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Chapter 28

Nightmare now and forevermore

Nightmare swung his sword at Paine and narrowly missed taking her head off of her shoulders, he laughed as he watched Paine flip away from him, a look of fear had entered her usually evil eyes.

"Opps I missed" he laughed as he looked at her, placing his weapon over his shoulder, "Well kinda missed" he smiled as he watched a few strands of her hair fall onto the ground. Paine only grunted in reply as she threw herself at Nightmare, slashing away at him with her knife. Nightmare dodged each attack with ease as he smiled at Paine's attempts to hit him.

"You'll have to try harder than that my other half" smiled Nightmare as he grabbed her wrist and casually threw her towards a building, sending her smashing through its wall into the main reception area. He smiled as he followed after her, taking his time as he batted his sword in his hands. Paine stood up slowly and coughed as she watched Nightmare close the distance between them, his white wings fluttered gently behind him.

"Who in the hell are you?" she screamed as she regained her composure and ran towards Nightmare, her dagger was held close to her chest. Nightmare sighed as he watched her run at him, he almost felt sorry for her as he side stepped her and rammed his fist into her gut, driving all the air from her lungs.

"You'll find out in due time Darla" hissed Nightmare as he held her in place, his fist was still lodged firmly in her gut, he smiled as her eyes went wide in horror. Nightmare didn't give her the chance to say a thing as he grabbed hold of her arm and threw her back into the building, this time he sped after her, intending to make her suffer for not remembering who he was.

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Slade laughed as Cyborg swung his huge fist at his head, hoping to send Slade crashing through the wall. Slade however had a different idea as he ducked under the punch and rammed his fist through Cyborg's leg, making him cry out in pain as sparks flew out from the fist size hole.

"Sorry I meant to hit you here" he said as he pulled his hand free and prepared to ram it through Cyborg's chest plate. Cyborg smiled as he stopped the punch and grabbed hold of his fist and forced him to the ground.

"And I meant to hit you here" smiled Cyborg as he punched Slade in the face, sending the insane hell spawn crashing through the floor.

"You'll pay for that!" growled Slade as he pushed the remains of the desk he had landed on off of him and glared up at Cyborg.

"I'd like to see you try!" yelled Cyborg as he leapt at Slade, changing his arm into it's sonic cannon form once again. Slade roared in fury as he sent all of chains flying at Cyborg, each of them wrapped tightly around his arms, legs and neck, holding him in the air before him.

"Then you shall" he said simply as he slammed Cyborg around the room, making him cry out in pain as his body smashed off desks, walls and floors.

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Starfire finally broke trough's Deathwing's defence and hit him the chest with a continuous beam of emerald energy. He screamed in pin as the beam of energy sent him slamming into the wall behind him, making him gasp as the air rushed from his lungs.

"I'll kill you!" he roared as he batted the beam away and sent a beam of his own white energy speeding towards her, sending her spiralling towards the concrete below. His laughter was stopped as he watched a huge green pterodactyl grab her and carry her safely to the ground.

"Yo pick on someone your own size!" yelled Beast Boy as he transformed back into his human form.

Deathwing showed no emotion as he landed on the ground facing him, his feet silently touched the concrete. He flashed Beast Boy a smile before he disappeared from the green changeling's sight, his laughter echoed around the street as Beast Boy scanned all around him.

"What to afraid to show yourself incase you get your butt kicked" he joked as he transformed into a large green gorilla, beating his huge hands against his broad chest as he roared angrily into the sky. Deathwing couldn't help himself as he joined in on Beast Boy's pointless roaring as he appeared a few feet in behind him, making Beast Boy turn and look at him in anger and confusion.

"Was there a point in that?" asked Deathwing as he stopped his roaring and looked at the gorilla, making the great beast snort it's frustration and charge towards him, it's huge hands made small bits of debris dance about as they slammed into the ground. Deathwing laughed as he evaded Beast Boy's initial attack, as he skipped backwards gracefully. He continued to smile as he continued to parry Beast Boy's attacks, taking great joy as he watched the gorillas hands smash into the round where he once stood.

"What's the matter getting tired my little monkey friend?" he asked as he watched Beast Boy begin to pant heavily, his face was covered in sweet as he balled up his fits and swung them both at Deathwing. Deathwing only grinned as he raised his hand casually and stopped the attack without even moving an inch, making Beast Boy snort in shock.

"Aww did the monkey finally realise he didn't stand a chance?" he asked evilly as he pushed Beast Boy away with ease and kicked him in the chest, making a making the gorilla gasp in pain as he clutched his chest. Deathwing stopped smiling as he rammed his fist into Beast Boy's face, sending him spiralling down the street, his huge green body bounced repeatedly off the ground before he smashed head first into a parked car, making it's alarm system blare into life.

"Maybe that was a little to hard" sighed Deathwing as he walked towards his former team mate, "I mean I do want to have at least some fun today" he said as a sinister smile appeared on his face.

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Paine slashed at Nightmare again but was once again enraged as she watched Nightmare simply step away from the wicked blade of her dagger.

"Stand still!" she yelled in rage as she stabbed her knife at Nightmare, once again missing him as he side stepped her.

"What's the matter Darla can't you hit me?" asked Nightmare as he grabbed her arm and threw her away from him, smashing her through a desk.

"Why do keep calling me that?" screamed Paine as she stood back up and rushed at Nightmare plunging the blade of her dagger into his chest. She smiled as she looked down at the dagger and saw his blood seep from the wound, her smile quickly faded as she looked at Nightmare's face and saw that a strange smile had appeared on it.

"Well it is your true name after all" smiled Nightmare as he looked into her eyes, making Paine begin to tremble slightly as he pulled the blade out of chest, wrapping his hand tightly around her wrist.

"Who are you?" she asked softly as she started into his pitch black eyes, she saw something deep inside those eyes that made her mind remember something from her past.

"That's right Darla look past the evil, the hatred and pain and see my true face" he said as he looked at her with unblinking eyes, the darkness in his eyes began to face away making Paine try and take a step away from him, her face looked clearly shocked as she raised her hand to her open mouth.

"Jacob?" she asked in a whisper as she looked at Nightmare, making the demon release her from his grip, allowing her to take a few steps away from him. Nightmare didn't reply as he took a step towards her, making her drop her dagger to the floor. She gasped as she felt a sudden pain in her upper chest, she looked down and saw a gleaming black sword embedded in her chest, blood slowly began to trickle from her mouth. She tried to pull away but Nightmare grabbed hold of her shoulder and brought her closer to him, making the swords blade sink even deeper into her chest, making her cough in even more pain. She looked at him as tears formed in his now pale blue eyes, he smiled as she vainly raised her hand to wipe them away. Her hand never made it to his face as it hung limply over his shoulder, making his tears finally fall from his eyes.

"Not anymore" was all he said as he stood with her, one hand was wrapped around her in a loving hug the other was still wrapped around the hilt of the sword that had killed her. He had once again become the destroyer of life. He finally pulled his weapon free as he stopped her body from falling to the ground, his eyes returned to their usual pitch black as he carried her out of the ruined building, her arms hung limply at her sides.

"I'm Nightmare now and forevermore" he said as he placed her gently on the ground, placing her hands delicately on her chest, he lingered beside her for a moment longer until his attention was attracted to the sound of Cyborg screaming as he flew out of building, he couldn't help but wince as Cyborg smashed head first into a car. He stood up and looked back over at the building, smiling as he watched a lone figure walk out of it, a long red cape fluttered behind it.

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Deathwing allowed Beast Boy to drop to the ground as he removed his fist from his gut, making the green changeling return to his human form, gasping for air as he struggled to keep his eyes open.

"Am I interrupting?" asked a voice inside his head as he kicked Beast Boy down the street towards Starfire.

"Not really" replied Deathwing as he watched Aqua Lad and Speedy run towards him, arrows flew past him as his wings spread out behind him.

"I'm glad to hear that" hissed the voice as Deathwing grabbed hold of Aqua Lad's head and drove it into the ground, making the hero cry out in pain as he was tossed over Deathwing's head, landing hard on top of some car wreckage, "For your information the destroyer has finally engaged my envoy in battle" said the voice as Deathwing caught one of Speedy's arrows and snapped it in his grip.

"So?" said Deathwing as he sped forward and sliced Speedy's bow in half with a brilliant white sword, "What has that got to do with anything?"

"Foolish boy it means the time is almost here, very soon the portal can be opened allowing me to once again return to your pathetic realm" said the voice as Deathwing snapped Speedy's arm, making him cry out in pain as he held it against his body.

"Then I get Raven back right?" asked Deathwing as she grabbed hold of Speedy and rammed his knee deep into his stomach, making him cough in pain.

"Yes then you get your precious Raven back" replied the voice as Deathwing allowed Speedy's body to slump to the ground, a sinister smile appeared on his face, "You still know what you have to do don't you?" it asked as Deathwing took off into the air, flying elegantly towards the place of the most destruction.

"I do" he said as he saw Nightmare walk towards Slade, each of them refused to take theirs eyes off each other," This should be fun" he said to himself as he prepared to watch the father and son clash for perhaps the last time.

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"You've changed" remarked Nightmare as he looked at his fathers new appearance.

"And I see you haven't changed a bit" replied Slade as he looked at his sons face, the pitch black eyes blinked once as a smile appeared on his face.

"As fun as this is I would really like to get to killing you now" said Nightmare as he summoned another black sword to his hands, he held both blades against his chest as he cocked his head to one side.

"Finally you are beginning to sound like the son I've always wanted" smiled Slade inside his battle mask as his chain tips changed into deadly dagger blades, he took out his bo staff and held it against his side. Both warriors stood in silence for a long minute before they both charged at each other, each of them determined to kill the other.

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Stay safe everyone.

Later days people