Satan's Child
Gothic: We are VERY pissed off. My damned computer somehow unformatted my special floppy disk, and I had to re-format it. Sadly, that deleted everything on it, and I lost everything from this chapter because it wasn't saved to my computer. So, consequently, I had to remember what I had already written, and was very angry as I did so. As a result, this chapter will probably be somewhat different to the original.
Kitty: All tell Gothic she is a dumbass, and needs to remember to save new chapters to her computer, so she doesn't end up in this situation again. We are EXTREMELY sorry about the long wait for this chappie; we thank you for being so patient.
Gothic: Someone is going to die! Grr! Come on you piece of evil scum, load already!
Kitty: Heh, *nervous* now, now, calm down. On with the ficcie!
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As they stood there, surrounded by the many soldiers, a kind of fear ran through the Titans. It was as if the many rows of heavily armed, fully trained military men really posed a threat, when in fact, if pitted against the wary superheroes, they didn't stand a chance.
"Well, well Titans, I bid you farewell. I believe I have a certain girl you might require that needs my attention." With that, Slade turned and strode away, as Raven's angry temperament increased.
"Guys, get ready. We're gonna take these baddies down." Cyborg remarked sternly.
For a few minutes, nobody spoke, nobody moved, nobody breathed. Every Titans gaze was on the still, statue forms of the soldiers around them, cold, icy breath billowing out into the rank air of the warehouse. The military men stood aimlessly around, held in the still positions they had taken on originally. Then, in a spilt second, after what had seemed a lifetime, Robin accidentally started the battle, as a freeze disk clattered to the floor, spraying foam everywhere. The men charged, ambushing their way into the Titans, as the wary heroes rushed forwards, each desperate to escape the oncoming attack.
"Titans! GO!" Robin led the assault, flanked by Beast Boy, Cyborg and Starfire. These four smashed, punched and ransacked anything in sight, Beast Boy not having to do as much work as the other three. Raven however, took a completely different attack style. She merely walked forwards, raising a hand ever so often, which simply flung the soldiers backwards and away from her via telekinesis. Consequently, whenever they formed a line in front of her, Raven threw them left and right, meaning that they practically appeared in an archway formation, which was rather handy for the demon to walk through.
"Now, now Titans. You wouldn't want to harm those men, now would you?" Slade, his eye gleaming with triumph, returned majestically from the gloomy depths of the back of the warehouse.
"Why are you doing this Slade? Why are you helping Business Enterprise? What use is it to you?" Robin snarled, whilst shoving a soldier down, and smashing his staff off of the dazed man's back.
"On the contrary Robin, it is of a great help to me. What better idea to defeat you, than to use someone who knows you so well, that they'll crush you in two minutes? And besides, once the girl has been built up to her full potential, she's going to crush the two people who care about her the most. Right now, she's getting her first taste of this world, the harshness and beauty of it all." Slade's drawl, however irrelevant to Robin, struck a thought between Raven and Beast Boy. Realising Slade's plan, Beast Boy ducked under a possibly lethal gun shot from a pretty nasty looking guy, and turned to charge him elephant style.
Beast Boy? Do you know what Slade's plan is?
Sure do. We have to get to Kiya. She has to be out of harms way. Shall I go in and get her?
Go ahead. Remember, Slade will be waiting for us.
With that, Raven broke the telepathic bond between them, and pushed an oncoming soldier out of the way.
"Bored now." Was the last thing the soldier heard.
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"Code red! Code red!" A soldier screamed as a 500 pounds worth of deadly tiger pounced on top of him, pinning him to the floor with a clean, sharp blow. Roaring with rage and fury, small scales lining his back bristling with anger, Beast Boy rammed his way into the sector where Kiya and Slade were.
"Stop where you are! Do not…" The man quivered, his words dying on his lips as Beast Boy pulled himself up to full height, before rearing up onto his hind legs, and came crashing back down where the terrified soldier had been with a snarl of ire. Rising again from the impact, Beast Boy loped into the shadows, anyone with at least two brain cells to put together keeping wisely out of the way as he did so.
"Starfire!" Robin crashed through the crowd of military men, to reach the trapped alien, sided by Cyborg, who was willingly blasting at anything that came within firing distance. The two were caught up in a surge of bullets and lasers, as Cyborg attempted to defend the frightened Starfire, who was desperately trying to blast off the bullets. Cyborg himself had bullet-proof metal covers, and only a few dents had got as far as making a mark in him.
"Hey! Watch the paintwork!" Cyborg brushed off an invisible speck of dirt, ducking to avoid a bullet, unleashing a sonic cannon flash at the rogue soldier. As he ducked, a man took a life threatening chance, firing a bullet at the distressed Starfire, catching her full on in the head. She collapsed to the floor, a sigh escaping her mouth as blood pooled out of a hugely fatal wound. Before long, her red hair was clumped together with dried blood, her unconscious self rapidly losing life.
"Star! No! Come on, speak to me!" Cyborg fell to his knees beside the injured alien, guilt flooding his gut as he desperately attempted to regain life in her. He angrily kicked away anyone who tried to come near them, as Robin forced his way through, fear and worry shining in his expression.
"The girl is down, I repeat, the girl is down." Another leading officer, authoritatively speaking into a headset, was stunned as Robin smashed the headset, kicking him to the floor, before fleeing to Starfire's side.
"Star! Is she going to be alright?" Robin's voice was lined with fear, worry, and anger for whoever had done it.
"Sorry Robin, but…I don't think she'll make it. Too much blood loss, and it's a head injury." Cyborg lowered his gaze as Robin laid his head on Starfire's chest, sobbing as her breathing became more ragged and strained.
"Hey! Stop where you are! Do not move!" The men turned rapidly around, as Robin lifted his tear streaked face to match Cyborg's gaze.
What they saw was the soldiers firing at a rather pissed off looking Raven. She appeared to have a protective shield of some kind around her, as the bullets bounced off an invisible wall inches from Raven's body. She passed through them all like a saviour, coming to kneel beside the distraught Robin. She cocked her head to one side slightly, eyes narrowly focused on the dying alien in front of her.
For a few minutes, the few soldiers there who had any spark of humanity in them, lowered their arms, and stood with their heads bowed in respect.
This girl was dying.
She had been shot deliberately by a man who was focused on one goal, and that was to kill anybody who got in the way of recapturing Raven and Beast Boy.
Little did that man know that a miracle was about to happen.
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Beast Boy meanwhile, had managed to get into a secret area of the warehouse, looking around for any sign of Kiya and Slade. He had trashed several robot minions of Slade's, but now wandered, aimlessly around, sniffing out any clues as to where Kiya might be. His instinct was to find her, but his heart was angry, willing to hurt in order to get to her.
"Hello my dear boy. Looking for this by any chance?" Standing just a few metres ahead of Beast Boy, up a long line of cardboard boxes on each side, stood Slade. He was grinning immensely, and for a good reason. On one side, held down to the floor as much as possible, was Kiya. The villain had a tight grasp on her neck, his eye gleaming as she struggled, trying desperately to get away. In the gloom, she was next to invisible.
A low growl emitted from Beast Boy, as he noted her frantically afraid eyes, his own eyes mirroring hidden fear, and a great need to rip Slade to pieces.
"Patience now." Slade's eye took on a slightly mad look, his dark iris almost shimmering like water, fire dancing on the devils grave deep within the expression. This gave him a cold, almost deathly look, as he fixed his gaze on the tiger in front of him. "You wouldn't want to hurt her now would you?"
In two seconds, Beast Boy returned to human form to spit out a rather angered reply. "Leave her alone, she has no part of this. It's either that or I'll make you get away from Kiya."
"Now, now, patience." His repeated drawl angered the changeling further, who carefully began to formulate a plan in his head. Telepathically, he communicated with Raven, silently sending her his thoughts.
Rae, I've got to Kiya. Slade's holding her captive. With a bit of work, I might be able to get her free. How's your situation?
Starfire's been shot…There's blood everywhere, she's dying…
Raven, distressed as much as Robin, replied in short, dazed sentences, the shock and upset showing in her tearful thoughts.
Then heal her already! What are you waiting for, you said she's dying!
I don't know if I can save her…but you're right, I'll try. Try and get Kiya free, things have been held up with the shooting and all.
Her thoughts clearer, Raven broke off, turning back to the rapidly dying alien. Robin and Cyborg had both noted that whenever she appeared to be in some form of trance, she was communicating with Beast Boy. Right now, they had watched her blink, and then turn back to them, appearing more awake and attentive.
"Uh, Robin, we still have them to deal with." Cyborg tried to reason with the still distressed boy wonder, trying to knock some sense into him.
"Move out of the way." Raven pulled Robin back from the alien with telekinesis, before taking up his place beside her. Cyborg held back Robin, who was struggling to get back to Starfire. Raven merely placed her hands over Starfire's wound, her telekinesis powers pulling the bullet out of the hole and sending it clattering to the floor beside her. Robin stopped struggling long enough to stare in awe at what she was doing.
"Whoa…" Cyborg muttered, his grip on Robin dropping.
"Shush." Raven uttered in reply, her gaze never leaving the wound. She concentrated, her healing powers taking in the damage, mending the shattered bone, and ripped tissue. Her expression showed pain, her breathing deepening as she reversed the damage done to the brain tissue.
"Starfire…" Robin whispered as silently as possible. This was for a good reason; the gaping wound that had been threatening Starfire's life was no longer there, Raven looking very tired and ill.
"Raven…you…you healed her…." Cyborg muttered in a soft voice.
"Of course. Part of my powers, which
are still highly out of control, in even the most delicate of displays."
Raven's voice was thin with sleepiness, her eyes struggling to stay open. As
she tried to resist the urgent need to sleep, the demon also leaned forward to
Star's opposite side, where Robin patiently waited, brushing her hand across
Robin's cheek. When the boy wonder ran his hand along, the deep cut from his
earlier battles was also gone.
"Thanks…"
"Anytime."
"Why are we sitting around here?" Starfire asked, eyes alert and attentive as she sat up between the two friends. "I thought we were fighting."
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Beast Boy, whilst all of this was going on, was busy putting the finishing touches to his plan. It would take a lot to get Kiya out of Slade's hands, something he intended to do. But first, he needed a distraction, something Kiya was going to provide for him. She just didn't know it yet. Back in tiger form, he prowled around Slade's statue posture, the only sound being Kiya's low sobs.
He urged her on, willing Kiya's sobbing to continue. Whilst she was doing this, he was silently waiting for the right moment, as Slade held Kiya down, more interested in keeping her quiet than watching Beast Boy. His gaze met Kiya's as she tried to get away once more, his eyes wordlessly telling her what he wanted the frightened girl to do.
"Well, well. It appears I will have to put her away for a while, so that I can deal with you. Then, it would be my pleasure to do away with your girlfriend." A chuckle accompanied this, as Kiya gasped in horror. The villain caught her off guard as she fixed her gaze on Beast Boy, flattening her to the ground, stooping to keep her there.
Lets go.
With a roar, Beast Boy charged forward, leaping for Slade's back. He had chosen the right moment, as Slade was unwary, the changeling's huge tiger paws knocking him off Kiya, leaving him sprawled on the floor, deep scratch marks across his back. Beast Boy landed firmly across from him, darting back to nudge Kiya to her feet, pushing her forward.
"Go. Find Raven." He roughly shoved the frightened girl forwards, switching between human and tiger to communicate with her.
"You fucking little piece of shit!" Slade, looking very pissed, was back up, his eye gleaming with rage.
"Go! Now! I'll deal with him!" Beast Boy pushed at Kiya once more, turning to slash at Slade with an angry snarl.
"But what if…"
"JUST GO! Me and Rae are going to get you outta here safely, and your complaining doesn't help!" The tiger jumped and snarled at the villain as he tried to impale him on a stick.
Kiya, finally understanding, quickly kicked down a blockage of several hundred cardboard boxes, - finding herself face to face with numerous soldiers and minions.
"Oh shit." She added a sigh, priming herself for battle.
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The others meanwhile, had found themselves outside, several battles going on between them all. They had now separated, and had unknowingly found their way to the back of the warehouse where Beast Boy, Slade and Kiya were. Robin was well pissed by now, lunging at anything that came near him. Starfire and Raven were using a bit of teamwork, Raven reigning in the realms of getting rather pissed off, Starfire after revenge from nearly coming close to death. Cyborg however, was not as angry as the others, because he had no reason to be. Instead, he was only interested in helping his friends do what they sought to do.
"Come on guys! We can't give up now!" Robin encouraged his weary team on, each occasionally stopping to listen in on what was happening inside the warehouse. From what could hear, a lot of fighting was taking place.
Raven, severely pissed off now, slammed several soldiers out of the way, before suddenly turning towards the building. Inside, she could sense Beast Boy, her senses picking up Slade.
"Robin! Inside! Slade's in there!" Raven shouted, ducking a bullet shot.
"Inside?" He echoed.
"Yes." Came the deadpan reply, as a batch of fresh Slade minions came charging through into the back end of the warehouses. With a sigh, Raven turned on them, silently praying for Beast Boy and Kiya to be alright.
As Cyborg aimed for a nearby soldier, he quickly sidetracked, smashing two soldiers into a minion. His next sonic blast missed totally, hitting the warehouse wall instead, leaving a small, fist sized hole.
"Oh man…" Cyborg remarked, turning to hit back at a nearby minion. He smashed
the robot in the face, overloading the systems. A spin kick to the chest fried
the circuits, the robot exploding as Cyborg turned to kick at a soldier.
Starfire wasn't far behind him, the two taking on the second line of enemy,
Raven and Robin didn't get out of the main swarm.
However, Cyborg's hit to the main wall of the warehouse went to Kiya's advantage. She had already picked up that Raven and the others were out there, she just needed to get around the enemy that were standing in her way. She had taken down some, but, as a young, inexperienced fighter, Kiya needed backup, and the only way to get that was to take the easy route out, - the warehouse walls. Punching at a soldier, she darted around, aimed for the hole in the wall.
"Come on…" She muttered, running around anyone who got in the way. Just as she was inches from the wall, Slade darted form the shadows, grabbing the unwary girl, and crashing her to the ground. A roar of anger sounded behind him, coming from his path originating along a tower of stacked cardboard boxes, as Beast Boy loped down the trail.
"I don't think so. Not this time you don't." Slade hissed, wishing he'd had more time to slash the tiger. "She's mine."
With that, Slade held the terrified girl in a tight grasp, running for the gap, as the tiger realised his motive and hurtled himself after him. Just centimetres from the hole, Beast Boy was close enough to jump, and jump he did, a flying leap that was accurate enough to stop Slade in is tracks. Two seconds before the changeling made impact, he changed to human form. As Slade leaped for the hole as well, the force from the two jumps sent all three crashing through the warehouse wall, and out into the desolate streets where the other Titans were struggling against the soldiers and minions.
"Beast Boy!" Robin shouted, running as he saw a familiar flash of green.
But it was not Beast Boy who rose first from the pile of wood, metal and human. Instead, it was Kiya, having broken free from Slade's grip. But then, out in the moonlight, her appearance was clear and concise, and as Robin got his first look at Kiya, he gasped in shock.
"No! She's mine!" Robin snapped out of the trance he had been in as Slade rushed forward, seizing the unwary girl. She cried out as he grabbed her neck, forcing her into submission. He stopped suddenly, as a strong, angry force came over him, the crowds of man and robot parting as a very angry Raven made her way towards the two.
"Get the hell away from my daughter."
Beast Boy, surprisingly enough being the one to take the main shock of the fall, managed to pull himself to his feet, as Raven angrily dealt out some serious payback, Robin looking as if he needed someone to slap him across the face and pull him back to reality. At that point, Starfire and Cyborg's whereabouts were unknown, and irrelevant to the changeling, as he watched in awe.
"You…you…can't do this…" Slade cried out in pain, as bones snapped beneath the angry demon's rage. Pulled off Kiya, he was thrown backwards, crashing into a second warehouse, bumps and thuds heard as he landed, an unsteady groan of pain surfacing from the gap in the wall. Kiya merely stared, amazed as much as Robin at her mother's powers. As she gradually got up, Starfire and Cyborg pushed their way through to meet the shocked party waiting there.
"Whoa…She…she looks…" Cyborg, at a loss for words, got a look at the tired and dirty Kiya, catching hold of a wall to keep himself steady.
For Kiya, wearing black trousers and a ¾ length green top, had light green skin, and shoulder length green hair as well. Her eyes were also green, holding Raven's sharp, intelligent look, her black gem stone shining upon Kiya's forehead. Pretty in every way, other than her dad's clear traits, she was exactly like a smaller version of Raven.
"Let me guess…" Kiya asked, noting the strange looks. "It's cuz I got green skin, right?" Her clear voice held a note of offence, as she awaited their reply.
"Yes and no…We're not begrudge that fact, It's just who you got the whole green skin thing from." Robin cautiously replied, careful not to offend the teenage girl.
"Okay, okay, Rae already told you, we're her parents, okay?" Beast Boy replied hastily, his own green eyes shining nervously as he gradually brushed all the wooden flakes off.
"Well, we don't know how or why all of this has happened, and we don't know what Business Enterprise wants with Kiya or you, but I think we've had enough surprises for one night." Cyborg gave a grin, as Kiya accepted that these people were friends, and could be trusted. Together, everyone trudged back through the mud, broken robots and injured soldiers, Raven catching Kiya long enough to hug her with relief, before walking with her.
The battle was over, but the war was still to come.
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Gothic: My, my, how very different it is. I'm impressed, but I am really, really sorry you had to wait so long. Hopefully, as most chapters take about 3 - 4 days to write, updates will be quicker.
Kitty: We gotta go work on chapter 5 now. If only we could put these chapters up at skool, but FF.net is off limits still…
Gothic: So, did I work up Kiya intro well? Beast Boy couldn't see her properly because of the darkness of the warehouse, but once outside, the moonlight showed her clearly. Thus, I was able to work up her description at the end for you. Remind me to write less, 3,700 words is too many…
Kitty: C ya when we update!