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 17: Finally
Raven's eyes widen as the sound of some one screaming in pain was heard. Turning around, she saw Robin on his knees with smoke leaving his chest where he had been hit.
"What?" she called out in confusion.
The clone looked on in disappointment. "Damn, why did he have to get in the way?" she wondered with a frown.
Cyborg looked on in shock. "Robin?" he called out.
"Robin!" Raven shouted without any hesitation. Quickly, she dropped to his side and caught him before he collapsed to the ground. "Why did you do that?" she asked in confusion. "Why?"
"I felt like I owed you one," Robin smiled as he looked down at his chest. "It's nothing to bad. I'll survive."
"Starfire is going to kill me!" Cyborg shouted as he began to chew on his fingers.
Raven set Robin down gently on the ground. "I've had enough," she softly muttered. "I have had enough!" she shouted as her eyes turned to a black color. "I gave you one last chance and this is how you repay me?!"
The clone looked on in fear. "Oh no," she muttered in shock. "I thought she was weakened!"
"You thought wrong!" Raven shouted as she sent out a wave of black energy towards her clone.
It didn't take very long for Starfire to reach the tower. Kicking the heavy doors open, she carried Beast boy all the way until she reached the living room. From there, she set him down on the couch and sighed.
"Ra-" a soft grunt echoed through the quiet and rather empty living room. "Ra...ven..."
Starfire gasped and looked down. She watched, her breathing still, as Beast boy's eyes slowly opened and greeted hers. "Beast boy! You are alive!" she shouted in excitement as she grabbed Beast boy and pulled him into a tight hug.
"Not... so... tight," he breathed out as he felt more pain run through him. "I'm sore..."
"My apologies," Starfire backed away from him, still in complete ecstasy. "Wait until Raven discovers that you are all right! She will be thrilled!"
"Raven!" Beast boy shouted in realization. "I almost forgot about her!"
Sitting up, he tried his best to move on his own. However, the pain had struck him, causing him to fall back on the couch. Starfire looked over her friend in concern.
"You must rest," she insisted as she pulled a blanket over him.
"But, Raven... I need to," Beast boy stopped as Starfire threw the blanket of his body and smiled.
"Hush now," she began as she turned her back to him. "I shall go to her. She would much prefer it if you rested..."
"What are you going to do with me?" her clone asked as Raven stood straight up.
The original Raven looked on. Her eyes a white color as a dark aura encircled her body. Taking small and steady steps towards her clone, she didn't answer the question being asked. Her white cloak moved into the wind that her energy created. It was the long bolts of black energy that came up from under her cloak that caught her clone's attention.
Looking down at the hem of her cloak, she watched as the long bolts of black energy came up and flew towards her. Gulping in fear, she felt the energy wrap around her neck and body.
"I should make you pay," Raven began as she neared her clone. "For everything you have done to me..."
"Then, why don't you just kill me and get it over with?" her clone asked in a steady and calm voice. "Or, you are afraid?"
"Afraid?" Raven asked, feeling a bit overwhelmed by her current situation. "Of what?"
"You tell me," the copy began with a smirk on her lips.
"You are in a death bind," Raven reminded her as she let the energy around her neck tighten a bit. "You are in no position to be acting cocky..."
Cyborg knelt down beside his leader and picked him up. While his eyes on Raven, he backed away. "Man, that girl has really done it this time," he mumbled.
"You're right," her clone began with a smirk still on her face. "But, I can't help it... I'm you..."
"You are nothing like me," Raven began with a angry look on her face. "Just a useless copy..."
"Raven, Raven..." her clone began with a smile. "When are you going to understand?"
"Understand what?" Raven asked, slightly irritated by her. "Understand how you used me and then tried to destroy my friends?"
"You would have done the same thing," her clone began as she lowered her face for a moment. "Exactly the same thing," she muttered as she lifted her head a little.
Raven gasped as four red eyes met hers as her clone lifted her head. "No," she began in a low whisper. "No!" she shouted as she tightened her grip on the clone's neck. "I am nothing like you!"
"Are you!?" her clone shouted as she felt the energy tighten around her neck. "Just look at yourself! How long do you think it will be until you finally lose control?"
Raven's eyes widen for a split second before falling back onto her clone in anger. "I will never lose control! As long as I have my friends..."
"Are you sure about that?" her clone's weakened voice asked, suddenly. "Or... is it as long as you have your friends... you will never be in control..."
"Why the hell were you created?" Raven asked in disgust. "You're worthless..."
"I was created for power," her clone explained. "Just like you..."
Raven lowered her eyes. "I have no desire for power," she explained with a dazed look. "Unlike you and my father."
"You keep telling yourself that," her clone began with a smirk still on her face. "One day, you will lose your control and come back to the dark side..."
"You want to see me lose control?" Raven asked as her hood fell back from her face, exposing her purple hair. "I'll show you losing control!" she shouted as she lifted her head up to show her eyes had went from white to a deep dark.
Cyborg covered Robin's body from the wind that sent various objects flying by. Closing his eyes, he listened to the wind and the sound of the Raven's in the distance. The last thing he could hear was the wailing of Raven and her clone's desperate and panic screams.
Before the clone could do anymore, she was consumed by the black energy released by Raven. Looking up with her four red eyes, she growled in anger.
"This is for me," Raven began as she released more energy. "This is for Starfire and Cyborg," she began as she brought her clone closer to her using her energy. "This is for Robin!" she shouted as she punched the clone with a fist. "And, this? This is for Beast boy!"
Bringing her arms over her chest and extending them into the air, Raven released a mass amounts of energy. The blackness filled the sky, taking over the gray clouds and replacing them with a morbid color.
The clone screamed as she became one with the black aura and disappeared into the air all together.
Starfire floated up into the air above the lake that surrounded her house. In grave fear, she looked on at the sky. A small portion of it in the distance had gone from the gray clouds of the storm to a nasty black color.
"Robin," she muttered in half fear and worry.
Beast boy lay in the couch. His head was half turned to look out the window to see the black sky light up. "Raven," he muttered as he closed his eyes and fell back into unconsciousness.
As quickly as it came, it left. The black bolts of energy moved back under Raven's cloak and was replaced by two pairs of legs. The black aura that surrounded her body had left her to join back to where ever it had came from. Raven's eyes sunk in back to it's beautiful purple color.
Falling to her knees, Raven lifted up her head and smiled. "Finally," she muttered as tears formed into the corners of her eyes. Sighing in relief, she fell forward onto the ground into a deep sleep.
End of Chapter
After Notes
Yea, it's short. Deal with it. I've been really busy. Well, I know the burning question; Is it finally over? One way to find out is by reading the next chapter which could very well be the last one. I haven't decided.
I'm thinking about doing a triquel to Like Lovers Do, which would be the sequel to this one. But, I very much doubt that. More fluff is going to come in and how will BB and Rae's reunion be? And, is Robin all right? Is Slade dead? What about the clone?
All answers are coming in the final chapter of All You Needed!
All You Needed
Chapter 17: Finally
Raven's eyes widen as the sound of some one screaming in pain was heard. Turning around, she saw Robin on his knees with smoke leaving his chest where he had been hit.
"What?" she called out in confusion.
The clone looked on in disappointment. "Damn, why did he have to get in the way?" she wondered with a frown.
Cyborg looked on in shock. "Robin?" he called out.
"Robin!" Raven shouted without any hesitation. Quickly, she dropped to his side and caught him before he collapsed to the ground. "Why did you do that?" she asked in confusion. "Why?"
"I felt like I owed you one," Robin smiled as he looked down at his chest. "It's nothing to bad. I'll survive."
"Starfire is going to kill me!" Cyborg shouted as he began to chew on his fingers.
Raven set Robin down gently on the ground. "I've had enough," she softly muttered. "I have had enough!" she shouted as her eyes turned to a black color. "I gave you one last chance and this is how you repay me?!"
The clone looked on in fear. "Oh no," she muttered in shock. "I thought she was weakened!"
"You thought wrong!" Raven shouted as she sent out a wave of black energy towards her clone.
It didn't take very long for Starfire to reach the tower. Kicking the heavy doors open, she carried Beast boy all the way until she reached the living room. From there, she set him down on the couch and sighed.
"Ra-" a soft grunt echoed through the quiet and rather empty living room. "Ra...ven..."
Starfire gasped and looked down. She watched, her breathing still, as Beast boy's eyes slowly opened and greeted hers. "Beast boy! You are alive!" she shouted in excitement as she grabbed Beast boy and pulled him into a tight hug.
"Not... so... tight," he breathed out as he felt more pain run through him. "I'm sore..."
"My apologies," Starfire backed away from him, still in complete ecstasy. "Wait until Raven discovers that you are all right! She will be thrilled!"
"Raven!" Beast boy shouted in realization. "I almost forgot about her!"
Sitting up, he tried his best to move on his own. However, the pain had struck him, causing him to fall back on the couch. Starfire looked over her friend in concern.
"You must rest," she insisted as she pulled a blanket over him.
"But, Raven... I need to," Beast boy stopped as Starfire threw the blanket of his body and smiled.
"Hush now," she began as she turned her back to him. "I shall go to her. She would much prefer it if you rested..."
"What are you going to do with me?" her clone asked as Raven stood straight up.
The original Raven looked on. Her eyes a white color as a dark aura encircled her body. Taking small and steady steps towards her clone, she didn't answer the question being asked. Her white cloak moved into the wind that her energy created. It was the long bolts of black energy that came up from under her cloak that caught her clone's attention.
Looking down at the hem of her cloak, she watched as the long bolts of black energy came up and flew towards her. Gulping in fear, she felt the energy wrap around her neck and body.
"I should make you pay," Raven began as she neared her clone. "For everything you have done to me..."
"Then, why don't you just kill me and get it over with?" her clone asked in a steady and calm voice. "Or, you are afraid?"
"Afraid?" Raven asked, feeling a bit overwhelmed by her current situation. "Of what?"
"You tell me," the copy began with a smirk on her lips.
"You are in a death bind," Raven reminded her as she let the energy around her neck tighten a bit. "You are in no position to be acting cocky..."
Cyborg knelt down beside his leader and picked him up. While his eyes on Raven, he backed away. "Man, that girl has really done it this time," he mumbled.
"You're right," her clone began with a smirk still on her face. "But, I can't help it... I'm you..."
"You are nothing like me," Raven began with a angry look on her face. "Just a useless copy..."
"Raven, Raven..." her clone began with a smile. "When are you going to understand?"
"Understand what?" Raven asked, slightly irritated by her. "Understand how you used me and then tried to destroy my friends?"
"You would have done the same thing," her clone began as she lowered her face for a moment. "Exactly the same thing," she muttered as she lifted her head a little.
Raven gasped as four red eyes met hers as her clone lifted her head. "No," she began in a low whisper. "No!" she shouted as she tightened her grip on the clone's neck. "I am nothing like you!"
"Are you!?" her clone shouted as she felt the energy tighten around her neck. "Just look at yourself! How long do you think it will be until you finally lose control?"
Raven's eyes widen for a split second before falling back onto her clone in anger. "I will never lose control! As long as I have my friends..."
"Are you sure about that?" her clone's weakened voice asked, suddenly. "Or... is it as long as you have your friends... you will never be in control..."
"Why the hell were you created?" Raven asked in disgust. "You're worthless..."
"I was created for power," her clone explained. "Just like you..."
Raven lowered her eyes. "I have no desire for power," she explained with a dazed look. "Unlike you and my father."
"You keep telling yourself that," her clone began with a smirk still on her face. "One day, you will lose your control and come back to the dark side..."
"You want to see me lose control?" Raven asked as her hood fell back from her face, exposing her purple hair. "I'll show you losing control!" she shouted as she lifted her head up to show her eyes had went from white to a deep dark.
Cyborg covered Robin's body from the wind that sent various objects flying by. Closing his eyes, he listened to the wind and the sound of the Raven's in the distance. The last thing he could hear was the wailing of Raven and her clone's desperate and panic screams.
Before the clone could do anymore, she was consumed by the black energy released by Raven. Looking up with her four red eyes, she growled in anger.
"This is for me," Raven began as she released more energy. "This is for Starfire and Cyborg," she began as she brought her clone closer to her using her energy. "This is for Robin!" she shouted as she punched the clone with a fist. "And, this? This is for Beast boy!"
Bringing her arms over her chest and extending them into the air, Raven released a mass amounts of energy. The blackness filled the sky, taking over the gray clouds and replacing them with a morbid color.
The clone screamed as she became one with the black aura and disappeared into the air all together.
Starfire floated up into the air above the lake that surrounded her house. In grave fear, she looked on at the sky. A small portion of it in the distance had gone from the gray clouds of the storm to a nasty black color.
"Robin," she muttered in half fear and worry.
Beast boy lay in the couch. His head was half turned to look out the window to see the black sky light up. "Raven," he muttered as he closed his eyes and fell back into unconsciousness.
As quickly as it came, it left. The black bolts of energy moved back under Raven's cloak and was replaced by two pairs of legs. The black aura that surrounded her body had left her to join back to where ever it had came from. Raven's eyes sunk in back to it's beautiful purple color.
Falling to her knees, Raven lifted up her head and smiled. "Finally," she muttered as tears formed into the corners of her eyes. Sighing in relief, she fell forward onto the ground into a deep sleep.
End of Chapter
After Notes
Yea, it's short. Deal with it. I've been really busy. Well, I know the burning question; Is it finally over? One way to find out is by reading the next chapter which could very well be the last one. I haven't decided.
I'm thinking about doing a triquel to Like Lovers Do, which would be the sequel to this one. But, I very much doubt that. More fluff is going to come in and how will BB and Rae's reunion be? And, is Robin all right? Is Slade dead? What about the clone?
All answers are coming in the final chapter of All You Needed!