Okay, let's go on. This chapter will begin with flashbacks of different events from Shadow's past.
Shadow, age 8: Shadow is waiting for her father to tell her if her mother will be alright. He finally showed up and told her that her mom is in a very high stake of dying, but she'll live as long as no know disturbs her. Shadow went to see her and learned some historic events about the Teen Titans. Then, after she learned everything she needed to know, she said in the most mature voice possible for a child,
"Mom, I'll take Trigon off your chest. Trust me, I can handle I…I know that if you can keep Trigon under control when you were young, then I can too. Please, I can control my emotions…"
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Shadow, a Teen Titan:
"Hey Shadow, want breakfast?" asked Avalanche when she entered the room,
"It's good. Come on, you'll like it," said Stormy,
"I'll have herbal tea, thank you," she answered and started drinking it, "Oh come on! I know you're stubborn, but have some breakfast and forget about the fight with Dr. Light's son last night and-"
"I said NO!"
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"Oh boy, we're not in Shadow's home, we're in her head," said Techna to Stormy,
"And I want you out! That mirror was from my mother to use for meditation. You know, a portal into my mind? You idiot, Stormy!"
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"You don't like me much do you? Come on, we have to get along sometime. Especially if I'm going to be a part of this team," said Dakota,
"Well you're not a part of this team!" Shadow spat back.
"What's the matter, Demon Blood? Too much for you?" teased Retta when Shadow was finally knocked to the ground,
"As a matter of fact, I say not enough!" Shadow then launched rocks right back at her. Retta stopped them without flinching,
"You can't beat me with my own power. You should know that by now, Half Human!"
Meanwhile, Techna just when flying from being blasted at,
"Geez, these guys are tougher than they look," she said when Spirit came crashing down next to her,
"Tell me about it, they're tougher than my brother compared to the last time I fought him for choosing to be evil like my aunt," he said before getting back up,
"At least Darkfire chose to be good," Techna reminded when Stormy came down,
"That Hex girl is really the reason why they're winning if you ask me," he said and the three got back up to fight.
"You guys okay? Spirit, I need a throwing boost!" Avalanche called and Spirit flew to him.
"Cyborg, go around that way! Starfire, you and I will attack from this direction!" Robin ordered.
"Um, Raven there's something that I got to ask you," said Beastboy when he and Raven were taking cover,
"Is this really the time, Beastboy?" she asked,
"Sort of since your arm is injured from Retta. Good thing Shadow saved you or it could've been worse," said BB,
"Okay, what do you want to ask?" she said since Beastboy's got a point,
"Um, is it wrong to find out something about the future that you were not supposed to know? I mean, is the future better off untold?" Beastboy asked nervously,
"What did you do, Beastboy?" Raven could tell he did something he was no supposed to do,
"Al right, before the meeting about Retta, I kind of, snuck into Shadow's room…"
Flashback:
Shadow's room in the tower is completely dark and the only light in the room is the lamp on a side table drawer. In the light of the lamp, half a picture is showing. Beasboy took a closer look, the picture had a very young and happy Shadow and an adult form of Raven. It was a family picture; he moved the rest of the photo into the light only to get a bit surprised.
"So what did you find out?" asked Raven,
"A lot of things if you count knowing her friends and what everyone looks like in the future," he answered.
Beastboy looked at another picture, it had all of the Titans, including the ones Robin official made which meant Aqualad, Speedy, and some others were there too. Everyone was grown up and had at least one kid but no one had any more than two. There was one more picture left. It had the current aged future titans along with other teenagers that he had never seen. But some of them looked familiar to those he knew.
"You got to learn not to go snooping in other people's property," said Raven,
"I know," he answered, "You haven't been going into my room have you?" Raven asked, giving him a look,
"No! Not at all! I would never go into your room without your permission! Honest!"
Retta is now on top of Shadow trying to chock her, both trying to kill the other in any way they can,
"I'm not going to let you stand in my way anymore!" cried Retta. Shadow covered Retta with her powers and threw her backwards. Retta flipped and landed on her feet almost gracefully,
"You know, Shadow, we never had a fight that lasted this long, and I'm surprised that you can still stand. Well, I know you got most of your powers, traits, personality, and other stuff from you mother, but I was sure that your dad's traits would bring you down," she teased and dodged when Shadow launched another assault,
"Then again, maybe I was right. I'm also surprised that you aren't stupid…"
Shadow was furious and continued to attack only to miss. She kept doing that until she dropped to her knees and hands. Both of them had dirt on messed up clothing after all that fighting, but both were still full of energy. Shadow gave it everything she's got only to get nothing accomplished, but Retta used every combination that she can do with rocks and many of them worked wonders.
"I'm also surprised your anger isn't released yet. I learned that your temper is usually the key to weakening you. What's the matter? Afraid to admit the truth that I am more superior to you? Well? I mean, I also know your mom is odd, but marrying someone as low as that weird-"
"SHUT UP!" Shadow couldn't take it anymore and released her anger, throwing everything around her, causing a tornado to from around her and Retta,
"YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME DOWN WITH WORDS! THINK AGAIN BECAUSE I'M SHOWING NO MERCY!" Everything was being thrown from broken building parts to cars and lifted sidewalks.
"Oh no," Avalanche let out a whisper upon seeing the destruction happening. The Hive is defeated and everyone saw the chaos Shadow is causing. The future Titans ran to their fighting area, "SHADOW! STOP!" She ignored the call; Retta is actually starting to get in trouble as small things hit her fast while she attempted to block the bigger stuff.
"STOP!" "You're going to kill her if you keep this up! Stop!" cried Techna,
"Shadow! Stop! You're going to hurt more than just Retta!" yelled Avalanche,
"Please! Shadow! You must listen to us!" cried Darkfire,
"Shadow! We don't want to lose you! Is this really worth it!" cried Stormy,
"Stormy is right! Is this what your parents want? Did they want Retta to be killed by you!" yelled Spirit. Stormy and Spirit's words knocked some sense into Shadow and she snapped out of it and floated down. Exhausted she fell on her hands and knees again,
"They're right, my parents wouldn't want this. Avalanche, Techna, Stormy, Spirit, everyone…They're right, revenge isn't the answer. They were right…Revenge did blind me from the truth. I'm sorry! My friends, Mother, Father, I am sorry…For being someone that I was not, being someone that you didn't want me to be. I'm sorry…."
Retta got up and looked more angry than ever,
"So you are weak, look at yourself. If you were never born, I would've taken over the world by now. And I will accomplish that dream of having villains rule and the Teen Titans destroyed and gone for good! So..." She lifted a huge rock, broke it to smaller pieces, sharpened it and launched it at all of the past titans, majority of them at Raven. The future titans leapt to defend the past titans.
"Azarath Metiron Zinthos!" Shadow stopped the attack completely and stood up with eyes free of darkness,
"Retta, you will not win because you don't have something to fight for," said Shadow,
"Yes I do! Word domination, hello!" Retta answered,
"While that's true, that's something you can get any other day. I fight to protect my friends and family. Once I lose one of them, I can't get them back," Shadow's hands began to glow, ready,
"I understand now, I now know the reason why I couldn't win against you before. But now, I'm making this fight your last against me, I'm not going to let you win!"
"Fine! Bring it on!" Retta lifted the biggest rock she can lift making Shadow and Retta play push-of-war. Everyone was worried, but everyone has faith in Shadow. Cracks formed around the area they're on and in a matter of seconds the entire ground collapsed beneath them and the two fell. Everyone scrambled and surrounded the hole; hearing explosions, banging, thumps and other noises here and there. Then finally, they heard a scream with silence following. But they were unsure who the scream belonged to.
"Shadow?" Stormy whispered and everyone waited for a response to from the giant hole.
Yeah, I know, this was a bit longer than my usual but I think its better fitting this in one chapter than splitting it into two. Well, as usual, please R and R.