Deliver us from Evil
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Chapter 6: Slaying the Dragon
Specter stood in shock, his eyes unable to break away from what he was seeing. Sure, striking a direct hit on Dragon was a good move. The thing was it could have disorientated him, making him unable to concentrate. But, Specter wouldn't of done it had he know what he would of expected. He had seen Dragon before without his helmet. This was back when he first fought him in the base. Back then, Dragon was just a rouge warrior who he had beaten. But now, he couldn't make sense anymore of what was happening.
The face of Dragon was nearly indescribable. The skin wasn't white, but now was a ghostly pale with a light shade of green. He had no hair on the top of his head. Now there were white threads that were combed to the back. His ears were misshapen; looking slightly pointed at the tops. Finally, there were his eyes. The eyes had no pupils what so ever. Also, they were two different colors. One was blue and the other was orange. Dragon, at this time, had noticed that they were all staring at him. He asked," So, has it happened finally? You are all so amazed by my power that you have become frozen with fear?" "Ahh, dude," Beast boy began," its not that."
"You're not Dragon." Specter stated. "What are you talking about? I am Blood Dragon." He replied. "No, you can't be." Specter said. "I am." Dragon shot back. "Right," Specter began," I don't know what you are or whatever you are, but stop kidding your…" He was cut off as Dragon yelled, "I am Blood Dragon!" He then used his katana to slice a tree near him across the center. The top half of the tree then slid off and let out a huge crash as it hit the ground. "Real funny, my friend. I now understand your motive. You're just trying to distract me. By confusing me, you can easily catch me off guard and finish me off." "Listen. You may be messed up. Just look at…" Specter was again cut off as Dragon cut in with, "Silence! I have had enough of this nonsense! I will now finish you off!" He then pickled up the katana he had dropped and held it to his side. Dragon then drew his second blade and held it on his other side. "I was saving this as a last resort, but I guess the circumstances call for this."
He then closed his eyes as though he was slipping into a trance. His body then pulsed with a green glow. The energy then stopped and then moved into his hands and to the blades of his katanas. His body then ceased pulsing, but his swords were now still green. Dragon opened his eyes and his mouth curled into an evil smile. "Slade gave me a little power boast since the last time we meet," Dragon began," my blades are now charged with a new type of energy." "And what do I call it? Cheap-shotium?" Specter remarked. "Funny, but no. If you know nuclear energy, you can call it a condensed form of it." He then touched a flower next to him with the tip of his katana. The flower then lit on fire and wilted to the ground. "One touch and you will be reduced to nothing like that flower." "Nice attack." Specter inquired. "Very. Now, let's see what it can do to you!"
He then charged at Specter and slashed his two blades in front of him. Specter jumped out of the way and landed behind him. Specter brought his katana done the middle. Dragon quickly turned and blocked the slice with one of his katanas. He then sliced at Specter's legs with the other one, but Specter jumped over that. Specter then tried to counter with a stab, except he had to duck to avoid his head getting cut off by a katana swing. He ran to a tree and bounced off the trunk. As he was leaping straight at Dragon, he swung his katana at Dragon to land a hit. Amazingly, Dragon deflected these attacks. As Specter landed on the ground and turned, he received a hard punch to his stomach that knocked him into a bench. Specter then rolled to the side as Dragon threw one of his katanas at Specter. The charged katana sliced through the bench, lighting it on fire, and then hit the far wall and stopped. As it fell to the ground, it shriveled up some of the grass and flowers around it.
As Specter kneeled up, Dragon placed his katana to Specter's trout. Any false move and he would be nothing but a burned piece of nothing on the ground. "I lowered the radiation so it wouldn't kill you." Dragon said. "How thoughtful of you." Specter replied. "I just want to be the one to finish you off." "I regret that you wouldn't be having that thrill." Specter shot back. He then grabbed his katana and threw it in front of him, his target being Dragon's head. Dragon moved his head aside and watched as the katana went behind him. "A predictable move. I am disappointed. I was expecting something a bit more exciting." As Dragon raised his katana in the air, Specter said, "There is. A weapon with Azerath runes can be controlled even if the user isn't an Azrathean!" Dragon's face turned to shock at this. Specter then stopped the blade in mid air and quickly shot it towards Dragon. It went through his chest and planted itself in front of Specter in the ground. Dragon, blood the color of light blue in stead of red dripping from the hole in his head, staggered backwards to the edge of the stream behind him. "I have been defeated. And…I except my defeat. My your life be graced with honor." He then breathed a final breath of air and fell into the stream on his back.
Specter had got up and was sheathing his katana when the team ran up to him. "Great job, Specter!" Beast Boy yelled as he turned around. Raven walked up to him and kissed him. She then said," You kept your promise." "I always do." "How did you know that would work?" she asked. "I didn't. I just guessed." He replied. "It was at this moment that Raven slapped him across the face. "You didn't know?!" she yelled. "Hey," he began, rubbing the side of his face," I took a chance." "You two lovebirds cool it. I want to look at this thing." Cyborg stated. The team looked at Dragon's body, now strangely dissolving. As it became nothing, Robin said," Bodies don't do that." "It wasn't a human. This must have been a clone." Cyborg said. "Probably rushed. Slade must have just gotten him out of the vat without finishing him up. Just the brain, a functional body, and strength were all that mattered." Just then, a noise was heard in front of them. A door ha now opened in the wall. "We may fight things like the cloned Dragon soon enough." Starfire stated. "Whatever they are," Robin began," we can defeat them." With that, the team walked through the doorway.
What will the Titans face? Chapter 7 is coming soon.