Chapter Thirteen - The Last

If you shall all recall, I previously stated in "Chapter Twelve Redemption" that Clay would merely leave a letter behind so that he can describe all the he needed to say in words. Here is the excerpt:

"A bolt of thunder clashed above, sending his thoughts out of his mind, and making him tumble back to the reality of earth. A light drizzle began to fall. He knew what he had to do... he'd leave her the letter he had written for her earlier."

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BOOM A large explosion sounded behind them. Raven and Beast Boy glanced back.

"We have to go back." Raven said. "I can't believe... I don't."

This diminutive strip of time must have been rehearsed prior to all of these occurring events. Successive portions of memories briefly flashed through Raven's head. Her hands were flung to her side as she strived to triumph the tormenting storms and gusty winds. She had far-surpassed Beast Boy, as her thoughts of him had also been momentarily suspended.

Clay, she distinctly remembered, strictly told her to follow his wishes, and like the foolish pin head she was, she accepted his wishes; she listened.

Why hadn't she followed that powerful gut feeling she was always reluctant to listen to?

Why hadn't she learned from her past mistakes?

This prolonging feeling that ached and haunted her body sent unusual paranoiac vibes that made her tremble. It was this same exact thing that she felt when they Gave Terra a second chance. But she ignored it... and she failed ... again.

There is one thing that did succeed however, the fact that she managed to ruin everything so well.

All this seemed to remain so vivid in her mind and it was truly becoming a poison; spreading to every body part available. She ran faster then her legs could possibly take her. Maybe she thought if she ran even faster, she'd leave all her horrible memories trailing behind. But they clung to her more than ever.

She hadn't realized how far she had gotten away from the cave. But this was absolutely morbid. The time allotted her to think; it allotted her possible mocking comments and possible death.

The criticism piled on; until finally she exhausted herself mentally carelessly tripping over a rock. Her hands didn't catch her fall and she fell on her entire body; scraping and hurting every part of her. She had to get to Clay, so she started to crawl towards the smoke. The smoke irritated her amethyst eyes.

She wasn't going to make it. She was going to die, and she was too weak to use her powers.

But it wasn't going to end there. It was Clay who found her. Clay collapsed in front of her.

"You promised me." Clay managed to weakly mutter. "You said you'd run from here..." Raven quickly regained her anger.

"Do you really think that I would have done this if I knew you were going to get hurt?!?"

Only silence and the crackling fire responded.

"Clay? Clay?!"

He wasn't responding.

"Clay... Clay... Talk to me." Tears started forming at her eyes. "I did this... Its all my fault... I'm soo sorry."

"No.. No.. Its not you fault." he said breathlessly. "I was planning for this to happen... I wanted it to happen this way."

"How can you say that?!?"

"Raven, I love you."

Raven gasped at those words and covered her mouth. She started to cry waterfalls. Clay continued to speak swallowing the lump in his throat.

"Do you know how hard it is for me to see you love another? Do you know how much pain it's causing me? Do you know how hard it was for me to give you that last kiss...?"

Raven looked at him with disbelief and covered her face with her hands. She started to cry, but the pounding rain disguised her tears. Her tears were causing the rain to fall even harder.

"But I love you too much... So I'm letting you go."

Raven lifted her head a little and neared Clay. She placed her body atop of his and gave him his last kiss. He managed to pull away and give her that last earth warming smile and his eyes drooped closed. His spirit had gone. Nothing but his body remained. She languidly fell on top of his body and wept.

Behind all this, nobody took a chance to realize the doleful bystander that witnessed every second of this ordeal... every word... and most painfully ... the last kiss. Beast Boy looked down not wanting to face the one he loved so dearly. His heart stood shattered for the second time.

The rain hadn't ceased to stop. It continued torrentially not making their journey to Trigon's grave any easier. At last... they arrived to the large pit. Beast Boy and Raven hadn't exchanged a word until this point.

"I'm going to be drained of powers for a while." she informed Beast Boy. Inwardly... she felt so guilty... but then again... she felt that her heart was awfully sore.

"Well Raven," he painfully said. "This is it... finally... the quest will be over."

Raven nodded agreeing. Everything that had happened up until this point flashed through her head. She walked towards Trigon's grave and whispered:

"Goodbye father....." She paused closed her eyes and concentrated. When her eyes reopened only white had filled them.

"AZERATH MENTRION ZINTHOS" bellowed Raven sending a wave of powers to engulf the entire ruin. Beast Boy gasped as he felt the waves of the telekinetic hit him slightly. The entire place was being obliterated ... but the job wasn't half done. Raven began wavering, and looked slightly faint. Her legs began to buckle.

Beast Boy surged forward. He put his hands at her lower waist trying to sustain her weight. Her entire body was pressed very tightly against his. At this he too began to tremble as he felt the enormous power she was releasing. It was too consuming the both of them. Every vein seemed to pulse but he felt Raven grow strong.

She hadn't realized the force that was holding her, but when she looked back she couldn't help but slightly smile.

Trigon was getting destroyed by his daughter, by his own blood. Finally the task was being complete. The wave of powers started to decline until every piece had been converted to mere dust. As the last pebble discinagrated so did her powers. Beast Boy and Raven were exhausted and couldn't take but a final step. They fell in to a deep slumber, fainting in each others arms

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WOAH!!!! God.. This chapter is short.. Yet A LOT of things happened! Don't you agree. God.. I'm so sorry I killed Clay.. I was crying writing that... thats why I couldn't make it longer... I'm such a wimp.. God .. It really hurt me when he said.

"Do you know how hard it is for me to see you love another? Do you know how much pain it's causing me? Do you know how hard it was for me to give you that last kiss...?"

God!! That stil kills me! So what did you guys think?!?!

Well Please reivew I want to know what you think!!!

I'm sorry I had you guys wait sooo long!! But.. The next chapter is probably going to be called Titans Reunited. Not sure though.. God... If you want to Instant message me... feel free to at InnocenceM2 (AOL)

Oh yea. i suggest you download Open Arms (Prefferably by Clay Aiken or Mariah Carrey... ) while reading it... oh god.. IT MAKES ME CRY SOOO MUCH! ESPECIALLY WITH THIS CHAPTER! GOD!!