To shut him up so he never had to hear that god awful voice ever again. Moving back slightly, he felt his knees give away. Slade must have sense this, because as Robin looked up, Slade had backed away slightly to kick him in the side of the face.
Robin fell to the ground and slid a few feet away from the point of impact. Groaning, he looked up to find Slade by his feet. His eyes were on his, tempting the boy to get up and fight more.
"I should continue, but we have company," Slade announced as he half turned.
Robin looked over. His face cringed as he saw a black aura of light in the shape of a bird, more so a raven, appear. It flew into the air and quickly changed into a figure. A figure of a young woman. His eyes widen at the side of Raven's clone. Growling, he hit the ground with his fist.
"She lost?!" he shouted in anguish as he sat on his bottom and continued to stare. "How could she lose?"
"Because, newer is better," her clone spoke up as she took a couple of steps towards him. "And, I am much better than that pathetic Raven!"
"Have you disposed of that little brat?" Slade suddenly asked as he tore his gaze away from Robin.
She gave him a stern look and then nodded. "And, the green bean, as well," she replied, hoarsely. "They are both gone."
Cyborg looked around as he aimed his right arm in front of him. Gazing behind him, he checked to make sure his team mate was still behind him. Frowning, he saw her come up to his side with her hands glowing a bright green and her eyes reflecting the same color.
Turning her head towards him, she nodded and opened the door that lead out. For a moment they paused, gazing at a particular site in the air. Starfire gave her half human friend a questioning look.
"That's where Raven left to fight," he answered, gazing at the black smoke that still hung in the air as a reminder. "What should we do?"
"I am uncertain of this," Starfire began for a moment. "Part of me wants to go to Robin, but the other wishes for me to see if Raven is all right."
Cyborg gazed over at the door behind him. "How about this?" he began after a long moment of thought. "I'll go help Robin with Slade and you go see that site to make sure if Raven and Beast boy are all right."
"But," Starfire began to object.
"Star, listen... if you go to Robin then it will make things complicated," he began to reason. "Robin will only worry for your safety and distract him. While Slade will only be after you," he paused for a moment. "I'll be fine. Just take care of yourself."
Starfire could only gaze at his stern expression. For a moment, she sighed and closed her eyes. A smile of content over her lips. Reaching forward, she gave the half machine a hug. "Be safe," she whispered. "And, take care of Robin."
Cyborg placed a arm around her shoulder and gave a brief hug back. "I will, thanks."
Starfire moved away from him and floated into the air with ease. Staring down at him for the longest moment, she turned and took off into the sky. Cyborg stood for a moment, praying silently for her well being. After a minute or two, he turned and ran out of sight.
The clone moved forward and smiled. "Nothing can stop me," she declared as she lowered her head for a moment and stared at Robin. "Now, now... what should we do about this guy?" she wondered as she stepped closer towards Slade.
"Very good question," Slade answered as his gaze returned to Robin, who continued to sit on the floor.
Robin growled as he gritted his teeth. Looking away, thoughts began to form into his head. How could she lose? he began to wonder. Shaking his head, he reached into his belt and pulled out three metal balls. Flipping backward, he jumped into the air and threw the balls towards Slade and the clone.
A explosion occurred around them then followed a cloud of gray smoke. Slade pushed away from the smoke and looked up as Robin landed on a large pole high above.
"Why are you trying to start such a game?" Slade questioned as he moved his hand behind his belt and retrieved three metal balls. "Don't try and toy with your master!" he yelled as he threw the first orb into the air.
Robin jumped up and landed on a near by pole as one of the orbs hit the area where he was. The second landed near his foot, causing him to slip off the pole and hang on. Slade smiled as he threw the last orb at Robin, hitting him. A small cloud of smoke moved outward as Robin fell to the ground in pain.
Clutching his side with his hand, he sat still on the floor with his eyes on Slade. Just as their eyes met, soft hands with a hard grip grasped onto his neck, pulling him back. Robin's eyes looked behind him and found Raven's clone sitting on the floor with her hands around his neck. Her goal was to tear any breath out of him.
Robin fought for breath. His hands covered hers, trying to pry them off his skin. Yet, the clone made no attempt to move away or to free him. Exhaling in both exhaustion and fear, he looked on, watching Slade with deadly eyes. As everything went dark, a bright blue light shined past his head and hit the clone in the face.
Robin fell to the side, gasping for breath. Looking up, he found Cyborg standing on a nearby tank with his right arm extended outward. Frowning, the boy wonder lifted his hand up and made a thumbs up towards the half human. Returning the gesture, Cyborg then turned his arm toward Slade and shot a blast towards him.
Slade jumped up and spun in the air as the blast hit the ground. Landing on his feet, he looked up and threw another metal orb towards Cyborg. The half human fell back as the blast hit him in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"You all are pathetic," Slade muttered as he eyed Cyborg. "One hit you are on the ground," he observed.
Cyborg lifted himself half way off the ground. Looking down at his scanners, he realized that Slade was right. Sighing, he let his arm fall to the ground as he continued to watch Slade from his position.
By now, the clone had retrieved herself from the ground and stood up. Dusting off her arms and most of her cloak, she gazed over at Robin, who lay still on the ground. "That was a really nice attempt, machine," she began with a smirk. "But, I'm afraid your times are up."
"With the girl in our custody, we can eliminate her whenever we please," Slade began as he crossed his arms over his chest. "And, with Raven and the green boy gone... there is only you two left," his eyes glistened with excitement as he arms fall to his sides with clenched fists.
"Nothing can stop us now," the clone replied with a deadly smirk still hanging on her lips. She approached Robin, first, with her eyes on him and her hands lifted slightly up. Her palms began to glow a black color as she began to aim them towards Robin.
As she began her attack, something stopped her. She looked down to find her feet covered in a black energy and continued to move upward past her hips and finally to her neck. Looking over, she could see Slade in the same fashion. Covered from neck to toe in a black aura.
"What are you doing?" he asked her, suddenly with a great anger.
The clone gave a fearful look. "It's not me," she suddenly blurted out.
While still wondering what was going on, the two were suddenly lifted into the air and thrown across the dock. The two bodies hit the brick wall, hard before the aura disappeared all together and letting them fall to the ground in pain.
"What the hell was that?" Slade asked in anger. "Tell me!"
Cyborg looked up at the sky with a smile on his lips. "Rae..." he whispered under his breath as he closed his eyes and crawled away, the best he could, from the declared black site.
As if on cue, a large black claw extended from the ground and moved toward Slade and the clone. The two covered their eyes in fear just as the claw reached them. However, it never hit them. Instead, it disappeared in the air like a illusion before it even touched them.
"It can't be," the clone muttered as she stood up and gazed at the area where the claw had disappeared. "It can't be!"
"You are going to wish you had never messed with my family!" a female voice suddenly rang out to them.
Recognizing the voice as Raven's, Slade turned towards the clone and gave her a death look. "I thought you said you had gotten rid of her!" he shouted in anger.
Suddenly a black aura caught onto Slade, around his chest and held him in place. From the shadows, a figure emerged until the light hit her. Raven gazed on with a semi look of sadness, yet more of anger and hate. Her white cloak dragged along with her body as she walked. Her hood was over her head, covering her eyes and half of her face, making it hard to see her clearly. She held her hand up, which was surrounded by a black aura that matched the one around Slade's chest and arms.
"Raven, don't do this!" Slade finally found himself begging. "Have mercy..." he finally replied in a low and rather hollow voice.
"Mercy?!" she suddenly repeated with anger and shock. She lifted her head up all the way, revealing a red color in her eyes. "Mercy?!" she asked away. "Did any of you show mercy before taking away Beast boy!?"
Slade felt a sudden pressure hit him from Raven's energy. Looking down, he tried to figure out a way to get himself out of this mess. "Please, Raven..."
"Forget it!" Raven shouted, cutting him off. "If it wasn't for you than I would have never hurt Beast boy! If it wasn't for you then he'd still be here!"
The clone looked on in fear at the new Raven before her. This new incarnation was much more advanced for her to handle. Fearing for her life, she quickly took big steps backward and lifted herself into the air, hoping to escape before the attention was brought onto her.
But, it was too late for her. Raven had noticed this far too soon than the clone had hoped she would. Moving her hand upward towards the clone, she send out a black wave of energy in the shape of a raven's claw towards the clone. The claw latched onto the clone with ease, causing her to stop and try to pry herself away from it.
"And you!" Raven suddenly began as wind out of nowhere picked up and blew a crossed her. "You took the one thing that meant most to me than anything else in this world. The most precious thing to me is gone, because of you!"
The clone looked down at Raven as she was brought back down to the ground by the claw. "I was following orders!" she suddenly shouted with hopes that she'd believe her.
"It was the last thing you'd ever do!" Raven suddenly shouted as she moved her hands upward, making her clone fly up into the air before letting her drop back to the ground. "Nothing you say or do will ever justify how you have hurt me!"
End of Chapter
After Notes
Hmm... so all of you already knew that Raven would be pissed at them. How right you guys were. We've come a long way, wouldn't you say? From Raven's visions to her kidnap.. to her clone's appearance to BB's presumed death. And, it's all coming to a close in the next few chapters. Hope you enjoy it.
I drew my second R/BB picture over the last week. It turned out pretty good. I loved it. Colored it in paint, and it didn't turn out half bad. You guys should check it out.
Anyway, like I said.. if you like to check out my R/BB web site please email me for the link. Thanks.
Hope to see your reviews. Bye!