The Jar
I'm back! And its time for me to give you the culmination of the prophecy of the Two… Or is it? After all, death isn't the end… lol, hope I don't confuse any of you too bad. Anyways, I've got a bit more to ramble about, and then I'll let you finish the story
Okay, most of you probably won't care, but I'll say it anyways. I thought the end of this up in church, and I had no way to do justice to what I imagined. It would take the real thing to do that (with some mood music and some dramatic camera angles) to do that. Unfortunately though, I'm an author (at least at the moment) and don't have these things.
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The small group fled from the cavern as a great rumbling echoed down the tunnel. It seemed the entire temple was shaking. Dust, and an occasional rock, fell from the ceiling, which was convulsing wildly.
As the dust swirled, images appeared in the clouds. In the midst of the chaos, Raven thought that she saw the Titans, not here, but happily sitting in the living room of the tower. But then an enormous boulder, tinted yellow by the dim light, fell through it, shattering the tranquil scene forever. Raven shuddered as she realized it had directly hit the images of herself and Beast Boy.
The rocks began falling more frequently as they got nearer to the exit. A large boulder almost crushed them, but Starfire blasted it into gravel, which rained down on them as a cruel parody of rice thrown at a wedding.
Raven could hear Beast Boy gasping for breath as he carried her to the exit, trying to dodge, or at least block, as many of the rocks as he could. She wished she were strong enough to fly, or at least to run, out of here herself. But at the moment she knew her powers, and her strength, were gone.
Then she saw something that she would never forget: she watched as a great rock broke off of the ceiling and fell towards Beast Boy. She tried to shout a warning to him, but it was lost in the noise.
As the rock connected with Beast Boy's head, Raven felt him let go of her, and she tumbled, rolling along the ground to stop 10 feet farther down the cave. The others, already fifty feet down, turned to watch their friends.
And a young, hooded girl on the other side of the planet picked up an elaborately decorated ceramic jar, saying, "She needs this now," and threw it against a wall, where it shattered. Blackness spread throughout the room, then dissipated
Raven called on all her remaining strength to pull herself to her fallen friend. Ignoring the calls of the others she finally made it to him.
He was still alive, she knew that. But as larger rocks began falling, she knew that they would never survive.
A resolve began to build within her, and she felt her powers begin to return to her. After one final look at her friends, she created a shield over herself and her little green companion, so strong and thick that it was nearly impossible to see the two inside of it.
As the temple fully collapsed, Robin got one final look at his friends, Raven gently cradling Beast Boy and reaching up with one hand, trying to protect them. He could see tears streaming down her face, and he would never forget the look of unbearable loss which shone in her eyes, gleaming like a dark ocean in a storm, ready to swallow her, and anyone else, into their depths.
She looked at him, her eyes speaking volumes, and he momentarily reached for her; he felt his hand drop, and he gave one last salute to her with his staff. She smiled sadly and nodded bravely in acknowledgement. Then she closed her eyes, turning her face to her doom; the boy she would die with lay still in her arms. He saw the shield become stronger, and could no longer see the occupants.
A deep crash and a cloud of dust rose high over the plain as the temple finally collapsed on top of the two friends.
High above, the meteor shower continued its dazzling, triumphant light show of the gods…
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Sorry to any Raven and/or Beast Boy fans. The two are my favorite characters, so it was relatively painful for me to have to do that (more so than if it was to Cyborg, for instance…). Anyways, did any of you notice the allusions in there? The first is the yellow rock going through the vision of the happy Titans (a not-so-subtly symbolism for Terra). The other is when Raven turns to "face her doom", and then it talks about Beast Boy. I'll leave it up to you to choose whether she looks at the rocks falling at them, or at Beast Boy. It depends on your interpretation. And if Mr. Winthers happens to read this: HA!!! I'm writing something that makes you analyze it!
Anyways, if you noticed any of that stuff, please review and tell me (please review anyways). I'm hoping to have the next chapter (and the end of the book) up soon. Sorry about rambling (once again), and I'll go work on the last chapter now.