Disclaimer: You asked for it so here it is, the epilogue…and I still don't own the Teen Titans.
Epilogue: Precipice
Raven stood on the Titan towers roof. She could smell the intoxicating black flames from below. It had spread all the way down to the bottom floors. It was eating through the base like acid, charring the dead bodies that once were friends.
Her enjoyment was over. There was nothing else to do in this body. All she had wanted was revenge, revenge for love. And she had gotten it, but now what?
Raven could see the waves smashing against the islands shore. They sloshed so impatiently wanting to get at the black fire. She could hear a fire truck in the distance roaring but unable to get across the water.
A particularly big wave crashed at the shore below. It sent sea spray into the air carrying a bit even up to her height. The jagged rocks were beginning to look so inviting, so inviting like many times before.
A memory backed itself into her mind. She had been here before and tried to jump. The fool of her mind had tried to jump. Sacrifice one for all.
She grinned. It was then she had taken back the body she deserved, killed the Raven and her nonsense emotions.
She had killed part of herself, yet she had felt stronger than before. She had no inhibitions. Raven reached and unhooked the latch that held her cloak on. A strong breeze pulled it from her and it fluttered across the tower top.
She felt the cold of the night stab into her skin, the water had to be plenty cold at this time.
Raven could almost feel the betrayal radiating from the building. None of them had known and she liked it that way. It was much more satisfying. But Robin had the intelligence to put it together. Had he?
That look he had given her when she closed her hands over his throat wasn't hate, or even fear.
She felt something stir in her mind. Raven didn't like it at all.
To distract herself she reached down and unbuckled her boots. With a careless grace she threw the useless articles over the edge. After waiting a moment she could hear a tiny splash meaning her boots had vanished into the angry sea.
Cold wind wrung through her human body. Elements were breaking down her outside; it was meager compared to inside her.
Raven felt things changing and memories evolving in her mind. She wouldn't allow it; she had killed that side of her. It was her body now and she would not share it. She could feel her eyes burning and flickering between black and red.
Black power burst around her. It spread about in a buzzing whirlwind mixing with the wind. It flung chairs and generators from the roof. It lifted the cement wrapping it into knots that hung off the roof.
Raven gripped her head her temples throbbing.
She staggered forward nearing the edge.
"You started this but I will end it," She grinned once again. Her eyes blazed red in the night sky. "Evil triumphs." She laughed coldly stepping up to the tower ledge.
Her feet were frozen and her body was shivering. It disgusted her she couldn't control it, she didn't feel cold at all.
Flames burst up from the other side of the tower top. It offered no heat to her frozen form. It ate away nearing her devouring everything that had once been her home.
Black smog filtered into the air blocking out much of the moonlight.
Raven took a deep breath feeling everything inside herself settle. A last moment she took to remembered their deaths. Ravens, wires, machinery and her own fire creation. She wondered how Jump City would take this.
Love will only kill you in the end…
She stepped off…
Jump City Post
"This morning we are regretting to inform the residents of Jump City that last night the Titans Tower burned to the ground. Rescue crews were not able to get to the island in time to douse the flames that were, strangely, black. It has been reported there are no survivors-"
"Next to the amassed tragedy a body has been found among the rocks in the Bay this morning. Witnesses and crew on hand have stated the girl might have jumped from what was once the Titans Tower roof. She did not survive-"
There hope I wrapped up everything. Tried something different with the Jump City Post part. Glad everyone enjoyed, thanks for the reviews. There was a small pairing –wink- but I'll keep it to myself.
And now off to write something else…
: Bloody Fae: