The Devil Made Me Do It
A fanfiction by Keystone
Disclaimer: As before, the Teen Titans, Hell, Heaven, the angels, Spawn, or demons are no property of mine. Come on people.
Author's note: Okay so here is the second chapter. I hope you found the first one enjoyable. I plan on making this seem to be very serious story. A tale of desperation, redemption, damnation, and hope. So if any of these sound like fun to you, review and let me know. How can I entertain you all if I don't know what yins want to see? Well, on with the show!
Hell's Angel: The Devil Made Me Do It
Chapter 2
Dizzying. The velocity was simply dizzying. Blinding. The light around her was absolutely blinding. As Raven hurtled through the wormhole she was amazed by what she saw. Jump City, engulfed in a terrible, black storm. Jagged red lightning split the sky and titanic thunder shook the buildings to the ground. But her eyes were focused on te citizens of Jump City, running frantically to and fro. When she looked to see just what they were running from, words escaped her.
A horde of dark creatures swarmed from a number of portals identical to the one se was I, save they were of a red hue, as opposed to the blue serenity of hers. As she stared at this swirling gate, and the terrifying beasts being expelled by it, the people of the city fled for their lives.
Each snarling, foul monster was intent on claiming as many human lives as possible. And they did with any sort of weapon they could. Raven saw one swing a mans arm like a club, whilst another wielded a wicked looking blade in each of its four arms. Another still took the form of a giant insect-like creature, using its rows of spines and claws to kill several innocents at once.
Beast Boy scanned the terrain for Titan Tower. Any sign of the once pristine, pure building the called home was now lost to him. For when he saw the tower, it was not as he left it. There were seven red gates surrounding it and legions of the things spilled forth from their edges. With horror he saw several blue beams, green explosions, and red streams firing around inside.
When he saw the fierce struggle going on, he turned and grabbed Raven, trying t show er what he saw. "Raven, look at the Tower! The others! We have to go help them! Hey dude," he shouted to the figure leading them through their own portal, "take us back there! Our friends need us!"
Raven too spoke to Michael, demanding to be let go. "If you don't allow us to go there, our entire home will be overrun. Many people will die. Are you even listening to me? Free us now!" Seeing that the so-called angel was paying no attention to their cries, she decided to take her own action.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthoss!!" she chanted, trying to break from the gateway. Directing her hands toward the walls of the portal, she discharged a black beam of power, harder than she had ever fired one. The ebony power wave slammed into the wall, and Raven grunted under the strain. Finally she squelched the attack, allowing the swirling energy to subside.
Without even turning around, the armor clad figure in front of them spoke to them. "Calm thyselves. Thine attempts to escape the gate are futile and thou shalt need all thine power to combat the legions. Thine friends will not be harmed," turning to face them he added, "They will soon join you here."
"Here? Where's 'here'?" Asked Beast Boy. Suddenly noticing they had reached their destination. A bluff outside of the city limits, overlooking a massive lake. Surrounded by trees and shrubs, the small overlook was a nice place to go for picnics or to hang out, which the Titans did when they could. The Titans? "Hey," Beast Boy shouted again, "where are our friends?"
Facing them, the angel named Michael said "They shall be here soon. Gabriel is bringing thine friends to this place. A dire situation has fallen upon thee and thine home. All will be explained when Gabriel arrives." Saying no more, the golden warrior vanished in a smaller blue warp field.
"Duuuude!!! Raven come on we have to go back." Beast Boy said, turning into an albatross and turning to fly back when Raven stopped him.
"No. Whatever is causing this, we need to wait for the others before we act. Besides, we have no clue what we are up against. This Michael person may have the information we need. And you and I alone cannot take on the thousands of enemies, and that appears to e how many there are." Though she meant it, she did want to go back to help.
As Beast Boy changed back to his human form he began to reply when a blinding blue flash appeared thirty feet to his left. Turning to look, the two teens saw the other members of their team and a second winged warrior emerge from a blue tinged whirl.
Seeing the condition of their teammates caused them to run to their sides and be with them. Starfire cradled a bleeding left arm and wept from two black eyes. Cyborg leaked oil and was dented in several places. But worst of all, Robin lay in his arms. His cape torn in several places and his body ripped open in many places as well. He appeared to be unconscious and was still breathing, however.
Raven spoke first. "Star? Cyborg? Are you guys alright? What happened to Robin?" She said as she stopped in front of them. She gingerly grabbed Starfire's arm and examined her wound. It was ragged and the blood flowed freely. Making eye contact with her alien friend, the taller girl fell into Raven's arms and held onto her as if her life depended on it. Because it did.
Beast Boy stopped next to Cyborg and desperately looked at Robin. "Dude, what happened!? I mean, we just vanished and saw you guys fighting and then these things, and, and..." He could barely talk. Cyborg set Robin down and crouched over him.
"I don't know BB. We were talking and then all of a sudden it went black. These red swirls were everywhere and we got rolled under. We just couldn't stop them. We tried to fall back to the kitchen and make a stand, but then this light appeared and this guy came out," Cyborg recanted as he stood to face the other person. "Just who are you and what is going on here anyway?"
They all turned to face the mysterious stranger and a second later another portal opened and out stepped the man with Raven and Beast Boy. This time, there was going to be answers. There just had to be.
The one calling himself Michael forward. "My name is Michael. This," he gestured towards the other figure, "is Gabriel. We are Archangels, Heavens guardians. We have brought thee all here for a very important reason. As thee have seen, black creatures are entering thine realm. Thee are the ones chosen by God to destroy them."
The Titans looked rightfully shocked. Here they are, minding their own business, then the monsters showed up and trounced them like infants. Now, Heavens to mightiest soldiers, including God's personal warrior, tell them they are to fight these monsters in the name of God. Beast Boy was the first to ask, but not the first to wonder.
"Um, just where are these guys from, and how are we to beat them? I mean, our team is in serious trouble. Three of us are injured heavily, we cant hurt them, and we have no idea what they are, uh, your holiness." Despair crept into his voice, his eyes pleading with the holy soldier for ay kind of answer.
It came first in te form of an action. Gabriel walked forward, then in a simple sweeping motion of his arm over each of the injured Titan's forms, their injuries were healed. Robin stood slowly, then faced his teammates. Starfire saw her arm was cleaned and undamaged and Cyborgs armor was patched, buffed, and dent-free. They all huddled together, scared, and relieved.
Gabriel returned to Michaels' side and the elder of the two spoke up. "They are shock troopers of Hell. They seek to recover a deserter who fled into your city. They are also the advance forces of Satan's army. He plans to take Earth and use the souls of its inhabitants to build his army in preparation of his assault on Heaven." As he spoke, the five teens expressions went from worried to horrified. This was insane. Sure they were super heroes, but these were the minions of the Dark One. How could they possibly fight them?
Continuing, Michael looked upon their weary faces and saw their concerns. "I know thou art curious as to how you will be able to do battle with them. And if thou will have the courage to face them again. We will equip you from our heavenly forges with the armor and knowledge to defeat the unholy threat. Now, we shall begin."
"Begin what?" Raven asked.
"The arming." Michael answered. Then he threw back his cloak and a holy aura grew around him. "You must all disrobe so we may begin."
"You gotta be kidding me," Beast Boy said, "We have to what?"
Naive Starfire turned to Cyborg for a question. "Cyborg, what is this 'disrobe'? How do we do it?"
His eyes never leaving Michael, Cyborg answered her. "He means to strip, Star. We have to be naked."
Her eyes glowing bright and her jaw dropping, Starfire wheeled around to face the two angels, rage setting in her voice. "I will do no such thing! You cannot ma-"
"You will do as you are told, mortal!" Michael cut her off with such ferocity she recoiled and physically flinched.
Sinking to the ground in despair, Starfire slowly began to take of her boots as the others did. Except for Cyborg. Being that he wore no clothing, he had no need to remove anything. But noticing the face made by Star, as well as the tears forming in the corner of her eyes, he moved next to her and allowed her to cling to him, hiding any vulnerability she had. Next to him stood Robin, then Raven and Beast Boy.
All naked, all defenseless, all frightened. The air around them began to crackle with power and a halo of gold spread all around them. Then, his arms raised in the air, Michael commanded the Titans to spread out, which they slowly, cautiously did, arms and hands covering all that they could. The whole time, the aura around Michael growing brighter and stronger, concentrating in his hands.
With a calm, rock steady voice he proclaimed "Now, before myself and God, I bless thee with Heavenly fire!" Then threw his hands in front of him, five lances of energy snaking out and coiling around the five teens.
Raven was stunned. The power running over her exposed body like none she had ever felt. Having switched bodies with Starfire before she had experienced a new type of power, but it was nothing like this. No even the strength of her power matched this. It was as if the warm feel of the sun and the icy kiss of the winter wind danced across her all at once. Looking down she saw that her usual outfit had been recreated on her, but instead of a blue cloak and boots with a black suit, she wore an white suit and a gray cloak.
Looking at the other Titans she saw that their outfits had been altered as well. Each was a replica of their old costumes, but was made of some new more powerful material and charged with holy energy matching it's respective wearer. Robins red, green, yellow, and black suit became cerulean, golden, silver, and white, respectively. Beast Boy's black and pink jumpsuit became blue and gold, and Starfire found herself clothed in deep crimson and gold. Strangely, Cyborg remained the same, but his armor now boasted more than a tn times increase in strength and his eye was of a electric blue hue instead of a red one.
Just as quick as it had started, then snaking energy subsided and faded back into Michael's outstretched hands. Then he spoke to the Titans. "Now thou art ready to engage Satan's army. Be on the lookout for the renegade soldier. Thou shall find him easily enough." He claimed cryptically.
"How will we know which one he is?" Robin finally spoke up.
"He'll be the one killing al the others..." Michael trailed off as he and Gabriel were swallowed by a blue vortex and then was gone.
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Okay s there you go for chappy 2. I hope it answered some questions for you. Anyways, music in the next chapter, now it is appropriate. So yeah, send a review my way why don't you. Any suggestions, comments, criticisms, whatever. It's all good. Oh yes, and I kinda twisted the Spawn universe slightly to make it fit. It will not be Al Simmons or include th Violator or Malebolgia. Sorry, but this is my story. Check ya later.