I would to thank Peppermint Dream for allowing me to borrow one of her characters. This chapter is for you…….(and by the way I'm 17 but shh don't tell anybody ok?)….anyway enough of this banter on with the chapter.

Chapter 20

The Nightmare of a Robin

Robin was about to say something in an attempt to calm Terra down until his communicator went off loudly in his pocket. He quickly took it out and opened it revealing a small screen that was showing only static.

"Slade!" he hissed loudly as Slade's face appeared on the screen, making Robin nearly crush the device in his hand.

"You wish bird boy" laughed Nightmare as he dropped Slade's head and smiled at Robin.

"What do you want Nightmare?" growled robin s he looked at Nightmare who just kept smiling at him.

"What no small talk, no 'hey Nightmare old buddy how have you been?' I mean come on Robin" laughed Nightmare as he took off his sunglasses and looked at Robin with his black eyes.

"We're not friends anymore Onyx now get to the point, what do you want?" demanded Robin as his anger flared up in his belly.

"I believe I have something that belongs to you buddy" smiled Nightmare as he turned the screen and pointed to the far and revealed raven chained to it. Robin nearly went ballistic as he looked at her, she was badly bruised and her clothes where in tatters but she was at least still breathing.

"What have you done to her?" snarled Robin as he gripped the communicator even tighter in his hand, causing its sides to crack slightly.

"Nothing yet" smiled Nightmare as he turned the screen back to face him, "But if you would like to see her in one piece I suggest you come and get her" he laughed as the screen cut to static, making Robin crush his communicator completely in his hand, letting out a roar in rage as he fell to his knees. He quickly stood back up and pushed his way past Chaos and Genesis as he walked towards the exit of the cemetery.

"Where are you going?" asked Raziel as he appeared in front of Robin, blocking his path, and looked down at him.

"I have to help her Raziel" Robin replied softly as he looked down at the ground and tried to walk past the wraith.

"You do realise it is a trap so why risk your life?" demanded Chaos as he walked over to Robin and looked at him, his face remained emotionless.

"Because I love her" replied Robin as he finally pushed Raziel out of his way and ran into the city.

Nightmare laughed as he watched the screen cut to static.

"Thanks for the nice lair dad" he laughed as he kicked Slade's severed head into the darkness and walked over to where he had Raven chained. He stopped laughing as he noticed Raven open her eyes and slowly raise her head.

"Oh no you don't Goth Girl" hissed Nightmare as he unleashed a small burst of crimson lightning at her, knocking her unconscious once more, You need to sleep just a little while longer" he said softly as he watched little wisps of smoke rise from her body.

"No wonder 'he' loved you so much" hissed Nightmare as he gently ran his knuckle down her cheek, "Pity 'he' isn't coming back" he laughed as he kissed her forehead and turned off the lights once again plunging his lair into darkness.

"Crazy brave fool" sighed Chaos as he watched Robin disappear into the night and looked up and noticed it was starting to rain, he felt his heart sink in his chest. He turned round and looked at Terra who was now nearly drenched by the rain but still had a small smile on her face.

"Terra follow him and make sure no one interferes with the upcoming battle" he said calmly as he looked at the blonde girl.

"Yes sir" saluted Terra as she smiled once last time before taking off after Robin on a huge boulder.

"Shall I fetch him now?" asked Raziel as he stood beside Chaos and looked at Terra fly off into the night.

"Yes Raziel bring him back to world of the living" sighed Chaos as he turned and looked at his angel of death with a slight smile, "Do not fail me"

"I shall not fail you…elder god" smiled Raziel as his body began to crumble into dust in the rain. Chaos smiled as he watched Raziels body completely vanish into the ground.

"Not anymore I am now Chaos" he whispered as he turned around and looked over at Genesis, who was just staring down at the ground.

"Why do you weep my sister?" asked Chaos as he noticed tears fall from her face onto the ground.

"I weep for Robin, I weep for what is going to happen to him" she whimpered as she looked at her brother and allowed him to she her tears flow down her delicate face. Chaos quickly grabbed her and held her close to his body and allowed her to spill her tears against his chest.

"I know but there is nothing we can do this is the path he must walk" he whispered softly as he stroked her soaked hair and closed his eyes, allowing his own tears to fall to the ground.

Raziel suddenly appeared in one of the many tunnels of the Spectral Realm and landed on the ground with a mighty thud.

"Got to work on my landings" he sighed as he stood up and rubbed his lower back before he started walking down the tunnel towards 'his' prison.

"Let's just hope he decides to help" he said to himself as he stopped in front of a huge set of doors, "Here goes nothing" he whispered as he summoned the Soul Reaver to his claws and used it to break the seal that kept the doors locked. He took a single step back as the mighty doors slowly swung open and revealed a lone figure sitting in the middle of the brilliant white room, he was a soul who's past had eternally haunted him.

"What do you want Raziel?" asked the figure as it continued to look down at the floor, not even raising it's head as Raziel entered his domain.

"It is time" replied Raziel as he looked down at the figure and allowed the Soul Reaver to disappear into thin air.

"Leave me alone!" screamed the figure as he floated away from Raziel, he wasn't exactly sure if he was screaming at Raziel or the screams inside his tormented mind.

"I cannot I come here to acquire your help in the upcoming battle" Raziel said softly as he looked at the figure who had his hands over his head in an attempt to silence the voices inside his head.

"Your fight has nothing to do with me Soul Reaver" replied the figure as he stood up and continued to slam his head against the wall.

"I know but Raven needs you" Raziel said as he walked over to the figure and tried to stop him from his self harm.

"Raven…" whispered the figure as he stopped slamming his head against the wall and allowed a single tear to fall from his shut eyes.

"Yes Crow your sister need's your help" replied Raziel as Crow turned and looked at the wraith his eyes firmly closed, it was the only way he knew off to keep his power under control.

"What must I do" Crow said as he placed a hand on Raziels shoulder and smiled slightly, Raziel returned the smile as he explained everything to Crow and lead him out of his prison.

Robin stood outside Slade's former hideout and wiped the rain off his forehead. He took one final deep breath before he opened the door and entered the pitch black lair.

"I'm here Nightmare!" he yelled as tiny droplets of water dripped off his cape and landed on the ground, his voice seemed to echo around in the darkness. Suddenly a bright light turned on and shone down on him letting him see Slade's head on a pike in front of his eyes.

"Welcome to my lair I hope you like what I've done to the place?" hissed Nightmare as another light turned and revealed him standing next to Raven looking at Robin.

"Let her go Nightmare it's me you want" replied Robin as he looked at Nightmare who just smiled and began to smell Raven's hair.

"have you ever noticed how much dear raven here smells like lavender?" laughed Nightmare as he continued to smell her hair and smile at Robin. Robin's rage suddenly exploded inside him and his eyes burned bright with his anger towards Nightmare.

"Leave her alone!" roared Robin s he pulled out his bo staff and charged at Nightmare. Nightmare just laughed as he made a black sword materialise in front of him ad block robin's devastating attack.

"I'll take that as a no shall I?" he smiled as he grabbed the hilt of his sword and slashed away at robin, who managed to block each of the strikes, "Welcome to the beginning of your end Robin" hissed Nightmare as he brought his sword down in a deadly over head strike. Robin could watch in horror as the blade slowly approached his head.

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Finished this chapter I hope you enjoyed it. I would once again like to thank Peppermint Dream for allowing me to use her character Crow (Blows a kiss and hugs the screen ) and I would also like to thank everyone who has written a review about this story, I have really appreciated all of your support. I will have this updated soon so watch this space. Later days people and remember to take care of yourselves.