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Chapter 18

Helping hand

Cyborg could only watch in shock Deathwing sent Beast Boy crashing into a nearby car. He looked at Deathwing again and tried to raise his sonic cannon to blast him down the street but failed and was sent crashing down the street by a devastating attack from Deathwing's bo staff. Speedy growled as he watched Cyborg crash head first into a car and loaded one of his energy arrows into his bow. Deathwing turned just in time to get hit directly in the chest with the arrow, sending him flying through the wall of a building.

"Bull's-eye" smiled Speedy as Aqua Lad patted him in the back. He was about to turn away when he was struck in the chest by a small metal disk.

"What the?" he questioned before the disk exploded sending him and Aqua Lad flying down the street.

"Pathetic" smiled Deathwing as he walked out of the debris of the wall he had destroyed, patting the dust off his costume. He smiled cruelly as he folded his bo staff once again and charged directly towards where Cyborg landed.

Raziel fell to his knees once again and held his side, wincing in pain as he clutched the wound there. He looked at his wound and thought about just giving up, he quickly shook the though away as he gritted his teeth an attempted to stand back up. He smiled weakly as he regained his footing and began walking once again towards the Onyx Tower.
Genesis watched trough her mirror as Deathwing picked Cyborg back up and threw him into Speedy and Aqua Lad, taking out the three brave heroes in one simple attack. She waved her hand making the mirror show her images of Raziel waling through the landscape of Hell. She watched as he fell again, panting heavily and holding what looked like a deep wound in his side.

"Please do not give up Raziel" she whispered as she watched the wraith attempt to stand back up but fail and fall face first into the ground. She wanted to go and help him but she knew that if she went to Hell she could never return, she could only watch and pray that Raziel had the strength to go on.

"Let me help him" said Terra as she appeared behind Genesis and saw Raziel struggle to stand. Genesis turned and looked at the blonde haired young women and smiled.

"You know the price of doing that don't you?" she said as she looked into Terra's beautiful blue eyes.

"Without Crow here existence seems pointless" replied Terra as she smiled at Genesis, tears slowly fell from her sad eyes. Genesis grabbed her and held her close against her in a tight embrace.

"I'm sorry" whispered Genesis as she released Terra waved her hand gently at her.. Terra slowly began to fade away as she smiled at Genesis and fixed her hair.

"Goodbye my little angel" whispered as she wiped away her tears and returned to looking into her mirror.

Cyborg stood back up and gritted his teeth as he aimed his sonic cannon at Deathwing and fired a burst of blue energy. Deathwing smiled and spread his arms out as the beam struck him in the chest.

"Come on Cy is that all you got?" he laughed as he began to walk towards the energy beam. Cyborg simply roared as he channelled more energy into his weapon, making the beam even wider. Deathwing smiled as the beam became to much and sent him crashing down the street, smashing his body through several cars.

"Booya" smiled Cyborg as he changed his arm back to normal. H suddenly fell down to his knees panting heavily as his cybernetic parts started to change to grey.

"Power level at thirty-three percent" said a female voice from his arm making Cyborg sigh sadly.

"Nice shot tin man" smiled Speedy as he helped Cyborg back to his feet.

"Yeah you sure showed him" smiled Aqua Lad as he helped Speedy hold Cyborg up. Beast Boy didn't say a thing and just looked at the spot where Deathwing had landed.

"Do you always sleep on the job?" asked a voice making Raziel open his eyes slightly and look up. Terra smiled down at him and offered him her hand. Raziel tried to smile back but he was in to much pain, thanks to the demon wound in his side.

"What are you doing here?" he asked weakly as he accepted Terra's help and stood back up.

"I'm here to help duh" replied Terra as she draped Raziel's arm on her back. Raziel finally managed to smile as Terra helped him continue his journey towards the Onyx Tower.

Starfire opened her eyes again and sat up in her bed.

"Where am I?" she asked herself weakly as she looked around her at the hospital room. She looked down at her arms and proceeded to remove the various tubes that where sticking into her. She climbed out of her bed and shivered as her bare feet touched the cold floor of her room. She held her head in her hands as she tried to remember why she was here. Flashes of Nightwing hitting her in the face flashed through her head making her wince away from the memories.

"Nightwing" she whispered as she stood up and walked towards her rooms window and looked out at the city.

Deathwing stood back up and cracked his neck, still smiling like an insane clown.

"Party time" he smiled as he unfolded his bo staff and walked slowly towards the cheering Titan's. Beast Boy was the first person to notice Deathwing walking towards them.

"Uh Guys this party isn't over just yet" he said grimly as he transformed into his gorilla form. Cyborg instantly stopped cheering and looked at Deathwing, slightly shocked at the fact he was still standing after his best attack.

"Here we go again" smiled Speedy as he loaded another arrow into his bow and shot it at Deathwing. Deathwing just smiled as he used his bo staff to deflect the missile, sending it hurtling into a nearby building.

"So close" smiled Deathwing as he pulled out an explosive disk and threw it at Aqua Lad. The disk exploded suddenly a few inches in front of the brave hero, the explosion was powerful enough to send him flying down the street. Deathwing suddenly moved from where he was standing as Cyborg's huge fist smashed into the ground.

"What's the matter Cyborg need glasses?" laughed Deathwing as he grabbed Cyborg's arm and threw him against a wall. Cyborg screamed in pain as Deathwing tore his arm off and used it to hit him in the face.

"Or is it an arm you need?" laughed Deathwing as he rammed his fist through Cyborg's chest, leaving a huge hole in it.

"System shutting down" chimed a voice as Cyborg felt his power seep away.

"Nite nite tin man" smiled Deathwing as he watched Cyborg's eyes close.

"Cyborg!" yelled Speedy as he watched Cyborg collapse onto the ground and stop moving.. He growled as he looked at Deathwing and was horrified to find that he was standing directly in front of him.

"Why don't you go join him?" smiled Deathwing evilly as he swung his bo staff hitting Speedy in the ribs, resulting in a sick cracking sound. Speedy coughed as Deathwing pulled his weapon away and kicked him hard in the chest, sending him crashing down the street to where Aqua Lad lay. He turned and saw Beast boy charging straight towards him in his gorilla form.

"Come and get me green boy" smiled Deathwing as he invited Beast Boy to attack him.

"Speedy?" screamed Jinx as she felt something flash through her mind. She felt Speedy's somehow, making her hold her ribs in pain.

"I have to help him" she said weakly as she walked towards her wardrobe and opened it, revealing the clothes she came to hospital in.

"Not alone you aren't" said a voice making Jinx spin around only to see Starfire standing in her doorway wearing her Titan's uniform.

"When did you wake up?" asked Jinx as she slipped her sorceress's costume.

"A little while ago" replied Starfire as she waited patiently for Jinx to finish getting dressed.

"How?" asked Jinx as she finished and looked at the alien girl.

"A friend helped me" smiled Starfire as she remembered seeing Crow's face smiling at her. Jinx just looked at her as if she had just grown another head.

"Ready to go?" asked Starfire as she looked at Jinx, her clothes looked much like those she wore when she was part of the Hive.

"Lead the way" smiled Jinx as she walked towards Starfire. The alien just smiled and walked towards the window.

"Then let us go" she said as she grabbed hold of Jinx's hand and flew off into the city.

Deathwing expertly moved out of way of Beast boy's huge fists and swung at the ape with his bo staff. He watched in both horror and surprise as Beast boy grabbed the weapon and pulled it out of his grip.

"Interesting" smiled Deathwing as he watched Beast boy snap the deadly staff in his grip and growl at Deathwing.

"Your enjoying this aren't you?" asked the voice inside Deathwing's head as he avoided another punch from Beast Boy.

"What gave it away?" replied Deathwing as he used Beast boy's momentum to send the green gorilla crashing into a wall. The voice laughed inside his head as Beast Boy stood back up and roared it's anger at Deathwing.

"I thought you where going to make me pay for hurting your precious little Koriand'r" laughed Deathwing as he looked at Beast Boy beating his chest. Deathwing saying Starfire's name made something snap inside Beast Boy's head, he roared with inhuman rage as he jumped at Deathwing driving them both into the ground.

"Go ahead do it if you can" smiled Deathwing as he looked into the gorillas. Beast boy just glared back as he balled up his huge fists. Deathwing laughed insanely as Beast Boy brought his fists down, crushing his head in one blow. He changed back into his human form and looked down at his now bloody hands.

"That was for Starfire" said Beast Boy as he climbed out of the crater he had made and looked down at Deathwing's motionless body. He smiled as he turned away and walked towards where Cyborg lay motionless on the ground.

The evil roared it's displeasure and fury as its smashed its fist into its throne, smashing the solid stone chair to pieces.

"Of all the people who could have stopped him it had to be that little green menace!" it roared as he blasted several walls with beams of black energy, blasting them into piles of smoking rubble.

"Ahem I'm not gone yet" said a weak sounding voice making the evil stop and close it's eyes, "I just need a little bit of help". The evil smiled as it recognised the person the voice belonged to.

"Then let me your helping hand" smiled the evil as it chanted something in a strange language.

Deathwing's eyes suddenly snapped open and looked around the crater he lay in. He smiled as he stood back up and climbed out of crater and saw the titan's celebrating his 'defeat'.

"What's wrong with rusty?" asked Aqua Lad as he kicked Cyborg. Speedy bent down and lifted the metal heroes arm and pressed a small red button on it.

"Power level at zero percent" chimed a voice from the small screen that showed that Cyborg had no power remaining.

"Figures" joked Beast Boy as she looked at Cyborg's peaceful looking face.

"Well lets get him back to the Tower" smiled Aqua Lad as he tried to pick up Cyborg from the ground.

"What leaving so soon?" asked Deathwing making the Titan's freeze and slowly turn to look at him.

"I don't believe it" gasped Speedy as he looked at Deathwing standing at the lip of the crater.

"But I killed him?" exclaimed Beast Boy as he looked down at his hands that where still covered in Deathwing's blood. Aqua Lad didn't say a thing as stared at Deathwing in horror.

"What you didn't think a monkey could stop me did you?" he asked as he smiled at his former friends, making them all tremble in fear, his black wings fluttered gentle behind his body.

Raziel motioned for Terra to stop as they stood in front of the huge Onyx Tower.

"We're here" said the wraith weakly as he looked up at the huge black tower. Terra whistled as she tried to see the top of the tower.

"Not very welcoming" remarked Terra as she looked at the gateway, it looked more like a demons fang filled mouth than a entrance to the tower.

"Allow me" smiled Raziel as he lifted his arm off Terra's shoulder and shambled towards the entrance. He uncoiled his wraith blade and pointed it directly at the door way. The door way slowly began to open up as the soul reaver shot a green beam of energy at it.

"Are you coming or not Terra?" asked Raziel as he looked at Terra. Terra nodded as she placed Raziel's arm back over her shoulder and helped him to enter the Onyx Tower.

Stay safe everyone.

Later days

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