Satan's Child
Castles: Oh joy of joys…..*sarcastically* we are so happy. I am SO sorry about keeping you waiting on the last chapter, I had other priorities, that came first on my list. However, Castles still has family problems, my granddad died on the 1st April, and I miss him terribly. I had to attend his funeral, and help keep things running, which is the main reason for my lack of updating on the last chappie.
Kitty: *in mourning* This chapter may be dark mind, Castles loved her granddad very much, so there'll be a dedication chapter along the lines somewhere. Anyone else interested in what the 'mysterious woman' said to Kiya? Well, you'll find out soon.
Castles: *sob* You've set me off again now…. *cries whilst mourning* Oh what the heck, on with the ficcie! *anime fountains of tears*
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"Beast Boy.."
Not I don't want to wake up…this place is so warm….
"Beast Boy. Wake up."
No. I don't want to…I'm so comfy and happy here….
"Beast Boy!"
The changeling snapped awake from his dreams to find Raven shaking him. She had clearly moved since the night before, the demon was on top of him, as she shook him awake. Something was clearly up, he could tell by the urgent tone in her voice.
"Rae…what's wrong?"
"Kiya. Now move it." She got off him, running to the window sill, looking out with desperation. She turned around with shock as Beast Boy finally heaved his sleepy self out of bed, and got over to where she stood, putting a comforting hand on his lover's shoulder.
"What's wrong with Kiya?" He asked in a firm, yet comforting voice.
"She's….missing…Starfire went to wake her up this morning, and she wasn't in her bed. She alerted Robin and Cy, and they've been looking everywhere. She isn't in the tower…"
"WHAT?! How come Star and the others didn't come and find us?!"
"Star figured that it would be 'kinder' to not worry us about it. Don't worry, Cyborg's trying to use the tracer in the communicator Robin gave her to track her." Raven did her best to soothe the distraught changeling, but he remained inconsolable, sobbing into her arms. Beast Boy might have still been the mischievous joker of the group, but he loved his daughter with a passion as great as his love for Raven, something that could even surprise the demon herself.
"Beast Boy please….calm down…" Her words had no effect, as Beast Boy continued to cry into her. She eventually gave up on words alone, merely trying to soothe his distress with her warmth and comfort.
Eventually, about 5 minutes later, Beast Boy's sobs finally subdued, and he simply held onto her, his heart hoping desperately that Kiya was alright. But he had no idea, and all he could possibly do was accept his girlfriend's reassurance, and keep hoping that Cyborg and the others would find her. He took in a deep breath, and eventually lifted his head from her chest, taking in her concerned expression.
"You okay?" Raven asked cautiously.
"Will be. I just hope Slade didn't get to Kiya."
"Don't worry about it. Now come on, Robin also found a piece of laced cloth on the roof. Light lilac in colour. "
"Hmm…Makes you wonder…." Beast Boy pondered on it between sobs.
Raven simply smiled, thankful that the changeling was okay. She leant down and gave him a light kiss, before taking him by the hand, and leading him out of their room. Like a child, he followed in a daze, unsure of himself, and of Kiya's whereabouts.
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"Hey! Hey I got something! To the East!" Cyborg shouted out in triumph as he finally got a weak, but definite signal, indicating Kiya's location. The hybrid switched to a heat sensor view, noting Kiya's position, and the equally moving stranger beside her.
"You've found her? Please say it's her." Robin dashed to his friends side, looking at the screen. "Whoa, who's that with her?"
"Dunno. I'm scanning the systems to see if there's any info on them. Could be BE, if it is I'll know about them."
"BE?" Beast Boy echoed confusedly behind them.
"Business Enterprise. I got tired of sayin' the whole phrase." Cyborg replied, tapping away at the computer. "But I know where Kiya is, and BE have not captured her. "
"Then who have?" Raven said in quite a dangerous voice.
"Look, I don't know yet. When I do, I'll quite willingly let you kick their ass in. Until then, please don't get angry with us." Cyborg kept his eyes on the screen, curling his lip in a snarl as the computer's systems brought up nothing.
"Sorry. Paternal instincts and all that. " Raven softened her tone as Beast Boy gave her a hug, something that helped to calm her down.
"AH HAH!" Cyborg shouted with glee, as he finally got a tiny piece of information on their mystery person. "Our suspect is female, about early 20's. Has some kind of superpower. And…oh. Her DNA matches some we have from the HIVE."
There was a pause for a minute, the only sound being Cyborg's taps on the keyboard. Then, a name came to Raven's mind, a name that made her think, a lot.
"Jinx." Raven snarled
angrily. She swore she have her revenge for that…"
"Rae, calm down. You're
right Jinx is probably behind this. And she probably is out for revenge, but
we'll talk about that later." Beast Boy attempted to calm her, but his words
had no affect. He thought for a minute, wondered how this was going to be
explained to the others.
"Beast Boy, who knows what she'll tell Kiya? Kiya barely knows anything about being in the real world, she could be easily influenced by that bitch." Raven was severely angry by now, but she kept control, managing to not destroy or explode anything.
"Rae's right, it is Jinx. But why is she with Kiya?" Cyborg timidly asked.
"Revenge." Was all Raven said, her anger eventually dying.
"For what?" Robin enquired.
"We hide lots of secrets we don't want you guys to know, and this is one of them. Lets just say me and Rae ran into Jinx about the time that we'd left to go to Gotham City. She wanted a fight, and we gave her a fight. The problem however, was this." Beast Boy pulled a necklace out of his pocket, one that had a stone amulet on the chain, a ruby red diamond or gem in the centre. "This was protecting Jinx from our powers, and allowing her to commit a series of crimes she was doing. "
"So we took it off her, 'cause we weren't going to completely abandon our superhero ways. She got severely pissed off, and swore she'd have revenge on us. She's been trying to get back at us ever since." Raven gave a yawn, finally calm and relaxed again.
" Looks like she's out for some serious payback then." Robin grimly added.
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"Where are we going?" Kiya asked brightly, her eyes wide as saucers at the many sights she was seeing.
"Somewhere, safe. Somewhere where you'll never be troubled by their lies again." Jinx spoke lies herself, she was not there to save Kiya at all. Instead she was doing quite the opposite, turning the unsuspecting girl into Slade for a handsome reward.
"Is that it?" Kiya asked, pointing to the city.
"Yes, it is." Jinx dropped down into a basketball court, followed by Kiya, as Jinx looked anxiously around. "We're going somewhere in that big place. You'll like it, it's a nice area." Jinx gave a false smile, her lips smiling, her eyes cold and emotionless.
"Ah, Jinx. How kind of you, you've delivered her right to my doorstep. " A familiar drawl boomed across the court, followed by a haunting laugh of satisfaction.
Jinx grabbed Kiya, holding her in a tight grasp. "I did as you asked Sir. But you won't be getting her until I receive my payment."
"Let go of me! You lied! How could you?!" Kiya desperately tried to get out of Jinx's grip, but it was like steel, and she could barely struggle, let alone get away.
"The payment." Jinx hissed through gritted teeth.
"As you wish." Slade coolly replied, taking a suitcase from the many minions that had gathered in a circle behind the three. Opening the suitcase, Slade revealed a fine sum of $10,000 dollars.
"The money for the girl. A fair exchange as far as I can see. " Slade remained cool and laid back as Jinx shoved Kiya forward and into the waiting arms of the minions. Kiya was seized by the robots, held in position.
"I kept up my end of the deal, now keep up yours. The money, if you please Sir." Jinx lost her possessive attitude as her boss handed over the suitcase, and Jinx smirked with delight.
"I forgot to tell you kid. What I said, that is true. Ask them yourself! I just used it as an excuse to get you here. How pathetic and gullible." Jinx laughed with amusement, turning to go. "Pleasure doing business with you Sir."
"Not at all. If I need you again, I'll call." Slade watched Jinx jump out of the court, holding the silver suitcase. Then he turned to Kiya, who was in ultimate distress, desperately trying to escape. "Don't struggle my dear, it'll only make matters worse. I don't really want you, I want your parents. And if I have you, they'll surely come a running to save you, - and walk right into my trap."
"You'll never get them. Why do you want Mum and Dad anyway?!" Kiya was frantic by now, the bar code on her neck, similar to the ones of Beast Boy and Raven, if not identical, beginning to glow with the feel of her powers.
"Now, now, relax. I could turn you into Business Enterprise right now, and earn myself millions. But your parents, why they are worth billions… far more than you'll ever be worthy of. So why not throw in all of you? I could harness the power to destroy the Titans once and for all."
"You'll never get away with this." Kiya sounded far more braver than she felt.
"Watch me."
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"Hang on, Jinx is leaving! What the, who's this? " Cyborg tapped hastily upon the computer keyboard, trying to keep up with the events going on. "Uh oh. Rae, you are gonna be so pissed, 'cause I think Slade's just got involved. He's got Kiya!"
"He is so dead…" Raven growled from behind him.
"Titans, GO!" Robin shouted out the ever so familiar command, something everyone had once thought gone. But now was the time to stop Slade, and get back Kiya.
"Lets go." Cyborg added.
With quick movements, the Titans set out to find the lost girl, heading for the East of the city, hoping to find Kiya, who was by now being dragged out of the basketball court, and taken back to Slade's hideout. This caused much confusion, as Cyborg's tracker kept blinking and beeping, appearing in a new spot every two seconds.
"What? Oh damn, she's moved
again." Cyborg sighed as he tapped at the keys on his arm, trying to keep tabs
on the green skinned girl.
"Why is it so hard for you to keep your sights on one person? I thought you only had it set to show Kiya." Raven asked with a slight edge to her voice, one that showed curiosity more than anger.
"Um, Slade's on the move, and he's taking Kiya with him. Consequently, the dot flashes off, and reappears in a new place on the radar. "
"O….kay. Are we anywhere near her or what?" A frown crossed Raven's face, one that quickly went as fast as it came.
"We're gaining more than Slade's moving. We'll get there soon." Cyborg's voice was grim, the worry and fear between them all ever growing.
"Left! Left! Slade's coming this way, we can break him off!" Cyborg's words were sharp, pointing in the right direction.
"Titans, in the shadows. Get into hiding." Robin headed for a pile of trash cans, hiding behind them, as Beast Boy and Raven took to an alleyway on the left, and Starfire and Cyborg ran to an passageway on the right.
"Move it, you stupid bitch! I don't have all day!" Slade's drawl echoed down the rows of houses and back lanes, his words causing a growl to emit from Raven, who was crouched down in Beast Boy's arms.
"Get ready…" Robin whispered.
"I won't go! You can't make me!"
"NOW! TITANS! GO!" Robin yelled, jumping out and swinging towards Slade. Their surprise attack caught the villain off guard, and Robin's staff collided with the side of his head, throwing him sideways. The blow had little effect, as Slade responded with a punch that flung the unsuspecting Robin into the trash cans he'd come from.
The minions, being merely robots, were also unwary, and took the full attacks of Cyborg and Raven. Beast Boy stayed back, waiting to get Kiya safely out of the way. His chance almost came when Raven slammed two minions near Kiya together, before flinging them backwards, causing them to smash into one of the robots holding Kiya. With one arm free, Kiya pulled the other android around to her other side, and crashing into others nearby. The girl, still pretty shaken up, ran to her mothers side, who held her in a protective hug. Satisfied that his daughter was safe, Beast Boy charged into the battle, primed for attack.
"No! She's mine!" Slade gasped, whilst thumping Robin away from him. Robin came back like a boomerang, throwing two freeze disks at his enemy, before karate kicking at his chest. Slade caught the boy wonder by his ankle, swinging him around, letting go, and allowing gravity to pull him to the ground.
"Ow…" Came the faint response from Robin.
"Now, give her to me, unless you wish to die…" Slade hissed, turning to Raven.
"Over my dead body." Raven retorted, summoning up several large bubbles of black aura. She let these bubbles drift overhead Slade, who looked up with amusement.
"You think blowing bubbles will stop me? Think again demon." Slade chuckled
with delight, raising his own staff.
"Oh I forgot to tell you, I learnt a few new tricks over these last 5 years. Want to see them?" The half demon smiled with anticipation, before pushing her hands forward and opening her fists in one swift movement. The bubbles exploded in a blinding flash of light, the fragments of Raven's powers falling onto Slade, burning his suit and skin. He, and nearly everybody else in the passageway fell to the ground, stars dancing before their eyes as the last of the light faded, revealing a very badly burnt Slade, and confused robots walking about. The light had fried the circuitry in the minions, leaving them useless and inoperable.
"Rae! I've told you about doing that in public!" Beast Boy, rubbing his eyes, gradually got up, as did the others, wondering what on earth had happened.
"This…isn't…over…" Slade breathed.
"Looks pretty over to me." Kiya sharply snapped back, raising her head from where she'd pushed it into the depths of her mother's coat.
Slade merely growled at the demons, turning and fleeing down the alleyway, holding onto his severely burnt and blistering arm.
"O..kay…Who, or what was that?! I'm surprised we weren't all blinded by it!" Robin, still dazed, eventually managed to get up, wiping the sweat and moisture out of his still watering eyes.
"It was like a flash of lightning, only closer and much brighter." Starfire added.
"Your 'flash of lightning' was me, with my latest trick. I have lots of new tricks." Raven gave a seductive smile, pleased by the success that she'd achieved.
"So how did you pull that one off?" Cyborg asked, whilst picking up and examining the robotic remains.
"Basically, I can form any sized bubbles of my powers, and position them to wherever
I want them to be, before literally 'exploding' them, in a rather bright,
blinding light. The bubbles pop like balloons, and the ripped remains burn
anything they touch or come into contact with. Consequently, that was how Slade
got all those burns. " Raven explained.
"Looks can be deceiving. Looks innocent, extremely deadly. Can you do anything else?" Robin picked up a small piece of black, smooth leather cloth. It was part of Slade's costume, which had been torn off during the explosions. Robin pocketed it, reminding himself to add to the trophy room later.
In answer to his question, Raven created a fairly big bubble, and floated it towards Robin. "Trust me. It won't explode."
Two seconds later, Robin found himself floating upwards, suspended inside a giant black and white bubble. He went wherever the demon sent him, which included going as high up as the buildings nearby.
"Whoa! Let me out! She's keeping me prisoner!" In a mocking, jokey voice, Robin called down to his friends, clearly enjoying himself. Raven smiled with satisfaction, as she brought him low enough, then popped the bubble, dropping Robin to the ground. The odd thing was the fact that although the bubble popped like it had done before, this time there was no blinding light, allowing the boy wonder to fall to his feet as agile as a cat.
"Robin!"
"Wow, that musta been like flying…"
"Is it black from the inside?…"
"Told him I had a few new tricks.."
"Looks fun to me…"
The endless rabble of chatter continued for a minute, until it died down, as Robin yawned, and motioned as if to go.
"Come on, I don't know about you guys, but I'm exhausted." Robin pointed towards the far off bay. "Lets go home."
"Before that however, I think somebody has some explaining to do. Hmm?" Beast Boy threw quite a serious look at his daughter, who looked down with sorrow.
"I'm sorry Dad, but…"
"But what Kiya? You worried everyone. You know how dangerous Business Enterprise is, and you of all people are extremely vulnerable." Raven snapped.
"But that woman, whoever she was, she sounded like she was telling the truth. And she was nice to me to start with." Kiya was trying to defend herself, but was failing rapidly against her quick witted parents.
"Not everybody is telling the truth when they sound like they are. And Jinx was a stranger to you, so to avoid her would have been the best option in the first place." Robin, gathering that Kiya had been a bit naïve, did his best to help her out.
"What did she tell you anyway? A load of lies?" Beast Boy was still looking very angry at Kiya, and for good reasons.
"She told me lots of stuff on the way here, but it was really expanded on what she told me that made me go with her in the first place."
"And what was that?" Raven almost sarcastically asked.
"That you guys had been lying to me, and…well that…that apparently one of my relations is some hell demon, from some other dimension, and it seems that well, I inherited some kind of dark side from him, that will one day supposedly destroy the world, and you guys never told me because you were just trying to protect me….and well…" Kiya stopped for breath, looking nervously away.
"Shall we hit Jinx now or later?" Beast Boy asked his girlfriend.
"I'm just trying to work out which parts are true, and which parts are complete bullshit." She replied.
"She did say, when she was leaving that it was true." Kiya hopefully added.
"First things first, Jinx's 'hell demon' does exist, he's your grandfather" Raven began through gritted teeth. "Second of all, me and him have had certain 'personal issues' due to the fact that I am half demon, half human, and he is pure demon. The rest is just bullshit, that she conjured up using a bit of my history with my father." Raven finished with a tone that clearly said 'don't ask complicated questions.'
"You're sure? "
"Kiya, I inherited the dark side that 'nearly' destroyed the world, and I can assure you, there is nothing within you, because I managed to dispose of my dark side. " Raven gave a half smile. "End of discussion. And I can promise you, that you will not get away with your little 'escapade' so easily. "
"Oh mum!" Kiya groaned with complaint. "It wasn't all my fault!"
"You can forget creeping to me, it didn't work 5 years ago from this lot, and it certainly isn't going to work now!" Raven retorted.
"Come on, you two, girlie discussions can come later! Lets go home!" Beast Boy interrupted, putting one arm around Raven, the other around Kiya.
"Good idea, I need a recharge!" Cyborg yawned, setting off down the street. "Come on, we don't have all day!"
"All night you mean." Raven added.
"Whatever!" The hybrid replied, laughing all the while.
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Just wait Titans, I will claim my revenge, and then you will suffer a slow and painful death as I claim what is rightfully mine…
The dark shadow of Slade disappeared into the cold darkness, the blood dripping from red raw skin, purple blisters showing up around the many burnt and scalded wounds upon his body. A sooty black mark was noticeable on the orange side of his mask, fingerprints just visible from where Slade had tried to wipe the ugly, grimy smudge away.
I will have my revenge…
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Castles: Wow, I'm getting better, this chapter only took me three days to write, which is about my average! Beast Boy and Rae as parents…scary.
Kitty: I fell asleep near the end of this chapter because I was so fed up of Castles writing. She didn't play with me! Unfair!
Castles: Fine, but I think I'm a little over my allowed computer time, so be quick! C ya when we update!