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Chapter 9: An ultimate decision Location: Azrathean Capital Time: 10:20 AM (Earth time)

Trigon halted his continuation of the blasts as soon as he noticed that Raven and Specter had left his sight. 'Looks like they gave up,' Trigon thought, 'no surprise. I am truly the strongest one.' "We didn't give up." Trigon turned to the source of the voice. And there was Raven, looking straight at him. "Reading my thoughts," Trigon said, "I'm surprised you could break into my mind." "And there's plenty more surprises for you." Raven said as she prepared to fight him.

Raven then delivered a flying kick to his head. He grabbed her leg and threw her away from her. She recovered and hovered in the air as he fired energy shots at her. She materialized a shield around her as the shots bounced of it. Trgion them materialized in front of her and released a shockwave from his hand, which sent Raven straight into a dilapidated building's wall.

"I'm waiting for your surprises," Trigon said as he watched Raven get up from the ground, "By the way, where's that boyfriend of yours? Probably left you to die." "Shut up! He would never do that!" Raven said as she fired energy shots at Trigon. He deflected them with his arm and fired his own shot at her. She was them knocked back into the building.

'Raven!' Specter said to her telepathically, ' I'm coming to help!' 'No,' Raven said in a forceful voice, 'you have to charge your energy. I'll take care of him.' Specter them feel silent and returned to his energy charging. Raven returned to her fighting stance and looked dead on at Trigon. "Why," Raven asked, "why did you kill my mother?" "I needed someone to carry my protege," Trigon said in a more serious tone," And I found her." Trigon then stretched his fingers, "Of course, after you were born, I knew she was of no use and I had to do away with her." "You are just like her, alone and with no one to help her." He then finished with a laugh full of evil.

"You monster!" Raven said in an angry tone. She charged at Trigon, rapidly launching punches and kicks. He moved at an amazing speed that almost made him look invisible, dodging the blows. He then leaped onto the roof of an old building, looked down at Raven and said, "Is that all?" Raven then unleashed a huge ball of dark energy at Trigon, engulfing him and the building. "Yes!" Raven said as she looked as the blast connected with its target. Then, she had a look of horror as she saw Trigon hovering over the destroyed building.

"Nice try," Trigon said, "but now, it's my turn." He then fired energy blasts from his eyes at Raven. She jumped into the air, avoiding the blasts. Just then, Trigon fired a blast from his mouth at Raven, hitting her. She cried out in pain as the blast hit and sent her straight into the ground. Trigon then unleashed a rapid stream of energy blasts at Raven, engulfing the area in smoke. He then gathered a great amount of energy into his hands and fired it in a large stream at Raven. When the attack ended, he looked at the ruin from his attack. The dust cleared, revealing a battle scarred Raven. Her clock was in tatters, revealing her face, which was had cuts that were leaking fresh blood. Her breath was coming out in weak exhales as Trigon let out an evil laugh.

'Raven!' Specter yelled out to her telepathically as he broke his energy charge. 'Specter...I'm l-losing power...' Raven responded, 'I can't-t h-hold on...I l-love you." 'You will not go Raven!' Specter replied, "Come on," he said to himself, "I need more power to save her!" Just then, a surge of energy rushed through his body. "What the," he asked himself, "well, no time to figure that out. Time to finish off Trigon once and for all!"

Will the energy that Specter has "mysteriously" gotten be enough to stop Trigon? Will Raven survive? Find out in Chapter 10!