Chapter 19: Battle of the Era
Robin and Raven's wounds, from when the cieling collapsed, were healing on their own. They were both franticly digging in the rubble and debris to find their friends. Raven uncovered Cyborg. Still alive. Robin uncovered Beast boy. Severely wounded, but alive. Robin met Raven's eyes. They thought the same thought, 'Oh no, Starfire!'
"Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" Raven screamed in a mad rage. Her anger made her powers stronger, and she was able to relocate all of the rubble. "Starfire!" she shouted as she saw the alien's limp and lifeless body. She knelt next to Starfire and grasped her cold hand. "Starfire...no, why'd you have to die? No..." she cried. Robin walked over to where she was, and kneeled on the ground beside her. He held Raven tightly as she clutched Starfire's hand. A single tear streaked down Robin's face. He was the fearless leader; he wouldn't allow himself to show any more emotion than this in front of his team. Later he would cry as much as he liked.
"Titans...minus one, we have an evil father to catch. We have a betrayer to slay." Robin said to them. His face was stone, void of emotion. His voice was steely, and his body stance was aggresive.
Maniacal laughter filled the air. "So, my daughter, these are your pathetic friends? They don't look like much to me!" Trigon, in his huge demon form, was standing amidst the rubble Raven had thrown away.
"Titans, go!" Robin shouted. The familiar phrase gave courage to Cyborg and Beast boy, who had recovered from the explosion.
"Take this!" Cyborg yelled. He blasted his laser, full force into Trigon, and launched his new super-laser at him. "Haha! Boo-ya! Take that, demon-face!"
But when the smoke from the blast cleared away, Trigon was still there, unscathed. "Foolish mortal," he growled, and flicked Cyborg with his massive fingers. Cyborg fell on his back, unconscious.
"Leave Cy alone, butt-head!" Beast boy said to the huge demon. He morphed a dragon. His huge wings blasted a whole hurricane into Trigon, knocking him off his feet. Beast boy breathed fire over the demon, who was only a little bigger than him as a dragon. To his immense relief, fire did affect the demon, and in a very bad way.
"Ahhh!" Trigon hissed in pain. Parts of his body were raw and red with burn marks from Beast boy's flames. Trigon pulled a huge sword out of nowhere, and slashed at Beast boy's head. At that very moment, Beast boy turned into a hydra. The sword went through his neck, slicing off his head.
"Beast boy!" Raven shouted. She felt paralyzed. The shock of seeing her father alive and in person was terrifying. Robin was still holding her. He, too, could hardly move.
"Have no fear, I is here," Beast boy pronounced. Hydras are able to regenerate. Hercules had a tough time defeating a monster whose nine heads always grow back. But he did defeat it eventually.
Trigon started slashing Beast boy's heads off and sealing them with fire, cauterizing them. Sealed that way, they were unable to grow back. Beast boy morphed into a phoenix. He was too weak to turn into anything else, so this was his last shot.
"Kreeeeeeeeee!" the majestic fiery phoenix screeched. "Kreeeeeeeeeeee!"
"Stop that! Ahhh!" Trigon roared. He clutched his ears in agony. "Stop!" The cry of the phoenix could kill weak enemies. It was even paining Trigon. It was harmless to those with good intentions, so Raven and Robin were just sitting there, wondering what was hurting Trigon so badly.
"I said STOP THAT!" Trigon roared in fury one last time. He rammed his fist into Beast boy's hollow-boned form, and the phoenix crashed into the ground in a comatose state.
"Father! Leave them alone! Fight me!" Raven shouted. To onlookers, she would have appeared to be crazy. Here is the scene painted out.
A huge demon with 4 fiery red eyes is standing amid the rubble from the steel-reinforced concrete roof and upper floors of the Teen Titans Tower. He is holding a huge sword. And here's a small girl, 50 times smaller than he is, standing up to him and challenging him to a fight. And a small teenage boy, only a few inches taller than she is, is holding her hand in comfort. The huge demon is towering over them.
"You are my daughter. But do you really believe you have any chance of winning against me? You are half mortal, remember. And your little friend there doesn't even have any superpowers. He's just an acrobat," Trigon taunted. "C'mon, take your best shot. You can't hurt me!"
"You're right," Raven admitted, hanging her head. Only Robin could see the small grin on her face. 'Why is she smiling at a time like this?' he wondered.
"Then...wait, what? You said, you agree?" Trigon said, a little bewildered. He was hoping for more resistance.
"I said, you're right. I can't defeat you...alone." Raven laughed. Finally Robin understood. She grasped his hand tightly, and they closed their eyes in concentration, about to use their new power. With one final flash of light, they both disappeared. In their place was a huge figure wearing a cloak. They had glowing purple eyes and a gray face. They were holding a huge flaming bo-staff, like the one Robin uses. They were as tall as Trigon himself.
"What...what is this?" Trigon asked. "Who, what are you?"
The figure in front of him laughed. It sounded like Robin's laugh. But it was Raven's voice that answered, "This is our secret weapon. We have combined our powers and bodies to become one, more powerful being."
Trigon's eyes widened in surprise. He was definitely NOT expecting this. "But how, how can you do that?"
"We are not mortals any more, father. We are vampires. Vampire and half-demon have combined. We are now far more powerful than we were alone," Raven told him. She and Robin spoke together, "Azarath Metrion ZYNTHOS!"
All the power they had, combined, was launched at Trigon. It hit him right in the center of his forehead. He fell onto his back, twitching and writhing in pain. Robin's instincts took over his and Raven's shared form. He ran at full speed and jumped up, landing a kick at Trigon's chin. The demon's head snapped back, his neck broken. Something like smoke came out of him, and Raven used her powers to gather it up. She put it into a little bottle, and stuffed a stopper into the end of it. Trigon's spiritless body melted as flames burned it.
Raven/Robin fell to their knees in relief. Her father, her tormentor, was finally gone.
"What name should we give this new form of ours, Robin?" Raven asked him.
"Roven? Rabin?" Robin supplied two combined forms of their names.
"How about we call it 'Crow' since we're both birds. No, I know! Let's call it 'Nightwing'!" Raven exclaimed.
"Love it. Perfect. That's what I was going to call myself when I got older. But now things have changed, and I think that's a perfect name for our form. Okay, let's seperate." Robin said. Their shared form, now called "Nightwing," closed its eyes, and with another flash of light, it disappeared. Raven and Robin appeared, back in their own bodies. They were both trembling with exhaustion.
"Sister! We have finally found you! Now that our father is dead, we can be a family again!" shouted a girl from the air above the Fledglings. Raven and Robin groaned and looked up.
"Odium?" Raven asked the girl. It was her sister.
"Vastus is here also," the girl said. A boy flew out from behind her. "Will you forgive us for our past actions? We are free now," Vastus said.
"Well, what d'you know. It's my brother and sister, come to toture me now that dear old daddy isn't around to give me pain," Raven said with bitter sarcasm.
"Oh, come on, Raven! Forgive us! We couldn't help what we were. We didn't know any better back then. We've changed. Give us a chance, please!" Vastus pleaded.
"Alright, alright," Raven relented. "I forgive you. But you have to work to gain my trust. Ugh! I am SO tired right now. I need rest."
Robin nodded. He was just as weary as she was. Nevertheless, he summoned the strength to carry her to her room down the hall. Some of the hallway had collapsed, but her room was still there. He laid her gently on the bed and kissed her forehead. "Just rest, my love. Just rest."
He staggered out of her room. "What are your names? Oh yeah. Odium, Vastus, find yourselves some empty rooms, and make yourselves at home. Raven, Beastboy, Cyborg, and I need to recover from our battle." He limped into his room and fell onto the bed, fast asleep.
Odium and Vastus looked at eachother, shrugged, and went down the elevator to find some undamaged rooms. The upper floors were completely gone.
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(A/N) Come on! Tell me that wasn't one EPIC BATTLE! I'm proud for having written it. What d'you think of Raven and Robin's new power? Pretty cool, huh? I know it may seem kind of wierd, a guy and a girl combining (-eye twitches-) but I mean it in a non-perverted way. So, Trigon is gone. Starfire's been fired. YAY! I mean, er...I'm so sad (-cough cough-). She just had to be the one that died. Sorry to all of you Starfire-lovers out there. The Titans will all be sadder in the next chapter. Her death WILL be mourned, unfortunately. I mean, er...sorry. I don't really like Starfire. She's ok, just not my favorite.
I'M NOT POSTING CHAPTER 20 UNTIL I HAVE 25 REVIEWS! Please tell me if you think this is too much to ask for. I think It's a reasonable request. After all, this was a pretty cool chapter. kk?
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