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Chapter 15

Carcer's Test

Robin and Raven walk down the long corridor, still finding nothing. No Slade Bots, no HIVE members, no traps or alarms. Nothing. The two friends begin to worry. Something didn't feel right. Robin glances at Raven, seeing that she had came to the same conclusion.

"What do you think Raven? I know you feel something's wrong." Robin said.

"Yeah. There's something definitely not right. But I don't know what it is." Replied Raven.

Both stop talking and walking as they hear something coming from down the hall.

"Quick! Hide!" Robin snaps. Both the Titans disappear in the shadows of the corridor.

Robin sneaks a quick peak out, seeing Jinx and Mammoth walking towards them.

"I am so bored. I wish we had something to do. But noooo...Gizmo got the job to do, Terra's off destroying Cyborg, and hat do we get? We get to stay here and do nothing. And now I'm hungry!" Mammoth whined.

"Don't you ever shut up? If Brother Blood wanted us to do something, we'd be doing it. Jeez, you can't even enjoy the time we get off, can you?" Jinx replied, her voice showing her annoyance with Mammoth.

Robin stared across at Raven, seeing that she was thinking the same thing. Cyborg was being attacked? As the two HIVE members passed, Robin made the decision not to attack the HIVE members, so as not to draw attention to themselves, though he was sure Raven could handle Jinx and him Mammoth. The two Titans watch as the HIVE members walked down the long corridor until they were out of sight. Stepping out of the shadows, Robin looks at Raven, both thinking the exact same thing.

"I'm going to try and contact Cyborg and Starfire." Robin said, pulling out his T-Com.

"Cyborg's COM isn't working, remember? Try Starfire's." Raven said.

Robin called Starfire's T-Com, after a few seconds, after receiving no reply, Robin folds it and puts it back in his Utility belt.

"She isn't answering. We should go back and check on them." Robin said.

"What about Beastboy? We can't just leave him down here." Raven argued.

"Yeah...you're right. Star might be sleeping right now anyway. And Cyborg can handle Terra if she was to attack them. But how did she know where to find them?"

Before Raven could reply, the wall at the end of the corridor explodes, putting both Titans in their respective fighting stance. Out of the dust, steps the demonic form of Carcer. Raven instantly recognized the demonic form. The only thing seemingly different about the form was the huge collar around its neck. The demon looks down the corridor at the two Titans, and charges, taking both of them by surprise with its speed.

The Demon takes a wild swing at Robin, who dodges it easily, causing the blow to miss and instead hit the wall, smashing a huge hole in it big enough for a full grown man to walk through. Raven jumps aside as well, though it was getting quite tough to maneuver in the small corridor.

"Azerath Metrion Zenthos!" Shouted Raven, a dark energy forming over the Demon, encasing its body in a dark bind.

The creature stares hard at Raven, then snaps her power, releasing it. Charging Raven, the Demon again takes a wild swing, aiming at Raven's head. Ducking just in time, Raven feels the wind from the swing on her face as the giant claw crashes into the wall yet again. Crawling quickly away from the Demon, Raven stands up and takes another fighting stance. Robin, meanwhile, leaps into the air and unleashes several flash bombs, temporarily blinding the creature. Drawing his staff, Robin hits the Demon several times, each driving the huge beast backwards. But the attack left Robin open for a counter, after the fourth hit, the Demon punches out at Robin, hitting him square in the chest, several snapping ribs audible throughout the corridor.

Raven watches as Robin flies over her head, then turns her attention back to the Demon.

"Alright fine. If the first spell didn't work, maybe this one will. Zerantos, Aerantin, Mezaranthian!" Raven shouted, her whole body covered in her dark power, several lines of it stringing out and hitting the Demon in the head, the power covering the whole head and neck, exploding the collar around its neck.

The creature stumbles backwards and falls on its back. The body of the creature slowly turning back into a human. Raven rushes over to Robin, checking his pulse. His breathing was slow and harsh. Raven puts her hands gently on his chest, her powers consuming Robin's body. Raven hears the broken ribs snap back into place, and Robin's breathing goes back to normal. Feelings of relief come over Raven, as she stands up and walks over to the fallen figure of Carcer, who was in nothing more then ripped black pants. His breathing normal, as if he was just sleeping. Raven knelt down and gently shook Carcer awake. Carcer looks up at Raven, his face showing confusion.

"Raven...? Where am I? What happened?" Carcer asked.

Raven stood up and walked over to what remained of the collar.

"I assume that Brother Blood had control over you with this." Raven said, showing Carcer the collar.

"Yeah...yeah he did. I remember now. They were going to use me to destroy the rest of you, or at least bring you back to Slade. Raven...I did something bad, didn't I?"

"Robin was pretty banged up, but he's ok now. Still unconscious though. But he should be coming around fairly soon."

"Beastboy is here. Somewhere. When we were captured, they took him to a different room, I guess. I'm not too sure, I was out of the fight before he was. But I think I might be able to find him."

Carcer slowly gets to his feet and faces Raven.

"Thanks for the help. If you want to find Beastboy, we should go soon. Let's go wake up Robin."

Raven looks back over at Robin, seeing that he too was also getting to his feet.

"Stay here for a second." She says to Carcer, who nods in reply.

Raven walks over to Robin, who was having trouble getting to his feet. Raven gives Robin a hand, helping him to his feet.

"Careful Robin. I may have healed you, but I can't do anything about the soreness, so take it easy." Raven says as Robin looks past her at Carcer.

"Thanks Rae. What about him?" Robin asks, nodding towards Carcer.

"He's on our side. We can trust him. He said Beastboy was somewhere here, but he doesn't know where." Raven replied.

"We'll see. Let's go and find Beastboy so we can get out of here." Robin said as he walked towards Carcer.

Raven sighs and follows him. Robin stares down at Carcer before walking past him. Carcer looks towards Raven, wondering if he should follow. Receiving a nod from her, Carcer turns and follows.

"It seems that you're plan has failed, Blood." Slade said.

"So it would seem. I was hoping that he would rid us of the Titans once and for all." Blood replied.

"You do realize that I do not tolerate failure at all, don't you?"

"I realize that. But may I remind you, that not all of your plans have worked either." Blood replied, obviously angry with Slade calling him a failure.

"On the contrary my dear partner. All of my plans have been worked to perfection. And now, my one time partner, I feel the need to break away from this partnership." Slade said, standing up and staring Brother Blood directly in the eyes.

"What do you mean by that, Slade?" Blood asked.

"Must you ask? I know that you are not a stupid person, Blood. But, then again, I could be wrong." Slade said, taunting Brother Blood.

Slade charges Brother Blood, leading in with a heavy punch, landing it directly in his face, knocking him back a goo ten feet. Slade follows up with a roundhouse kick to the midsection, knocking the wind out of Brother Blood and knocking him to the floor. Slade walks over to the fallen figure of Brother Blood and laughs quietly to himself.

"You are not worthy of being called a partner with anybody. Goodbye, Brother Blood. I so enjoyed our time together." Slade said, his voice heavy with sarcasm.

Slade lifts his right foot and slams it down hard on Brother Blood's head. The sound of a skull being crushed could be heard echoing from the entire room. Slade turned as the door to the planning room opened and Terra walked in.

"Did you succeed in your mission, apprentice?" Slade asked, wiping his boot off on Brother Blood's white robe.

"Yes master. Cyborg is no more. I do not know where Robin and that witch Raven is." Replied Terra.

"And Starfire? Oh yes, that's right. She was the one that was crushed in the tower. Too bad. We could have used her for our plans." Slade said as he walked towards Terra.

"But we cannot win them all. I have no further use for you at this moment. You are free to do what you wish." Slade said as he walked off.

Terra nodded and started to walk towards the room that Beastboy was in. Terra was deep in thought in her own mind.

"So, nobody died in the tower, huh Beastboy? Then what about Starfire? That naïve alien princess. She deserved it. I'm going to take it out all on you, Beastboy." Terra thought to herself, an evil smile on her face.

GASP! and uh, GASP SOME MORE!