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Chapter 29
Beginning of the end
Nightmare gritted his teeth as his swords clanged against Slade's bo staff, both warriors where equally matched and equally as ruthless. Slade smiled in his mask as he looked into the eyes of Nightmare, the son he thought he had killed, the son who had once killed him.
"Come on Jacob I know you can do better than that" said Slade as he broke the stalemate and sent Nightmare flying away from him with a skilled throw. Nightmare snorted as the landed on his feet, his twin blades shimmered in the dying light of the street. Slade relaxed his stance and motioned for Nightmare to attack, making the anger flare up in the demons belly. Nightmare roared like a crazed animal as he rushed forward, attacking with both his swords, narrowly missing Slade as he ducked, dodged and weaved his way past each attack. Nightmare finally managed to catch his father with a kick to the chest, sending him skidding down the street.
"Your right I can do better" smiled Nightmare as he spread his wings and flew after his father, making Slade smile as he jumped into the air and dropped onto Nightmare, driving him into the ground with incredible force. Slade stepped off Nightmare's body as white feathers fell form his angelic wings. He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction as Nightmare began to stir, slowly picking himself up in front of Slade.
"What's the matter old man?" asked Nightmare as he turned and looked at Slade, a sinister smile had appeared on his face, "Was that your best shot?" he asked as he folded his wings painfully behind his back. Slade snarled silently under his breath before he rushed forward and swung his gloved fist at Nightmare's face, putting all of his strength behind it. Nightmare suddenly disappeared, making Slade stumble forward as he looked around for him. Slade smiled as he closed his eyes and lowered his arms to his side. They suddenly snapped open as he quickly raised his arms and blocked each of Nightmares attacks before he leapt into the air as a black blade flashed before his eyes. Nightmare shot after him, exchanging blows as each of them flew into the heavens, making Deathwing sigh as he flapped his wings and followed after them, a small smirk had appeared on his face.
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Nightmare grunted as he locked hands with his father, their battle had now become nothing more than a test of strength on top of a building, the rain now began to fall from the sky.
"I am happy to see you've finally come out of your shell" smiled Slade as he struggled to get an advantage over his son, "And to think I thought of you being nothing more than a failure my son" he said as he watched sweat run down Nightmare's face.
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"I can't do it father" panted a small boy as he collapsed onto his knees. A lone man stepped out of the shadows in front of him, his face was shrouded in darkness.
"You can" said the man as he forced the boy to his feet and looked at him, "And you will" he growled as he punched his son in the chest, sending him flying across the room, making him cough as he land on his chest. The boy clutched his aching chest as he stood up, tears had formed in his pale blue eyes, he yelled as he ran forward and tried to throw a punch at his father, making the man sigh as he blocked it.
"Was that your best effort?" asked the man as he grabbed hold of his sons head and drove him into the ground, "Because if it was then you would better serve me dead" he said calmly as he walked away from the boy, ignoring the sounds of his sons tears as they fell to the cold hard ground. The boy looked around him as he thought he heard a voice call out his mane from the shadows, he shook the thought away as he wiped the blood of his face with his arm.
"I'm sorry father" whispered the boy as his tears mixed with his blood, forming a small red puddle of pain and sadness, "I'll try harder next time" he said before he stood up and followed after his father,
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"All I ever wanted was for you to be proud of me" said Nightmare as he felt something escape from his eyes, "All I ever wanted was to be your son!" he roared as he forced Slade onto the ground, driving his feet through the concrete of the roof. Slade laughed as he fought his way back to his feet, forcing Nightmare to take a few steps away from him.
"You where never worthy of my praise" said Slade as he finally forced Nightmare to his knees, "You where never worthy of being called my son" he said as he felt the concrete beneath them begin to crumble. Nightmare closed his eyes as he tried to block out the sound of Slade's voice.
"Until now" he said before the ground beneath them fell away, making them both fall onto the floor beneath them. Nightmare opened his eyes in time to see Slade's fist coming straight towards his face, he ducked beneath it and swept Slade from his feet with a low kick, making his fathers face smash into the ground. Nightmare flipped up and tried to drive his fist through Slade's face but missed as Slade rolled out of the way, stabbing his foot into Nightmare's side.
"I'll never be your son" growled Nightmare as he spun round and hit Slade in the chest with his leg, slamming his back against a nearby wall, "Not after what you did to me!" he hissed as he leapt at his father, pinning his shoulders to the ground.
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Onyx laughed and smiled as he bounced around the halls of his home, he couldn't feel the cold as he searched each room for his mother. He opened another of the large doors and smiled as he saw his twin sister lying on her bed, he was about to close it until she kicked her sheet off of her body and started to whimper.
"It's ok sis I'm here" he whispered as he walked towards her and stroked her head gently, "Your just having a bad dream Darla" he said before he kissed her forehead gently. He smiled as he watched her begin to settle down, he breathing had returned to normal. He carefully placed her blanket back over her and left the room, making sure he didn't wake her as he closed the door behind him.
"Ahh master Jacob you are" said an old man wearing a smart looking suit, his voice made Onyx smile even more, "Your father would like to see you" said the man with a smile as he bowed to the boy.
"Where is father?" asked Onyx as the butler finished his bow.
"The training room I believe" replied the butler before he turned and walked back the way he came, leaving Onyx alone in the cold corridor.
"Wonder why he wants me, we had training this morning?" said Onyx to himself as he stood outside the door that lead to the training room. He didn't answer himself as he opened the door and stepped into the darkness.
"Father you wanted to see me?" Onyx yelled out as he stood still, looking all around him for any sign of his father, he stopped his search as he saw someone or something moving about in the darkness in front of him. A bright light suddenly came on, illuminating a single spot in the room. Onyx screamed and ran forward as he saw his mother lying motionless in the centre of the light.
"Mother are you ok?" he asked as he dropped down to his knees beside her, feeling her arm for any sign of a pulse. His eyes went wide as he dropped her arm to the ground again, tears began to fall from his eyes. He cried as he buried his face in his mother's chest, beating his hands against her lifeless body. Slade seethed in anger as he watched this display of emotions from his son, he knew in that instant that he wasn't strong enough to help him in his conquest of the city.
"Pity I was beginning to se potential in you" he said as he pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Onyx, silently pulling the hammer back.
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Nightmare opened his eyes as the sound of the gun shot echoed in his head, the gun shot that had showed him the truth about his father. He opened his black eyes once again and started directly into his fathers only visible eye.
"You killed my mother" he hissed as he pushed Slade against the wall even more, pressing his arm against his neck in an attempt to do the very same thing he had done to his mother. A laugh suddenly rang out from Slade's mouth as he felt Nightmare's arm press against his neck.
"This is the same way I killed your mother" he said as he looked at Nightmare, "You see we truly are father and son". The words terrified Nightmare, more than he thought he could be, he suddenly removed his ram from Slade's throat and rammed his fist into his face, sending him smashing through the wall.
"I'LL NEVER BE YOUR SON!" he roared in anger as he picked Slade up and punched him again, this time a sick crack sound was head as Slade's head snapped back. Nightmare didn't stop and continued o punch Slade, not noticing the chains that where slowly beginning to wrap around his legs. Slade unexpectedly moved his head as Nightmare tried to hit him again and threw him across the room, the chains abruptly snapped him back making him slam face first into the ground.
"Pity" said Slade emotionlessly as he picked Nightmare up again and slammed him into the roof and then back into the ground. Nightmare groaned in pain as he was once again slammed into the roof and ground, this time the ground fell away making him fall even further before he hit the ground. The only thing that was keeping him awake was the sound of his fathers laughter in his head, the sound of the gun shot that had made him, the picture of his mother lying on the ground in front of him. He roared in fury as he tried to break free from the chains, but they where made of a metal that seemed to stretch every time he moved his arms. Slade stopped slamming him around as he lifted him into the air and held him upside down in front of his face.
"Why do you struggle?" he asked as he looked at his son, "You never could beat me" he said as he smiled making Nightmare once again try and break free from his bindings. Slade smirked as he made one of his chains unravel itself and move closer to Nightmare's face, a deadly dagger blade seemed to grow from it as it moved closer to Nightmare's face. Nightmare grinned from ear to ear as he stared at his father.
"Yeah I do have one thing I want to tell you" he said as he ignored the dagger point that was now only a few inches from his face.
"And what that be my son?" asked Slade making the chain stop and hover in place it's blade was gently rubbing against Nightmare's nose.
"Look behind you" said Nightmare as his looked at something behind Slade, making him turn round to see what it was. Nightmare summoned all of his strength as he slowly spread his angelic wings, making the chains that where wrapped around them snap and fall to the ground in pieces. Slade turned in horror as Nightmare flapped his wings with enough power to send them both flying out of the building, glass fell from the sky as they shot through the window hovering above the city.
"Feel free to let go any time dad" smiled Nightmare as he saw Slade hanging on to him with one of his chains, the rest where destroyed when he managed to break his wings free. He smiled as he watched Slade try and reform at least one of his chains, he could sense the anger build up inside his fathers body.
"Oh well don't say I didn't give you a chance" smiled Nightmare as he reached down and wrapped his hand around the chain that was wrapped around his waist, with a single fluid motion he jerked Slade up, and wrapped his arms around Slade's upper chest, making sure his head was a few inches above his own. Nightmare laughed as he stopped flapping his wings and allowed himself to fall back towards the street below, turning himself in mid air making sure Slade's head would strike the ground first.
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Deathwing cringed as he watched them both hit the ground, smile as he watched the buildings all around him fall to pieces, laugh as he watched every car in the city jerk into the air, their alarms echoed throughout the streets.
"Now that looked like fun" he remarked as he watched the rubble begin to fall back down to earth, "I'll have to try it one day" he said as he flew towards the huge crater made by Nightmare's death drop.
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Cyborg managed to open his eyes and smiled as he saw a face look back at him.
"You are undamaged?" he heard a voice ask as he vainly tried to move, but he found that his legs wouldn't listen to his commands.
"I think so" replied Cyborg as he tried to focus in on the face that was talking to him, his vision swarmed with bright lights and black spots, "What happened?" he asked as he his vision returned to normal, making him see that he was sitting with his back rested against what looked like the remains of a destroyed car.
"I do not know" said Starfire as she handed him a small canteen of water, "But I d know that friend Onyx has began to battle against Slade" she said as Cyborg took a drink from it, the cool refreshing water dribbled out from his mouth.
"Where is everyone?" he asked as he handed the canteen back to her, looking around for either Beast Boy, Speedy or Aqua lad. Starfire didn't reply, instead she stood up and started out over the carnage that Nightmare had caused with his last attack, she just hoped that Beast boy was ok.
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Nightmare did his best to stand back up but fell down as blood dripped from his mouth, he slowly looked around him for any sign of his father and smiled weakly as he saw a limp hand beneath some rubble.
"Should have let go you bastard" whispered Nightmare as he finally managed to get to his feet, granted he had a hard time staying on them but at least he was still standing. He smiled weakly once again as he began to float out of the crater, his tattered wings could barely carry him into the air. He finally fell to the ground panting as his wings gave out on him, luckily they had carried him a good few feet away from the crater caused by his death drop.
"Well I guess my work is done" he said as he lay on the ground and looked up at the sky, his head felt light as the stars above him began to spin. He was about to close his eyes until he heard faint laughter, laugh that made him growl in anger.
"Come now my boy" said Slade as he stepped out of the crater, his mask was cracked and bits of it where missing exposing his pale skin beneath it, "Did you really think that would stop me?" he asked as he awkwardly walked towards Nightmare, his blood left a red trail behind him. A smile appeared on Nightmare's face as he re-summoned his black sword to his hands and stood up, looking at Slade with his tired eyes.
"No" he said as he looked at his father, "But this will" he said as he pointed the tip of the deadly weapon at him, making Slade draw his bo staff in a swift clean motion. Nightmare grinned as he rushed forward, feathers fell from his wings as he slashed away at Slade.
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Deathwing landed on top of a large piece of rubble and watched as Slade pushed Nightmare away and swung at him with his bo staff, missing him a no more than a few millimetres. He smiled in ecstasy as he watched them both clang their weapons against each other, making lightening dance from Nightmare's blade onto Slade's staff. He hadn't sensed a power like this since he did battle with 'the evil' two years ago, funny he thought the thing he had tried to destroy was now the only thing hat good help him get his Raven back, he was snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Nightmare's weapon land a few inches in front of him, its black blade was firmly lodged into the piece of rubble he was perched on.
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Nightmare panted as he fell to his knees holding his right arm against his chest. Slade just laughed as he hit Nightmare in the face, making him fall backwards, his eyes had a far away look in them as he stared up at the stars.
"And now I finish the job I couldn't finish before" said Slade as he dropped his bo staff to the ground and lay on top of Nightmare, using his knees top pin his sons shoulders to the ground.
"Just like your mother" he said as he placed his hands around Nightmare's throat, "Weak and helpless against me" he smiled as he tightened his grip, making Nightmare gasp for air as he felt his chest begin to warm up. He was about to pass out until he felt Slade's grip lessen, he opened his eyes and saw something stabbing out of Slade's chest, it was black and seemed to gleam as Slade's blood ran down it.
"You always spoke way to much" said Deathwing as he moved the sword further into Slade's body, making him arc up in pain as he felt the blade pass through his flesh.. Nightmare was about to speak until he saw a disturbing smile appear on Deathwing's face. Before he could react Deathwing slammed the sword home, driving its point through Nightmare's chest. Nightmare coughed as he realised what had happened, he looked down at the blade that was now lodge din his chest, he felt his strength draining away as blood began to pool around him.
"Don't be upset Jacob" smiled Deathwing as he watched Nightmare struggle to breath, "His and your death will let get Raven back" he said before he let go of the weapon and began to mutter something under his breath. Nightmare only heard the last word before his life slipped away, but the word he had heard sent a chill down his spine, the word was a simple one, the word was 'death'.
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Cyborg and Starfire looked up as the sky became covered in what looked like a sheet of darkness, not even the light of the stars above could break through it.
"What is going on?" asked Starfire a she watched the darkness envelope the last star in the sky.
"I don't know Star" said Cyborg as he watched lightening flash, destroying the remaining buildings in the city.
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"Genesis what is happening?" asked Jinx as she watched the darkness spread, even the fires coming from the city could break through it. Genesis shuddered as she watched the lightening strike all over the city, destroying anything they touched. Jinx started at the goddess and sew that she had begun to tremble as the final star disappeared.
"It is the end Jinx" whispered Genesis as she continued to stare out at the city in flames, "It is the end of all life". Jinx started at her a moment longer before she returned to looking at the city, she watched as a huge pillar of black fire erupted from it, making the darkness above the city part.
"Please be safe Speedy" whispered Jinx as she moved closer to Genesis, trembling as she watched the horror unfold.
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Deathwing laughed as he watched the pillar of black fire begin to die away, leaving behind a lone figure, its claws clicked against it's side, it's bat like wings where spread out engulfing Deathwing's sight.
"I have returned" said the figure as it folded its wings behind it, a fang filled smile had appeared on its dragon like face, "Now begins the time Malevolence " laughed Malevolence as it walked towards Deathwing, making the fallen hero tremble slightly as he felt Malevolence's evil wash over him.
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Well how was that chapter…good or bad? Yeah I decided to give 'the evil' a name because I was getting tired of just calling it 'The evil' I hope that everyone approves. Anyway I hope you all liked that chapter and will hopefully tune in for the next one (maybe the last I haven't decided yet). Ok just remember to stray safe today/tonight.
Later days
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