Chapter 33
The end of the road and choices of the heart
"Choose!" roared the figure as it tightened it's grip around Nightwing's and Nightmares bodies. Raven was terrified she held the lives of her lover and her friend in her hands, she didn't know what to do.
"Raven you must make a choice" Genesis said softly as she stood beside raven and took hold of her hand.
"But why?" asked Raven tears fell from her eyes, the thought of choosing between Nightwing and Nightmare was ripping her up inside.
"It is your destiny" Genesis smiled weakly as she sensed that raven was struggling to make the choice. Raven smiled back but her tears continued to fall from her eyes,.
"Choose now!" demanded the figure as it glared at Raven, it enjoyed watching her suffer.
"God what should I do?" Raven asked herself as she looked at Nightwing and Nightmares bodies dangling in the air.
"We trust you to do the right thing" said a gentle voice inside her head.
"Happy?" asked Raven as her sister appeared in front of her, like Raven tears rolled down her delicate face.
"Everyone of us knows that you will do the right thing" smiled Happy as she was joined by the rest of raven's emotions, even rage had tears falling from her eyes.
"Thank you" wept Raven as she smiled gently at her sisters, she knew who she had to pick, she had to save Nightwing.
"Have you made your choice?" asked the figure as it watched Raven approach it.
"Yes I choose…" but before she could finish her sentence Nightwing yelled loudly stooping her.
"Raven think about it please" he groaned as the figure tightened it's grip around his body, making him wince in pain, "Remember what I told you on the roof" Nightwing said as he struggled to keep conscious.
"Dick?" asked Raven as Nightwing held her in his arms.
"Yes?" smiled Nightwing as he looked down at her and ran his finger along her spine.
"Can we beat this 'evil' coming to earth?" Raven asked as she looked at him, smiling as he continued to run his finger along her spine.
"I promise that I will protect you, not even death will stop me from saving you" smiled Nightwing as he leant down and kissed her passionately on the lips.
"Remeber nightmare's aren't real" he said as he broke the kiss and pointed at the sun rising, "They are still only dreams". Raven just smiled as she watched the beauty of the sun rising in the sky.
Raven opened her eyes and smiled up at Nightwing. Nightwing returned the smile until the figure tightened it's grip around his body making him wince in pain.
"Raven make you choice" Nightwing said gently as a stray tear fell from his eyes, "I trust you'll make the right one". Raven wiped away her tears but to only have them replaced by even more of her delicate tears. She looked at Nightmare and then at Nightwing, she had finally made her choice.
"Choose now or both shall die!" screamed the figure as he glared at raven in rage, it didn't like to be kept waiting.
"I choose him" sighed Raven as she pointed her finger.
"No way" gasped Beast Boy as he saw who Raven picked.
"I don't believe it" Starfire gasped as she grabbed Beast Boy's hand and held it tightly. Cyborg didn't say anything the shock of her choice had taken it's toll on him.
"No" sighed Genesis as she watched Raven lower her hand and fall to her knees crying.
"I'm sorry" whispered Raven as she held her face in her hands. The figure just smiled as it released it's grip on Nightmare and allowed his body to fall to the ground.
"Good bye Raven" smiled Nightwing as his tears fell to the floor.
"So much for the all powerful saviour" smiled the figure as it created a black spear and rammed it into Nightwing's chest. Nightwing gasped for air as he felt the spear cut through his chest, there was no pain, no more noise only silence. He died quietly, he refused to scream or even to wince away from the spear, he knew this was destiny.
"Raven why?" coughed Nightmare as he opened his eyes and saw Raven crying over his body.
"I had to" smiled Raven as she wrapped her arms around Nightmare, "It was my choice" she wept as Nightmare placed his own arms around her, his own tears fell from his demonic eyes.
"Raven forgive me" sighed Nightmare as he released Raven from the hug and looked into her eyes.
"For what?" asked Raven as she looked at Nightmare, she saw a great sadness in his black eyes.
"For this" smiled Nightmare as he pushed her away and leapt up to his feet. Raven could only watch as Nightmare charged at the figure, who was still laughing over his victory over Nightwing. Nightmare was determined to avenge Nightwing, he was determined to beat this evil.
"Aww does the little nightmare want to play?" smiled the figure as it turned and was hit in the face by a punch from Nightmare.
"I'll kill you!" screamed Nightmare as he punched the figure with all his strength, but the figure just continued to smile. Nightmare roared as he kicked the figure away and sent a huge beam of crimson energy at it, hitting it directly in the chest. He fell to his knees panting for air as he watched the smoke rise from where the figure once stood.
"Now it's my turn" smiled the figure as it stepped through the smoke and looked at Nightmare, making the demon tremble in terror. The figure disappeared and suddenly appeared in front of Nightmare still smiling. Before nightmare knew it he was sent flying down the street by a devastating kick to his chest. The figure raced after him and smashed him into the ground with an axe handle smash to Nightmares chest. Nightmare coughed as he lay in a small crater but managed to find the strength to stand back up.
"Is…(cough) that…all you got" panted Nightmare as he looked up at the figure and smiled, "Cause if it is then I'm not that impressed"
"Very funny" smiled the figure as it launched a beam of black energy at Nightmare. Nightmare leapt out of the way and created a small ball of black energy.
"Here catch!" yelled Nightmare as he threw the ball at the figure. The ball hit the figure and sent it flying the street as a result of the explosion. Nightmare didn't waste anytime as he gathered all his remaining power and channelled it into making a huge black sword.
"Enough of this!" roared the figure as it glared at Nightmare and captured him in another invisible force. Nightmare struggled to break free but his struggling only managed to make his bindings get even tighter.
"I….won't…let…you…beat…me" coughed Nightmare as he felt his bones being crushed.
"You don't have a choice" smiled the figure as it clenched it's hand and made Nightmares binding even tighter, making Nightmare scream in pain, "No one can beat me" smiled the figure as it watched Nightmare scream in pain.
"We have to help him" Beast boy said as he listened to nightmare's screams.
"But you are not strong enough" sighed Genesis as she hang her head low and looked at the ground, she tried to block out Nightmare's screaming.
"I know but we are heroes and heroes never give up" smiled Cyborg as he transformed his arm into his sonic cannon, "Titan's go!" he yelled as he lead the Titan's to battle.
The figure just smiled as Nightmare dropped his sword and struggled to breath. It didn't even notice that Cyborg had blasted it with his sonic cannon.
"Nightmare I had great plans for you" sighed the figure as it tightened it's grip around Nightmare. It didn't notice that Starfire, Raven and Genesis had added their power to Cyborg's attack.
"To….hell…with…your…plans!" Nightmare yelled back as he spit on the figure's robe, making the figure growl as he sent a small amount of black electricity towards Nightmare making him scream in even more pain. The figure finally noticed that it was being attacked as Beast boy rammed into it in the form of a green rhino.
"Pathetic weaklings!" screamed the figure as it sent a shock wave of energy out blasting the Titan's down the street.
"Leave my friends alone!" screamed nightmare as he struggled to break free from his bindings.
"Or you'll do what?" laughed the figure as it sent some more electricity towards Nightmare.
"I'll…kill….you!" growled Nightmare as he gritted his teeth together as pain shot through his body.
"You and what help?" smiled the figure as it stopped the electricity and watched Nightmare gasp for air.
"Mine" said a voice from behind the figure.
"Impossible" gasped the figure as it turned around and saw a battered and mangled Nightwing standing behind it, holding his chest as his blood poured from a deep wound.
"Nothing is impossible" smiled Nightwing as he looked at the figure. The figure roared as it charged at Nightwing and swung it's fist at him.
Nightwing smiled weakly as he ducked the fist and spun the figure until he stood behind it.
"I banish you back to the void" Nightwing said weakly as he created a gleaming white sword and rammed it through the figure's back. The figure roaring pain as it released it's grip of nightmare and tried to pull the sword free form it's back. Nightwing gritted his teeth as he desperately held the sword in place as the figure flayed about.
"Onyx finish it!" screamed Nightwing as he watched nightmare stand back up.
"I can't" coughed Nightmare as he looked at Nightwing, the sadness could be seen in his eyes.
"Yes you can" smiled Nightwing as he struggled to keep the sword in the figure's back, "You are a Titan remember and Titan's don't fail". Nightmare smiled, yes he was a titan and he wasn't going to let his friends down.
"For life!" roared Nightmare as he picked up his sword and rammed it into the figure's chest. The figure gasped as Nightmare's sword went straight through it's body, piercing it's black heart.
"I can't be defeated" it coughed as it looked into Nightmare's black eyes. Nightwing smiled as he pulled his sword free and fell to the ground, his body returned to normal.
"Consider yourself beaten" smiled Nightmare as he pulled his sword free and allowed the figure's body to fall slowly to the ground. Nightmare dropped to his knees and crawled over to where Nightwing lay.
"Is it over?" coughed Nightwing as he looked up at Nightmare..
"Yes my friend" smiled Nightmare as he gently lifted Nightwing's head off the road. Nightwing just smiled as he held the new wound in his chest.
"Hey why all the tears?" smiled Nightwing as he noticed that Nightmare was crying.
"I have killed you" wept Nightmares he placed his hand on the wound that his final attack had left.
"No I killed me" smiled Nightwing as he took Nightmare's hand, "This is my choice".
"Please don't go" wept Nightmare as he noticed that Nightwing's breathing was getting shorter and shorter.
"Do me a favour" smiled Nightwing as he looked up at Nightmare, he felt his eyes getting heavier.
"Yes?" asked Nightmare as he gripped Nightwing's hand even tighter.
"Give this to Rae for me" smiled Nightwing as he handed Nightmare a small envelope. Nightmare smiled as he took the envelope. His smile faded as Nightwing's hand went limp and fell back onto his chest.
"Goodbye my friend" whispered Nightmare as he closed over Nightwing's eyes and placed his other hand on his chest. He wiped away his tears as he stood up and walked over to where the Titan's lay. Nightwing, the saviour of life and the bravest hero on the planet was gone, but his memory would live on in the hearts of his friends.
"Raven?" asked Nightmare as he knelt down beside her. Raven slowly opened her eyes and looked up and saw him kneeling beside her.
"Is it over?" asked Raven as she sat up and looked at Nightmare. Nightmare just nodded as he looked down at the floor and wiped away his tears.
"Yes Nightwing defeated 'the evil', he was a true hero" replied nightmare as he looked at raven, "He wanted me to give you this" he said as he handed her the envelope. Raven took the envelope but she didn't open it, she didn't know why she didn't just knew that now wasn't the time to open it.
"Thank you" smiled Raven as she felt her tears fall from her face.
"Would you do me favour?" Nightmare asked as he stood up and helped Raven back to her feet.
"What?" asked Raven as she stood back up and looked at Nightmare.
"Kill me" Nightmare said sadly as he produced his black sword and handed it to Raven. Raven looked shocked, she couldn't believe what he had just said. She was abpout to refuse until he placed a finger over her mouth.
"Raven please it's the only way to give me peace" Nightmare said sadly as his tears fell to the ground, he removed his figer from her lips and smiled weakly at her.
"I can't" wept Raven as she looked at him, her tears poured from her eyes.
"You have to" Nightmare said as he gently took hold of her hand and smiled at her, "This is my choice" he said as he raised her hand to his face.
"End my nightmare" he said softly as he grabbed her other hand and forced her to ram the sword into his chest. He gasped once as the sword entered his body but he felt no pain. He smiled as he felt his life and strength leave him.
"No!" screamed Raven silently as she realised what had happened. Nightmare continued to smile as he stopped her from pulling the sword free.
"Thank you Goth Girl" smiled Nightmare as his eyes changed back into being the pale blue that drove girls wild. Raven knew that Onyx had come back, but she knew that he now gone forever.
"Good bye Bone Head" she wept softly as she watched Onyx's body fall to the floor. Onyx died quietly just like Nightwing, he died a hero, he died a Titan.
Raven wiped away her tears and slowly walked over to where Nightwing lay lifeless. She stopped just beside him and knelt down picking up his hand.
"Goodbye my love" she whispered sadly as she closed her eyes and gently rubbed his hand along her cheek. She opened her eyes as she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She turned and saw Cyborg standing standing behind her, Onyx's body was draped over his shoulder.
"Come on Rae let's get these two home" Cyborg said sadly as he helped Raven back to her feet. Raven just nodded as she used her powers to pick up Nightwing. Cyborg placed his arm around her as they walked over to Beast Boy, Starfire and Genesis. They had won the battle for life but they still fet like they had lost. Two friends had fallen, but they had fallen heroes.
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Raven stood alone on the roof of Titan's Tower and watched the sun setting in the sky. She wanted to be alone, it had been a week since Nightwing and Onyx had left her and she was still suffering inside. Raven suddenly remembered that she hadn't opened the envelope that Nightmare had given her from Nightwing. She smiled as she used her powers to summon it to her hands.
"Wonder what he left me?" she asked herself in a dry mono tone as she carefully opened the envelope. She found a letter inside of it as well as a small black box, she decided to read the letter first.
Dear raven,
Ok if your reading this it can mean only one thing. I'm sorry but me and death are always butting heads it seems like. I hate doing this because I hate making you suffer anymore, but this is the way things go I'm afraid. I only have one regret, I regret that I never asked you this sooner.
Raven I love you more than life itself, there is nothing I wouldn't do for you. Raven what I'm trying to say is would you have ever married me?
Stay safe for me and who knows maybe one day we'll see each other again. But until that day remember I'm always watching you and I'm always listening never forget that
Love always Dick xo
Raven's tears fell from her eyes as she opened the black box and found a beautiful diamond ring in it. She was stunned silent as she watched the ring sparkle in the failing light, her tears continue to fall from her eyes, making the ink on the letter become smeared and unreadable.
"Well will you?" asked a voice from behind her. Raven spun round and smiled as she saw Nightwing standing in the doorway. She didn't say a thing as she dropped the letter and ring and ran at Nightwing and threw her arms around her.
"But how?" asked raven as she held him tightly against her, making sure that this was real.
"Love always finds a way" smiled Nightwing as he held her close and inhaled her scent, "Now will you marry me or not?" he asked as he let go of her and dropped to his knee.
"Of course I'll marry you" smiled Raven as she summoned the ring to his hands. Nightwing just smiled as he took the ring out of the box and placed it on her finger.
"I love you Raven" he sad as he stood back up and looked into her eyes.
"I love you too" smiled Raven as she there her arms around his neck and kissed him. Nightwing smiled as he returned the kiss. The kiss was full of their love, their passion. The once lost now returned and he was never to leave her again.
The end
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There you go a happy ending. I hope you have enjoyed this story cause I have enjoyed writing it. I would just like to say thank you to every single person who has written a review, without those reviews this story would never had been possible. I don't know what else to say except thank you for reading my story and for all your support. God I'm actually crying, dam emotions, I'll hopefully be back soon with another story, probably a sequel of this one (I have some ideas in my head) so keep your eyes peeled. Once again thank you I love everyone of you guys and will hopefully see you all later. Later days (the final Later days of this story) and please stay safe.
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