Una Lucha

"Azarath Metreon Zinthos." Raven muttered just before she mentally hurled one of the burning cars at the Demon and struck him in the side. The blow made the Demon only stagger a few feet before getting his balance back. The Demon grabbed the car from Raven's dark grip and hurled it back at her. Raven instinctively protected herself by raising a shield around herself which deflected the twisted mass of metal towards the ground.

Starfire threw several green energy discs at the Demon that had little effect on it. Cyborg caught the car in midair and hurled it back at the Demon who simply caught it and in a display of strength crumpled it into a ball as if it were paper. The Demon then used it as a bowling ball to force Robin and Beast Boy to abort the charge they were making against the red devil.

The Demon began his counter-offensive by first taking some concrete blocks and threw them at the group. The group scattered even further and in their evasive action they did not realize how isolated they had allowed each other to be. While they now surrounded the Demon on 5 sides he had effectively split the group so that no one could assist anyone else without risking coming within his grasp. Based on the fate of the boy getting caught in the clawed hands of the fiend did not seem like something any of the team wanted to experience.

The Demon set his stance ready to attack in any direction. He had five options, in front, to his left, his right, as well as in the air to his right and left.

"I will make you a deal you pitiful humans. Tell me where I can find the 'black bird' and I will spare your lives." The red giant spoke in an amused tone.

"What good is the word of Hellspawn?" Robin retorted.

"Then die."

The Demon was swift despite his large size. He shot several red rays from his eyes that struck Raven's right side in multiple locations causing her to fall injured and effectively eliminating her from the fight. Beast Boy reacted by leaping at the fiend and transforming into a lion only to be kicked in the face. Beast Boy flew backwards and like the boy struck a solid wall before sliding down it and coming to a rest at its base in his normal form. Robin threw a boomerang ahead of himself as he tried to take advantage of the opening Beast Boy had created.

By kicking Beast Boy the Demon had turned its back towards Robin who had been on its right side. He charged in but was stopped dead in his tracks. Something was making his left shoulder burn and at the same time he was losing the feeling in it. Robin didn't even hear Starfire scream or Cyborg yell. All his attention was on the sharp grinning face of the foul beast.

Robin looked down at his shoulder and the site nearly made him throw up. The Demon had turned around and used its long claws to stab him in the shoulder. All three of the hard projections had passed clean through him and Robin could see the blood was running black.

"So young yet so reckless." The spawn of hell told Robin before withdrawing his bloodied hand from his shoulder. Robin staggered back a few steps before he dropped to his knees. He began to fall backwards but was caught by Starfire who held him in her arms.

"Robin?" Star said fearfully.

Robin forced a small smile; reached up to pull Star's face closer to his and kissed her weakly on the lips before going limp.

"Robin?" Star gave Robin a shake but he didn't respond.

"Robin?" Star said in a higher voice as she vigorously shook the team's fallen leader.

"ROBIN!" Starfire screamed as the tears started to pour down her cheeks. Star gently lay Robin down on the ground before getting up to face the Demon who had made short work of Cyborg. Cyborg lay next to Beast Boy evidently he too had been given a free trip to the wall.

An aura of green began to glow around Starfire. Her eyes turned green and her hands began to glow green as well. "There is no curse in any language that can express what you have done. You will pay dearly for it." Starfire snapped at the Demon who felt indifferent about this. He had killed many before and seen their loved one want to get their revenge. The Demon smiled. The feisty purple clad girl was the only one left and he would soon he claiming his spoils. He would enjoy making her scream.

"Never turn your back on your enemy, weakling."

Much to Starfire's and the Demon's surprise a steel pipe about 2 inches in diameter was sticking through the Demon's stomach. Behind the Demon stood the boy holding the end of the pipe he had thrust into the hell spawn. The boy had scratches and was bleeding mildly in several places but he didn't seem to be bothered by any of this.

The boy withdrew the pipe, whipped it around his back before bring swinging it upwards into the armpit of the Demon. The action was accompanied by the unmistakable sound of snapping bone. The Demon howled in pain that he had been unable to express when he had had the air taken by being impaled. The Demon spun around trying to back hand the boy but the boy leapt into the air and drove his weapon straight down the Demon's chest and out his right hip causing blood to spurt out of the new holes the boy had given the Demon. The boy leapt off the Demon as it fell to the ground and feebly clawed at the offensive pole to no avail. Quickly life left its eyes leaving just the boy and Starfire.

"Do you have a place we could take your friends?"

"Why should I trust you?" Starfire asked in rasp voice. She was still crying and wasn't sure of what to do.

"We shared a common enemy making us allies according to your saying. Besides time is running out. Make your choice quickly." The boy told Starfire.

"This way." Star told the boy as she went to pick up Robin's body.