NOOOO! Only... 2 more chapters... not including this one... Ugh... I'm not good at endings! Well... anyway, this chapter... whatever, I'll let you find out when you read it... Oh yes, I don't own anyone in this chapter. Eh. Haven't spent as much time editing on these last chapters...
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CloudsHalo: Uh... I haven't read Lord of The Flies, so I don't know... The glasses thing was just something random I added... Trigon... I haven't read many older comics so I don't really know if he was... But as I just checked one bout Raven, says he did eventually come to earth...
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GreenEagle: (slaps herself) AAAA I'm stupid!
Chapter 13: Finally, A Plan
Robin stared, his eyes wide under his mask, unable to move in time to escape from the building.
"WATCH OUT!" In a streak of black power, one of the Ravens dove towards him, shoving him roughly out of the way. At the same moment, the building fell to the ground with an earsplitting crunch, concrete and parts flying everywhere.
Dust rose over the scene, causing the other Ravens to stop fighting Trigon and rush to see what had happened. When the dust settled, everyone was astonished to see that the Raven who had saved Robin... was Timid.
If you'll remember, readers of this fanfic, that Timid was the only emotion who was not attacking Trigon. I stated quite clearly that lil' Timid had also been watching the fight between the Titans. So...
Timid shuddered; disbelieving that she had done that. Her violet eyes opened very wide, gaping at the crushed building before her. That was not like her at all, and the gray-cloaked Raven immediately returned to her normal self. She clutched the edges of her cloak and vanished into the ground, before Robin could even speak. She reappeared farther away, looking terrified.
Little by little, we are starting to change, noted Intelligence in her thoughts. I should not have attacked Trigon back there so easily. And Timid should not have done that one act of bravery. We have to get back in Raven's mind as soon as we can! The yellow-cloaked Raven squinted at Raven, wishing she had her glasses.
Robin realized that maybe he should have mixed up the Titans and the Ravens, and not had them fight separately. The Raven's may have done better fighting the real Raven. But this was no time to think of that now...
"Good one, Gray!" Congratulated Valor, beaming as she slapped Timid on the back, rather hard, and Timid winced. But green Raven suddenly looked pained, hearing Trigon's rumbling roar behind her. "Awww... not HIM again!"
The real Raven, see thing with anger, swirled around and into the air to levitate up to her father. She glowered at the Titans and her emotions below her. Communicating with Trigon in his mind, red power blazed around Trigon's eyes and Raven's hands.
Beast Boy, as usually, wasn't watching. So he quickly realized something. "Dude! Shouldn't we be able to take 'em down... It IS 2 against 8!"
"We need to stop focusing on Trigon. He's almost impossible to even hurt, let alone take down!" Cyborg told Beast Boy. He looked back at the others. "But if we ignore him, he can take us down. We need a plan!" All of the Titans looked expectantly at Robin, while all of the Raven's looked at Intelligence.
"Well, unless you plan on getting killed... Then move!" The Titans and the Ravens scattered as Trigon and Raven attacked in union.
The ground shattered, immersed with red light and power. It rippled through the earth like it was paper, ripping it apart. Buildings creaked and started to tumbled down. Flying Titans and Ravens flew out and into rising dust, rushing to escape the crevice that was being creating.
A building started to fall towards on certain yellow-cloaked girl. Intelligence disappeared into the ground, and then felt herself moving back up through the ground. Appearing once again, she glanced around at her new surroundings. Trigon was nowhere in sight, though Intelligence could see Raven. The yellow-cloaked Raven flew away from Raven, not wanting to fight her. Instead, she found Robin.
You want a plan... I may be able to assist you there.
"Huh?" Robin stared at Intelligence, who seemed to be communicating to him through her mind. Quickly realizing that it was her, he remembered that Raven could talk in his mind with him. So, so could the emotions.
I told you... Now listen... Intelligence quickly related what she thought might work. I'm not positive, but it's worth a try, She communicated, flying around a building to avoid Trigon's vicious attacks. Robin agreed, and Intelligence quickly told the other Raven's and the Titans what they had to do.
Raven flew over the ruined city, looking for her enemies. The Titans, and her emotions. Her father had instructed her to destroy them all, except maybe Intelligence. She would capture her. (After all, it may not hurt to be a little smarter, now does it?) Through the settling dust, she spotted a pink blur beneath her, and dove down.
Happy, probably the most revolting of her sides, was joyfully twirling around... next to Robin. Hatred grew in Raven's mind. She had not killed him successfully... Now she could. She dove down, blood-red cape rippling as she flew away from Trigon and at the two Titans and her emotion.
She noticed that Cyborg also was there, but she didn't hesitate at all. In fact, they didn't appear to be fighting... They seemed to be running! Raven frowned, watching them disappear around a corner. She followed, hindering their way by creating another huge crevice in the ground. But Happy simply levitated them across, and they vanished out of sight again. Angered, Raven began shooting her red power at them.
Dodging the red beams, Cyborg looked up at Raven. I hope this works, he thought. Would the real Raven ever join the team again?
Meanwhile, Beast Boy, Valor, and Starfire were engaged with Trigon. They may as well have been like flies, which he swatted at, but it would be painful if he hit one of them...
The three flew around a corner, and his red eyebeams blasted past them. Starfire was worried. She did not know how of if this could work, but anything to get the real Raven back again. She winced as one of his angry roars pierced the air, and she flew away.
Red energy struck Happy, and with a yell, she fell to the ground. Raven paused, wondering whether to finish her off, or go after the others. To her surprise, Robin and Cyborg had vanished. Cowards, she scornfully thought, dismissing it. They had probably ran around the corner that they were at the edge of, and ran away... Raven landed on the ground, and held her glowing red hands over Happy.
Happy suddenly flashed Raven one of her infuriating smiles. "Our cloaks are similar, ain't they, Rae?" she giggled innocently, seeming to be blissfully unaware of the bad position she was in. Raven paused.
Pink Raven giggled again. Although her cloak was dark magenta-like-pink and Raven's was blood-red... Disgusted, Raven took up a huge slab of concrete in her powers, directing it towards Happy. Happy made no move to protect herself, or to even move from the ground. She still sat there.
Abruptly, Starfire came zooming around the corner at top speed. Nearly slamming into Raven, she braked, muttering a small "eep!" Her eyes radiant with a bright green, Starfire raced upwards and away from Raven. Conveniently, the slab of concrete appeared to be in her way, and she smashed it with her fists.
As concrete dust and chunks rained down on Happy and Raven, Raven turned, angered, to attack Starfire. Starfire didn't seem to plan on staying long.
Undaunted by the gray dust covering her cloak, Pink Raven giggled again. Her purple eyes smiled up at Raven, before they became white with her power. She quickly vanished into the ground in black power.
Raven heard a loud roar and watched as Beast Boy and Valor zoomed by her. Confused, she started to turn around.
Then Trigon appeared. His four eyes glowing red, they shot out in a beam of dazzling red light, which had been aimed at Beast Boy and Valor... But not now.
Now, it was aimed straight at Raven.
With no time to move, the red energy caught Raven directly. She screamed as it hit her, much stronger than anything else she had ever felt. The fury of Trigon himself washed over Raven, and she felt something strange happening in her mind.
As the other Titans and Raven's watched anxiously, red smoke covered the area, whether from Trigon's beam or what, they didn't know. Coughing, the Titans withdrew, while the Raven's didn't move.
There was silence for a long moment. Then they heard a roar from Trigon. (They could see him, of course, as he's way big enough to see over the smoke.) The red smoke slowly began to clear away.
Raven felt... strange feelings in her mind. In the pain of her father's beam, her mind buzzed with more than pain. She opened her eyes, seeing the smoke around her. It was red-gray smoke, but her vision was not impaired with the red haze over it. Like out of a dream, she felt oddly... Like she was missing something. She put her hand to her head.
The Titans squinted through the smoke, and saw three- yes, three, shapes in the smoke. Wind blew through it, blowing one of the shapes cloaks away from her body.
"R...Raven... Raven!?" Three? Each Titan asked him or herself in their mind.
"Who are they?" To Beast Boy's question, two of the shapes withdrew deeper into the smoke. His question hung in the air, but was forgotten when they could all see Raven again.
Her eyes were normal, and her cloak was white.
I know what you're thinking... White Raven!! Yes, I guess, though she doesn't stay for too long... AAAA whatever, review. I think I will go mad... Hmm I don't really like some of this chapter, I had trouble putting it in words... But you don't think that, now do you? Heh, just kidding.
I'm putting up chapter 14 right after this one, simply b/c they kind of go together, and I'm tired of putting them up one by one.
