Authors notes: I just want to clear this up quickly. The beast IS NOT TRIGON! It is an intermingled Raven and Trigon beast. Therefore I shall call it either 'Raven' or 'Trigon'. This is because the real Raven has no control whatsoever!! Hope that sorted out any kinks.
And secondly, this is dedicated to all those people who have reviewed right from the start! I love you all so much!!!!! Thanks for your time and support in my writing.
Chapter sixteen (O.O;) – Time to panic
"Time to panic!" yelled Beastboy, turning and running a few meters away from the beast. As 'Trigon' stood up, it shook it's head wildly.
'This is too weird.' Thought BB, looking at it. It wasn't like the Trigon they'd fought inside Rae but it was unmistakably a similar person.
The weird thing was that it's features mingled with Raven's. It had Raven's face, with red eyes, white hair, a pure white chakra and Raven's usual outfit, but it glowed bright red.
The scary thing was that Raven's counterpart had grown by a couple of hundred meters so it towered above the titans.
"Rrr." Said 'Trigon' looking towards the titans. "Anger. RAGE. ANGUISH!"
"I think she means it." Said Cy, cowering slightly.
"Well Titans, I guess this is it. TITANS GO!" said Robin, pointing towards the red monster.
Starfire swallowed. "I am sorry, Raven." She whispered. "But I will keep my word."
She looked up, her face angry – the familiar jade eyes turned to a glowing green. With starbolt in hand she lunged towards 'Raven'. She fired crazily, as the 'Trigon' beast put its arms up blocking the blows quite easily. It swatted at the "fly" and knocked it away.
"AHH!" Star screamed as she smashed straight into the vertical part of the tower.
"STARFIRE!" said Robin, running towards her freefalling body. He caught her quickly and rolled to safety. She was out cold.
"Hey, that was just mean!!" said Cyborg, turning to 'Raven'. "Eat this!"
He primed his Plasma gun, and fired a shot. Beastboy ran and pushed Cy's arm out of the way at the last minute, sending the shot catapulting into the water.
"Man, are you outta you're damn mind?!" said Cyborg, angrily, as his arm smoked.
"Are you?!" said BB frantically. "It's Raven in there! And you were just going to blast her away?!"
"Dude, are you serious? That's not Raven! That's some twisted Trigon freak. Did you just see what it did to Star?"
"Yes I saw!" said Beastboy, running his hand through his hair. "But what if Raven's in there?"
"Then she should stop hurting us!" said Cyborg, frustrated.
"I don't think she can." Said Beastboy quietly, looking Cyborg straight in the eyes.
Cyborg stared into the emerald eyes, and was filled with compassion. "Alright."
"Just give me a chance to try something." Said Beastboy. "One chance and then we can do it your way."
Cyborg's gun reformed back into an arm. "Yeah."
"Get out of here for now, Cy. This could be dangerous."
"I'm not leavin' you man—"
"I appreciate it." Said Beastboy, putting his hand on Cy's shoulder. "But I have to do this alone. And I need to know you'll be safe. Promise?"
"Alright." Said Cy, putting his own arm on BB's other shoulder. "You're one crazy little animal."
"You better believe it."
With one last look, they ran in separate directions. Cyborg put his thumb up at the changeling, who returned the gesture with a cheesy smile. Their friendship extended beyond words.
Beastboy turned his focus back towards the 'Raven'. It was currently watching the little green beast, which was running towards it, with curiosity.
"Okay Raven. We settle this NOW." He jumped, flipping and turning himself into a bird. He flew up towards the face of the red creature, landing next to the ear and turning back into himself.
The creature twitched violently, trying to shake the boy off, but he clung onto the earlobe tightly.
"LISTEN TO ME!" he shouted desperately down the ear hole.
"I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THERE RAVEN." Said Beastboy, wishing with all his heart. "YOU CAN HEAR ME CAN'T YOU. AND I LOVE YOU. REMEMBER, YOU SAID YOU LOVE ME TOO, ONCE? REMEMBER HOW WE DANCED? REMEMBER HOW YOU CALLED ME GAR? DO YOU REMEMBER RAVEN?"
The beast suddenly stopped thrashing around and stood more still.
'It's working!' thought BB, hopefully, he whispered more quietly into the ear.
"I love you, and I want you to come back. If you're in there, me and Star and Robin and Cy want you back, because you're our friend. They forgive you for everything. Even though they don't always show it, they love you. You're part of a team. Our team."
He paused, as the creature completely ceased movement. "Now fight. Fight back against those negative emotions. Remember your mother? Remember what she said? She said you need to be happy. And you were happy before all this happened, dude. You have to remember."
Suddenly, in one, violent movement, 'Raven' flicked off the changeling, sending him flying into the water.
Turning into a fish, he swam frantically for the surface. 'Oh MAN. It didn't work.'
He broke the surface, the water mingling with his skin as he turned into himself. "Woah…"
The creature stood there hands over its ears. Suddenly it released a blood curdling demonic scream. It rang through Beastboy's ears. He crumpled with the sound, as did all the other titans.
Beastboy stood up, straining his eyes to see what was happening. The beast was bent double, screaming and emitting large amounts of energy.
Then, he saw it. What he'd been waiting to see. The face of the 'Raven' was splitting into two. The familiar face of his own Raven was straining out of the other body. Along with the head came two arms, fighting furiously to pull themselves out. Feet kicked around and flew out. And with one final blast of energy, Raven's body was propelled out of the demon and thrown onto the grass. The demon fell over backwards, out cold for the time being.
Raven stood up, shaking her head as if woken from a trance. Shakily, she steadied herself on her feet. She looked at the demon and, hand on chakra, gave a small smile. "I-I did it…"
"RAVEN!" shouted Beastboy running full pelt towards her and launching himself at her.
Raven turned around, and looked wide eyed at the Beastboy flying towards her. "Beastb—"
His arms locked round her and they fell over backwards onto the grass. She looked up at him, from the grass and frowned.
"That hurt, Beastboy." She said, her usual monotone. Beastboy hugged her tightly, and Raven felt the warm sensation wash all over her. She was home.
Suddenly, there was a damp patch on her shoulder. Raven craned her neck to the boy. "Gar, are you…crying?"
"No…" snuffled Beastboy, blatantly lying. Raven smiled. She patted him on the head and struggled to sit up. He released her from his grasp.
She looked straight into his green eyes and didn't have to say anything at all. He looked back at her, barely holding back the excitement from his cheeky face.
"I'm glad you're alright. Thought we'd lost you back there."
"Trying to get rid of me that quickly, are you?" She said sarcastically, standing up and rubbing the grass off her cloak.
"I just can't believe you're back. I…missed you."
Raven stopped mid brush and turned to the changeling. "Really?"
"Duh! I love you, Raven!" he said, smacking his forehead comically. Even then, Raven couldn't hold back a small chuckle. She grabbed him tightly.
"Well, in that case, I missed you too."
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I really really REALLY hope you enjoyed this, I put my heart and soul into this chapter and its probably my fave so far. I CANT RESIST A HAPPY ENDING!! But it isn't the end!
What about the red beast that remains? Can the titans defeat it?
Anyway, corny part over, I updated super quickly as a huge sorry to everyone because my computer seemed to hate and so made my chapters weird!!! (I put a review in my reviews explaining, lol.)
Some Replies:
Quite-a-shame: Sorry, did I offend you? I didn't mean to! Of course, your opinions are very important to me. Also, I value the fact that you love this story and am extremely flattered. And Death is never a major part of my comics for one reason. I have had enough of it in life, so I don't want anymore!! Anyway I'm a sucker for happy endings.
Nethrion: Hehe, well even though that was very generous, I felt so bad for screwing up! ::bows:: I beg forgiveness. Also, I celebrate Christmas!! Happy whatever you celebrate to you as well, and thanks for the review!
Redlobster7878: It doesn't sound weird…it sounds like Starfire! XD anyway, thank you, Updated super quick, no? I deserve a cookie!!!
Thanks as always
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