Chapter V

The Tower didn't seem like the Tower anymore, it seemed different somehow, it felt quieter. Cyborg and Beast Boy still played the gamestation at the loudest conceivable volume known to man but it still felt quiet. Robin wasn't a noisy person, he was like Raven in many ways sometimes just enjoying the silence as he read a book, case file or paper. Starfire didn't spend very much time at the Tower these days either, she stayed by Robin for as long as he could each day, praying that the day she visited was the day he would finally wake up. And as for Raven she just kept to herself, plotting the return of her father's body from he void as she continued to pose as the Raven each of the Titan's knew and loved.

"Why do you even bother trying anymore?" asked Cyborg as he bashed the buttons on his controller, making his space craft speed past Beast Boy's smaller green craft. The green changeling didn't reply with words and bashed the buttons on his own controller furiously, gritting his teeth as he willed his car to go faster. Cyborg simply smiled as he pressed as he took a corner easily, leaving behind a invisible mine as a present to the chasing space craft.

"Oh dear me my craft seems to be losing speed, what ever will I do?" Cyborg asked himself in a voice full of fake concern as he gently relieved the pressure he was putting on the accelerator button. Beast Boy just grinned like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland as his craft approached the corner Cyborg had turned previously, making Cyborg grin as he waited for Beast Boy to find the 'present' he had left behind.

"Dude you so gonna lose" smiled Beast Boy as he flew round the corner, making Cyborg's small grim grow into a huge one that plastered his entire face as the small green craft hit the mine, blowing it to pieces as a teary eyes watched in horror.

"You where saying?" asked Cyborg as pressed the accelerator button again, making his craft speed its way to victory. Beast boy just stared at the burning wreckage that used to be his racer, trying to convince himself that it wasn't his craft that was now pieces of metal on the track.

"Will you please give that thing a rest?" asked Raven as she looked up from the book she was reading, tearing her eyes from the daemon resurrection spell she was reading, "You've been at that thing for the past three days". Beast Boy and Cyborg just turned their heads and looked at her, giving her the "Please don't tell me you just said that' look. Raven just sighed to herself as they returned to their game, making her close her book as she walked towards her room.

"Friend Raven where might I acquire grapes?" asked Starfire as she appeared before the violet haired witch, taking Raven by surprise as she seemed to appear from seemingly nowhere.

"A green grocers" replied Raven dryly as she walked past Starfire, making the alien smile as she flew towards the entrance of the Tower.

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Raven entered her room and closed the door, waiting a few moments to make sure she was alone before she allowed her eyes to revert to their demon form, blinking a few times to make sure they still worked. She walked towards her bed and tossed the book she was reading onto the ground as she fell onto her bed, yawning as she felt a strange tiredness sweep through her body.

"This glamour spell is proving to be more trouble than it is worth" she hissed as she stretched her arms into the air, closing her eyes as she yawned, "Sebastian come here" she commanded in a weary voice, making the remaining corpse slave appear almost instantly.

"Yes master what will you have me do?" asked the creature as he dropped to one knee, dipping his head low as he addressed Raven.

"Take a message to the daemons" said Raven as she looked at her slave, making it look up at her with her single eye, "And tell them that their time to have fun is nigh" she said with a smile, making Sebastian nod before he melted back into the shadows leaving Raven alone in her room once again.

"And when they are finished the world will be ready for the return of the great destroyer" laughed Raven as she looked towards her mirror, making four huge yellow eyes appear for a brief moment.

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Anharat watched his taller twin resting against a wall, smiling to himself as his brother scratched himself in his sleep like a dreaming dog.

"He seems to be having a troubled sleep" said Emsharas as she stood beside Anharat, joining him in watching Crosis sleep and dream, "He is lost in the dream of a battle long since ended" she said as she closed her eyes and saw the huge daemon stomp through an already ravaged battlefield.

"Probably the battle of the last Armageddon" said Anharat as looked down at his sister, making the bird like daemon open her crystal like eyes and look back at him.

"Why that battle?" she asked in curiosity, blinking as her feathers changed into lighter shades of yellow, green and red.

"Easy" replied Anharat as he turned away and flexed his huge dragon like wings, "It was the battle where we fell" he said with a grim smile as he walked away from his sister and sleeping brother, making her close her eyes as she remembered that sad day of their pasts, a day none of the daemon would ever forget.

"The battle we became lost to the void" she found herself whispering out loud as her mind cast her back through the centuries to the battle in question.

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"Destroy them all!" ordered a massive red daemon, making the smaller lesser demons roar and howl as they rushed towards the hundreds of human armies sent against them. Emsharas flew above the battle field and looked down at the carnage, watching as the lesser demons tore the human warriors to pieces with their claws and fang like teeth.

"Why do you linger here dear sister?" asked Varnes as he flew beside her, smiling at her after he finished throwing a fireball at the pathetic soldiers of the last free race, "Do you not wish to spill human blood this day?".

"I have a bad feeling about this battle my brother" replied Emsharas as she looked down at her brother, making his smile fade as he looked back at his sister daemon. Below them Gogarin smashed into a heavy cavalry unit, tearing his way through the ranks of the humans with howls of joy as he tasted their blood and flesh. The humans that he didn't kill couldn't fight back against the huge daemon, dropping their weapons as a sudden wave of fear swept trough their body.

"You have a had vision then?" he asked as he stopped in mid air, floating up so he could be next to his sister. Emsharas nodded as she looked at her brother sadly, making the bigger daemon open its eyes even wider as he saw a single black tear fall from his sisters crystal like eyes. A deafening roar was heard as Anharat and Crosis bulldozed their way through the armies, killing human and demon alike as their huge claws cut through flesh and bone with ease. The twin daemons took great pleasure in the death they where causing, roaring as they continued on their seemingly unstoppable rampage.

"What have you seen my sister?" asked Varnes as he looked at his sister, catching her tear on one of his huge black claws.

"I have saw the means of our end brother" replied Emsharas as she looked at her brother, her wings changed into darker colours as she spoke, "I have seen our physical deaths". Kraven laughed as he motioned for more humans to attack him, parrying and deflecting their attacks with ease before he sliced heads from necks and cut bodies in half with he greatest of ease. He was born for battle and took great joy like his other brothers in killing humans, loving the scent of their red blood falling to the already blood stained ground.

"You jest dear sister we cannot be stopped" laughed Varnes as a flew beside his sister, "Look the humans fall like flies" he smiled as he motioned for his sister to look at the battlefield below them. He was speaking the truth the humans where indeed losing the battle but Emsharas still had a worried look in her eyes.

"It does not matter how many humans we slay Varnes" she said as she watched Gogarin tear apart another group of terrified humans with ease, "We are all still going to die" she whispered as she looked back at her brother, making him recoil away from her slightly in fear. He knew his sister's visions where usually clouded and hard to make out, but what made him fearful was the fact she was never wrong about what she saw.

"Tell me how we die then?" he asked, hoping to catch his sister out with a mere technically. Emsharas simply looked at him and pointed to a large hill in the near distance, making the bat like demon's eyes go wide in horror as he saw a great maelstrom of power beginning to build up around the humans standing on he hill, the power he sensed coming from the storm was unlike anything he had ever sensed in his long existence.

"They are priests of the our masters father" said Emsharas as she joined her brother in looking at the gathering of magical energy, "They are using their souls to create that storm of magic you see" she said as she placed a hand on Varnes's shoulder.

"To what ends?" asked Varnes as he continued to watch the magical energies grow, feeling the slight fear he sensed in his heart grow into a terror beyond his own understanding.

"You will see my brother" replied Emsharas sadly as she looked at her brother for perhaps the last time, "You will see".

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"Is the spell ready yet my lady?!" yelled the last human king as he walked towards a woman close to him, his voice was barely heard above the roaring of the daemons and the noise of the magic above his head. He was a large man, with a muscular chest and a long black beard. In his strong arms he held a fierce looking sword and a shield, it's emblem looked like a daemon being impaled on a flaming sword. All around his feet lay dead priests, the very men who had given their souls in order to power the spell that was about to be cast.

"It is my king" replied the woman as she turned and smiled at the king, making the man grin as he heard her voice above the noise of battle.

"Then cast it and end their threat forever!" he yelled in a triumphant voice, pointing his sword towards the daemon filled battle field. The woman wizard returned to facing the daemon horde and began to chant something in a strange language, making the power above her begin turn into white energy.

"By the souls of the fallen I beseech thee" she said as she opened her eyes, revealing that they where now glowing a bright white, "Please aid me in this final task" she said as she gritted her teeth, doing her best to control the power above her.

"With the blood of the dead I command you to leave this place!" she yelled as sweat began to run down her face onto the dusty ground, trying not to blink as she stared at the daemon armies. The daemons below stopped in the killing they where enjoying and looked towards the hill, sensing the great power that was being created there. Gogarin was the first to truly realise what was happening and dropped onto his six legs, rushing towards the hill hoping to stop the spell from being cast. Kraven dropped his sword to the ground as he sensed the power growing even stronger, wondering why his body trembled like the humans he so enjoyed killing. Crosis and Anharat looked up at the same time, allowing whatever human body part they where eating to fall from their mouths as they watched the power being brought under control by a single figure.

"With the power of life I cast thee down!" yelled the woman as she thrust her hands towards the daemon hordes, making them roar as the lesser of their kind began to vanish into dust. Gogarin ignored the screams and roars of the lesser demons as he continued to rush towards the hill, now seeing it was a woman who was commanding the huge power he sensed. The king saw Gogarin approach the hill and roared in defiance as he charged the huge daemon, hoping he could at least buy enough time for the spell to be finished. Gogarin raised his huge wedge shaped head into the air and hit the king in the chest before he could even swing at the daemon with his sword, making the man growl in pain as he bounced off Gogarin's head and flew through the air away from the huge white daemon.

"With my last breath I banish thee to lowest ring of Hell!" yelled the woman as the power of the great spell made the rest of the lesser demons vanish, leaving only the six daemon generals and their master alone on the battle field. The woman dropped to her knees panting heavily as the spell's power began to take it's toll on both her body and soul. She eventually stood back up on weak legs only to see the mighty daemon Gogarin approached her position, hoping to kill her before she could end the spell.

"With my soul I…" she said but was cut short as Gogarin rammed into her, sending her skidding away from the place she once stood gritting her teeth as pain lanced through her body. The daemon roaring like a crazed animal as he moved closer to her, slaying any of the human guards who rushed to aid the woman. The woman felt the wave of fear given off by Gogarin sweep over her as he came closer, making her hands shake as the huge daemon stood above her trembling body.

"Your soul will be my plaything human" smiled the huge daemon as he stood on his hind legs, "Bringing me pleasure until the end of all time" he smiled as he prepared to drive his claws through her chest.

"…I banish thee to the void" gasped the woman with her last breath, making the power above her head explode creating a huge black hole above the blood soaked battle field. Gogarin stopped his attack and looked up at the huge hole in the sky, feeling fear sweep through him as he felt it begin to pull him towards it. Kraven tried to run from the pulling force of the black hole but found that even with his unequalled strength he couldn't stop the hole from sucking him away into the nothingness it lead to. Even Crosis and Anharat could do very little to stop themselves from being sucked in, doing their best to stop themselves by sinking their claws into the ground. This futile attempt only bought a few more seconds of freedom before the ground gave way, making them both scream as their bodies disappeared into the void above them.

"You see my brother" said Emsharas as she felt herself and Varnes being sucked towards the hole, "This was our final battle" she said with a sad smile before they both disappeared into the nothingness of the void, leaving only their master alone on the battlefield.

"I will not go!" roared the huge red daemon as he drove his claws into the ground, stopping himself from being sucked into the void.

"Your time is over Trigon" smiled the human king as he stood up, holding his ribs as he looked at the yellowed daemon, "Now be banished to the void!" he yelled as he held his sword into the air, making great chains shot out from the hold and wrap around Trigon, making the daemon roar as he struggled to break free from the chains.

"Be warned human one day my kind will return to this realm" smiled Trigon as he was slowly pulled into the void above, "And on that day all shall end by my hand!" he laughed before he was pulled fully into the void, making the hold disappear with a huge explosion. The king smiled to himself as he used his sword to support his weight, doing his best to limp towards the hill where the woman lay among the dead priests.

"You did it my lady" smiled the old man as he sat beside the woman, making her smile as she looked at him, "What can I do to repay you for this deed?".

"There is one thing" replied the woman as she tried to move her head, making the king reach down and gently rest her head on his knees.

"Anything" smiled the king as he brushed the hair from the woman's face.

"Could you stop calling me my lady?" smiled the woman, making the old king laugh slightly as he looked at her with happy eyes, "My name is Treva".

"Aye my…I mean Treva I could do that" smiled the king before he began to laugh again, making Treva smile before she joined in his laughter.

void,

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"That was indeed a sad day for our kind" whispered Emsharas as she opened her eyes, seeing that she was nearly snapping her staff with her tightly clenched hand. She shook away the anger she was feeling, knowing it would only cloud her mind and prevent her casting her very potent spells. Unlike her brothers Emsharas never really cared for tearing part an enemy with her bare claws, she instead liked to use daemon magic to destroy any who opposed her, making her feel even more distant from her ferocious brother daemons…especially Gogarin, Crosis and Anharat.

"What troubles you my sister?" asked Varnes as he stood beside her, making Emsharas smile as she looked at her favourite brother. Like her Varnes liked to use magic but he also like to kill enemies with his claws.

"Nothing that is new my brother" replied Emsharas as she looked back at him, smiling as he understood instantly what she was talking about. Varnes had a habit of doing that with her, no matter what she said he was always the one who seemed to understand her more than the others.

"Do not dwell on the past my sister" smiled Varnes as he placed a strong hand on her shoulder, echoing the same act she had done to him in their past, "It will only trouble your mind and make you act more like him" he said with a slight laugh as he looked at Kraven, making Emsharas laugh as well as she looked at the smaller daemon reduce another pillar to dust and debris. Both the daemons knew their smaller brothers anger was fuelled by his imprisonment in the void, taking him away from the sounds of battle and the joys of killing the living. Sebastian appeared in the shadows behind the daemons and watched them talk, feeling a small twinge of fear sweep through him as he observed their immense size. Shaking the fear away he stepped out of the shadows, coughing as he tried to attract the daemons attentions. Gogarin was the first to turn his head in the direction of Sebastian, smiling at the thought of another meal.

"I am not here to feed you lord Gogarin" said Sebastian as he looked at the huge white daemon, "I come here with orders from my master" he said as the rest of the huge daemons looked at him, making the fear in his body return.

"What does the witch want us to do?" asked Kraven as he turned to face Sebastian, folding his arms across his broad chest as he glared at the walking corpse.

"My master has told me to tell you that your time to have 'fun' has come" replied Sebastian as he looked at Kraven, making him reveal his fangs as a smile appeared on his face.

"I take it she talks about the places she wishes us to destroy?" asked Emsharas as she stepped forward, making Sebastian turn his head to look at her. He nodded in reply before he melted back into the shadows, leaving the daemons alone to organise who got what target.

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Starfire thanked the green grocer as the cheerful man handed her a bag of grapes. The confused alien didn't know why she had to bring these to the hospital but a program on the TV had once told her that grapes where brought to those who where in hospital. She hoped these strange green fruits would make Robin wake up, smiling as she put them in her pink bag before she took to the air, flying gracefully towards the hospital that housed Robin's 'sleeping' body. She landed gently outside the hospital and opened the door, smiling her usual sweet smile as she walked into the reception area, making the nurse behind the long desk smile as she instantly recognised the person walking towards her.
"Come to visit again?" asked the nurse as Starfire stood at the desk, making her nod cheerfully as she walked past the reception area and headed towards the lift. The nurse watched her until she had disappeared into one of the elevators, smiling to herself as she returned to the work she had been doing previously. Starfire stood quietly in the lift, watching the floor numbers change as she opened the bag of grapes she was carrying.

"I hope these are enough to awaken friend Robin" she smiled as she looked at one of the strange green fruits, shrugging her shoulders as she closed the bag once again. The doors opened making Starfire's smile only grow larger as she left the elevator, half skipping towards the room Robin was staying in.

"Hello Miss Starfire" smiled a polite young nurse as Starfire walked past her, making Starfire smile back as she stopped in her skipping.

"Has Robin awakened yet?" asked Starfire, asking the same question she had asked every time she came to visit her friend.

"No but he is beginning to breath on his own" smiled the nurse a she looked at the clipboard she was carrying, "The doctor said that at this rate he should be awake in the next week or two" she said making Starfire's smile grow even larger.

"This is wondrous news I shall go tell friend Robin this right away" beamed Starfire as she flew down the corridor, making the young nurse smile as she watched the strange girl land outside the door that lead to Robin's room. Starfire entered the room quietly and looked at her sleeping friend, smiling as she noticed that the mask that helped him breath had indeed been removed, although the ventilator was still present in the room. She pulled up a chair beside her friend and sat next to him, placing her hand on top of his as she looked at his sleeping face.

"I am here Robin like I promised" whispered Starfire as she looked at him, "Please awaken from this troubled sleep" she whispered to both herself and Robin as she ran her hand along his face, smiling as she felt his warm skin against her own.

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Robin found himself walking along a long winding path, looking around himself at the nothingness that surrounding him.

"Ok this is new" he said to himself as he stopped walking and scratched his head, "Where am I?" he asked as he looked at the sky, seeing nothing but darkness where stars should have been.

"You are nowhere" replied a voice from behind him, making him snap round and reach for his bo staff, grasping nothing but air as a figure stepped out of the darkness, "And nowhere is where you are" smiled the figure as he walked towards Robin, holding his hands into the air showing he was carrying no weapons. The figure looked about Robin's age and had a black scarf that seemed to cover the lower part of his face, leaving only his crystal blue eyes and white hair visible. He had what looked like a polished silver suit of armour but had no weapons of any shape or form on his person, the lack of weapons made Robin breath a slight sigh of relief as he relaxed his fighting stance, still keeping his hands in tights fists as he looked at the stranger.

"I mean you no harm friend" said the figure as he waved his arms in the air, showing he had no concealed weapons, "So you can lower your fists" he said with a smile as he looked down at Robin's tightly clenched fists.

"Where is this place?" asked Robin as he looked around himself again, "Don't tell me Nowhere right?" he answered himself quickly before the new teen could even get a chance to answer.

"Well you although you are indeed in Nowhere you are walking the path of the lost" said the blue eyes teenager as he lowered his hands, "Only the dead and those close to death walk his path" he said as he walked closer to Robin, standing almost nose to nose with the masked teenager.

"So I'm dead?" asked Robin as he looked at the strange teenager looking back at him, making the boy smile as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Well do you feel dead?" he asked as he poked Robi9n in the chest with a firm finger, making Robin rub his chest as a strange sensation of pain rushed through his chest.

"How do you feel dead?" asked Robin in reply as he poked the stranger in revenge, feeling the coldness of the sliver armour even through the material of his glove.

"Now that's a question that may never be answered" smiled the teenage boy as he brushed his white hair out of his face, "I know I am dead but you are a mystery".

"You're a ghost?!" exclaimed Robin as he took a wary step away from the teen, making him laugh as he saw a sudden fear in Robin's face.

"No I'm not a ghost" replied the teenager after he stopped laughing, "I am something of a mystery myself. I remember dancing with my beloved and then something happened, when I opened my eyes again I found I was here walking along this very path" he said as he looked at Robin, making Robin relax slightly as he fixed himself, trying to forget the fear he had just experienced.

"So how do we get out of here?" asked Robin as he raised one of his eyebrows at the teenager, making him once again shrug his shoulders in reply.

"Don't know but hopefully we'll figure out a way, I don't particularly want to spend the rest of time walking around in the dark" he said as he held his arm out to Robin, "Oh and my name is Rorek" he said as he looked at Robin with a smile.

"Robin" smiled Robin as he took Rorek's arm, making them both shake as they smiled at each other.

"So your that Robin" smiled Rorek as he shook Robin's arm, making the boy wonder look at his new friend in confusion.

"You know me?" he asked in confusion as he looked at Rorek. Making them both release the others arm as they continued to look at each other.

"You could say that" smiled Rorek before he continued walking along the path, making Robin shrug this time as he followed after his mysterious new friend, swearing to himself he had heard his name somewhere before.

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"Who gets what target dear sister?" asked Gogarin as he pounded towards Emsharas, making pieces of the nearly destroyed church roof fall as his huge feet crashed on the ground beneath him. The daemons had decided to let Emsharas to decide who targets where, since she is the oldest and wisest of each of them. His only sister daemon looked up at him with slightly open eyes, giving a look that told the daemon she was thinking.

"Be patient Gogarin you'll soon get the sustenance you desire" smiled Varnes as he stood beside his brother, making the larger of the two look down at his brother impatiently.

"Kraven you seek battle yes?" asked Emsharas as she opened her left eye and looked at her smaller armour clad brother, making him nod as a small smile appeared on his fine lips, "Then you shall target the one named Slade, Trigon's daughter claims he is a mighty warrior" she said with a smile, making Kraven's small smile turn into a larger one.

"We shall see if he can match blades with a war master" laughed Kraven as he ripped out his long sword, looking at it gleam in the light given off by his sisters feathers.

"Crosis you can take the place called The Hive if you wish" she said as she looked at the largest daemon, making him growl in joy as he licked his huge lips almost as if he could taste their flesh in his mouth.

"Anharat you destroy this Jail the mistress spoke of" the very word destroy made Anharat smile as he scratched his belly with one of his claws.

"Varnes those who call themselves Titan's East are your prey" she said as she looked at her favourite brother, making him smile as he nodded at her, "And I will take on this Justice League she spoke of" said Emsharas as she stood up and stretched her wings.

"What of me dear sister who do I kill?" asked Gogarin as he pushed past Varnes, looking at his motionless sister with his huge blue eyes.

"You dear brother will have the most fun" she said as she smiled at her brother, "You get to kill the Teen Titans".

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Sorry if that wasn't the best chapter in the world, I don't know what happened when I wrote this. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed it and will leave a nice review (you don't have to if you don't want to). Should have an update soon so stay tuned. 0Stay safe everyone.

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Later days

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