Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. Are you happy now? (Runs off screaming and crying like the chicken ass that he is).

Hey guys. The story's going through some tough times right now. Updates a far apart and I am having a hard time finding the time to write. I haven't been getting any reviews. Throw me a bone here, guys! Tell me what I'm doing wrong! If it's so bad that you want the story to just stop all together, tell me! A few words of feedback is all I'm asking. Also, as some of you may know, Xander has recently been called a mary sue. I've got a few hunches of what that is, but could you guy's give me some reassurance. Thanx.

Enough of my whining. Here's the story. Enjoy!

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Chapter 8: Preview of Power

Beast Boy and Raven stood back to back as they stared off with Thorne and the rest of the specters. The situation was looking grim and it didn't look like there was any way out.

"Don't fight", said Thorne in his calm voice, "you'll end up like your friends". BB had finally had enough. He morphed into a tiger and pounced at Thorne, but before BB could strike, a large pillar of rock shot out of the ground and hit him in the stomach. The blow from the rock sent him skyward a good 10 ft before he came plummeting down in his human form. The rock pillar then retracted back into the ground, and as it did Thorne was once again visible to Raven and BB. His eyes were glowing yellow, and his free hand (he has a spike coming out of his right hand remember?) was facing the ground, as if he was telekinetically controlling something. Raven caught sight of these signs as she helped BB up, and it was all too obvious.

"You…you're an…an Earth manipulator." She said. The glow in Thorne's eyes died down, returning to their normal state. He put his left arm back down and made the spike in his right hand retract back into his arm. He began swinging his arm in a circle and then began swirling his wrist, resulting in multiple cracks.

"Actually", he replied, "I'm an Earth Elemental. But it's basically the same concept…I guess".

"Well whatever you are", said BB, "you're not getting that case!"

"You have no idea what's in that case, yet you fight to keep it out of my hands" said Thorne.

"I know that something evil is in there", said Raven, "and that's all I need to know". Raven then telekinetically controlled some debris and threw it at the specters, taking out a big group of them. BB morphed into a gorilla and began slamming and bashing the shadows. The two fought fiercely, beating down specters left and right. While this was all happening, Thorne ran over to the case. But just as he was about to pick it up, a birdarang flew down and hit the case, sending it sliding across the ground and away from Thorne. Thorne was then hit by a barrage of star bolts before he was knocked back by a sonic powered uppercut. He looked up and saw Starfire, Robin, and Cyborg.

"Time for round two", Robin said as he drew his staff and got in a fighting stance.

"This is getting repetitive, kids" said Thorne in an irritated tone as he got up. The three titans charged him, yet he stood still. But before they could get close enough to hit him, Thorne took a powering up stance and began glowing. Thorne then released a large amount of energy all at once, resulting in an explosion that knocked the three back. Before they could retaliate or even recover, giant rock hands came out of the ground and held them down tight.

"I can't move!" said Cyborg. They struggled to get free but they couldn't get out of the tight grip of the rocks. Satisfied, Thorne turned to get the case for the umpteenth time. But a bruised and battered Xander stood in his way.

"Stay down Xander", said Thorne, " you won't last against me. You're too beat up. You can barely lift you're sword. Stay out of the way, and you just might survive"

"You know I can't do that", replied Xander angrily.

"Have it your way". Thorne then had the spike come out of his hand again and charged at Xander. Xander put his sword up to block the attack. As the weapons met, sparks flew and the warriors met eye to eye. Xander pushed Thorne back and began slashing furiously. Thorne was forced to retreat as he blocked each of Xander's strikes. As he was blocking, Thorne saw an opening and fired an energy blast. Xander was blown back by the blast and knocked off balance. Thorne delivered a flurry of kicks to Xander's chest and then did a thrust kick that sent Xander flying through the air and into a nearby car. Some nearby pedestrians were watching when Thorne rushed forward and lunged his spike forward. Xander flipped onto the top of the car and Thorne's spike pierced into the car door. As Xander landed on top of the car, he felt unbalanced and dizzy.

'Crap. I haven't had this hard a fight in a while' he thought 'I've been slacking off…'

'Damn straight you have' replied Akujin telepathically.

Thorne could see that his foe was getting weak. He immediately pulled the spike out of the car door and thrusted the spike at Xander's chest. Xander caught the spike with his left hand, just inches from his chest cavity. As he struggled to keep from getting stabbed he faced the pedestrians.

"Get out of here! It's not safe!" he yelled. They were hesitant at first, scared in their tracks. "I said get out of here! You might get hu-". Xander was interrupted when a specter jumped over the car and landed in front of the awestruck civilians. It raised its sword to attack, but it was surrounded by black psychic energy and was flung into the wall, knocking it out. As its body dropped to the floor, it slowly evaporated away like all the other defeated specters, leaving only the same small blue orb. The civilians looked around in confusion when Raven floated down in front of them.

"You heard him. You've gotta leave. NOW" ordered Raven in her monotone voice. The pedestrians were more than eager to comply as they ran for their lives.

BB finished off the last of the specters and looked over to Xander and Raven. Raven had just helped some people, but Xander was having trouble holding off Thorne. He quickly morphed into a tiger and pounced at Thorne. Thorne sensed the attack and stretched out his wings. He flew up before he got struck by the tiger's claws and landed behind BB. BB morphed into a rhino and faced Thorne. Raven floated down beside him, and Xander jumped down from the car and stood behind them.

"I must admit", said Thorne, "that you kids are much more of a challenge than I expected. In fact, this is the best fight I've had in a while. Sadly, I must cut our time together short". Thorne retracted his spike back into his palm and then began to charge energy in his hands. A look of mixed anger and worry appeared on Xander's face.

"BB! Raven! We have to strike before he finishes powering up!" Raven and BB nodded at Xander. Xander and BB charged at Thorne, while Raven telekinetically threw the wrecked car at Thorne.

"Too slow", said Thorne. Before any of their attacks could hit he punched the ground at full force and pillars of energy began firing out of the ground. One of the beams completely disintegrated the car that Raven threw and nearly singed BB and Xander. BB morphed into an eagle and flew upward and Xander followed suit. The two swerved and rolled through the air as more and more pillars of energy continued to shoot out of the ground. Raven generated a psychic shield to protect herself from the beams. Thorne slowly stood upright again as he watched the teens struggle against his attack.

Meanwhile, the other three Titans remained trapped by the giant rock fists that Thorne made. As they struggled to get free the beams kept shooting out of the ground, narrowly missing them by mere inches.

Beast Boy caught sight of them out of the corner of his eye and signaled to the other two. The three of them flew down to Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin, dodging energy beams as they went. When they got down, Raven created a shield that went around the whole group and protected them from beams.

"Get them free" she said "I'll protect us from the beams". Xander began slashing the rock fists while Beast Boy morphed into various different animals over and over again as he attacked the giant hands. Despite their efforts, the two were unable to even chip off a piece of the hands.

"It's not working!" said Robin as he squirmed in the giant grip.

"Perhaps you should try a new tactic," said Starfire. The shield began to shake as Xander and BB continued to attack the fists. BB morphed back to his human form in frustration.

"Dude, she's right! We need a new plan!" BB faced Xander "Come on, Zan! You've fought this guy before! These giant hands gotta have some weakness!" Then it hit Xander like a cruise ship.

"Stand back, I'm going to try something". Beast Boy obeyed and moved back so that he was against the wall of Raven's shield. Xander sheathed Akujin, and faced his palms towards the hands that held the three Titans.

"Xander, Beast Boy, what are you…?" before Raven could finish her sentence, Xander became surrounded by a black aura. A beam of black energy fired from his hands and covered the rock fists.

"Shatter!". At Xander's command the hands crumbled and fell apart, leaving the three unharmed. He then fell to his knees as he held his ribs in pain. "Raven, take us up…"

Raven immediately took the shield up. But just when they reached the ideal height, the beams once again began pummeling the psychic shield.

"Something's wrong!" said Raven, "I think the beams are beginning to pierce through the shield! I don't know if I can hold them back much longer!" The shield began shaking harder and harder as the beams kept hitting it, causing all the titans but Raven to fall down.

"Xander!" said Robin as he got back up, "How can we stop those beams?"

"I can make them stop" said Xander as he stood back up and faced Raven, anger once again on his face "open it up".

"What?" she asked in confusion.

"You heard me, I didn't stutter. Open the shield so I can get out".

"It's too dangerous"

"Unless you do, the beams will break through eventually and kill us all"

"But if I open up the shield" she replied "you'll die"

"Better me than all of you" he answered, "besides, it's not like I've got anything to lose"

"No, Xander, I won't do it. I'm not going to have your blood on my hands".

"Suit yourself", just then he drew Akujin and prepared to strike.

"What are you doing!" BB yelled. A smile appeared on Xander's face.

"Be sure to close it fast" he said "se ya guys later". He winked at Raven and slashed downward, slicing the shield open at the bottom. Xander immediately opened his wings and jumped through the rip in the shield.

"Close it quick!" said Cyborg. Raven closed it just as a beam struck the spot.

"That guy's insane!" said BB.

"Fool…"said Raven. 'But why am I so concerned?'

"Alright, Akujin" said Xander "time to go to work"

'Aye-Aye, Captain!' replied the soul in the sword. Xander hovered just below Raven's shield.

"Xander! Get back in here!" yelled Robin.

"Not before I finish this", he answered. Just then an energy beam flew straight at Xander.

"Look out!" yelled Starfire. But just when it seemed that the beam would hit him, Xander slashed the beam. It then shattered into many loose pieces of energy that were then sucked into Akujin.

'Tasty' he said 'Earth Energy always tastes so tender'.

"What just happened?" asked BB "where'd the beam go?"

"Apparently, Akujin absorbed the energy." said Raven.

"You're saying that Xander's sword has the ability to absorb energy?" asked Robin

"Wait a minute," said Cyborg "I saw Xander absorbing the bodies of the specters that he defeated. If Akujin absorbs energy…"

"Then the bodies of the specters are made of energy!" said Starfire.

Xander flew down at top speed, slashing and absorbing any beams that came at him, along with any beams that would hit the shield. He cut through the beams with speed and precision as he flew towards Thorne at top speed.

"Sorry, Xander", said Thorne, "but it won't be that easy". A tall energy shield surrounded Thorne.

"I didn't think it would be", replied Xander. He flew up to the shield and began slashing furiously. Cuts began to appear in the shield where Xander struck, but the shield closed up each of the slices quickly. Suddenly, all of the beams coming out of the ground changed their paths and swerved toward Xander. One of them hit him in the back and caused him to slam face first into the energy wall. The wall singed him and he recoiled from the barrier. He shook his head to recover, but that was all he had time for as more beams continued to come at him. He flew upward along the energy barrier as the beams followed uncomfortably close. One of the beams hit and singed his right arm.

"Ok, this has gone on long enough", he swiftly turned around and began slashing every beam that flew at him. Yet the beams kept coming, and they were only hitting stronger and faster. Some of the beams began to get past his furious defense. He continued to slowly lose control of the situation until finally, one of the beams broke past and struck him in the chest knocking him back. Another beam struck him and exploded as it hit. The rest of the beams rained on him while he was disoriented. The explosions from the beams covered Xander from the Titans' sight.

"I can't see!" said BB "What's going on?"

"Do you think that Xander is alright?" asked Starfire. Raven suddenly felt another power surge from within the cloud of energy explosions. She could sense the same great anger and sorrow, only this time it felt more powerful.

"I'M NOT DONE YET!" yelled Xander. He released a large burst of energy that clashed with Thorne's energy pillars and destroyed all of them. After sheathing his sword he faced Thorne, who was still shielded in his energy zone. Xander fired a large, powerful blast of black energy at Thorne's shield. The blast hit Thorne's shield and completely destroyed it. Xander charged up energy again and fired another powerful blast, this time headed straight for Thorne. Thorne also fired his own energy blast and the two beams collided. The resulting explosion knocked Raven's shield to the ground, shattering it.

"Everybody okay?" asked Cyborg.

"Mostly" said BB as he shook his head. They looked over to the battlefield and saw Xander and Thorne standing ten feet from each other. Both warriors were bruised and bleeding, but they both stood calmly, unfazed by the explosion.

"You were holding back the whole time", said Thorne.

"Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't", replied Xander angrily, "Does it make a difference?"

"Yes it does" answered Thorne "because in the time it took for you to get serious, Silo was able to get a hold of the case". Xander's eyes went wide when he realized that he had forgotten about the artifact. He looked behind him and saw a man wearing a hooded blue jacket holding the artifact under his arm. A sinister grin was visible under the man's hood as he chuckled lightly at Xander's shock.

"When the HELL did you get here!" yelled Xander.

"A few minutes ago, " replied Silo "I sensed that Thorne was using his erupting attack, and I came by to see what the body count would be. I was disappointed to find the he was just wasting it on your ass". Xander scowled and began charge energy again. Silo laughed wildly. "Do you really think you can challenge me, worm? You are nothing to me, not even worthy of eating the scum off the bottom of my shoe!"

"Shut up!" yelled Xander "I've heard enough from you!" He charged at Silo at blinding speed and threw a punch at him. Silo dodged left and delivered a karate chop to the back of Xander's neck, causing him to stagger forward. Before he could recover, he was struck in the back by another karate chop, which was immediately followed by a spinning back kick that hit him in the chest, sending him flying to the feet of the Teen Titans. Robin and Raven helped him up as he gasped for air and winced at the pain from his wounds.

"These guys are unbelievable," said Robin as he helped Starfire out of the rubble that was once the museum's parking lot. "It's as if I can feel the force of the punches from all the way here".

"That's their energy," said Raven, "every time they strike they put some of their energy into the blow, greatly increasing its force".

"How do you know this?" asked BB.

"Because I do it, too" she replied. Just then, the flapping of wings was heard. Everyone looked up and saw yet another winged warrior slowly hovering downward. This one had dragon wings that were colored a dark tone of green. He wore a brown leather jacket and a black inside shirt. He also wore gray cargo pants and had his right hand wrapped in a sort of bandage. He had long, spiked yellow hair that went as far as the base of his neck. His body was muscular, and he stood a good 6 feet tall; easily towering over the many others in his presence. He landed softly in behind Silo with his arms crossed and a look of irritation on his face.

"Not another one!" whined BB "Where are all these super-powered-birdmen coming from?" The man walked up to Silo and grabbed his shoulder, turning him around. Then he threw a right cross and punched Silo in the jaw.

"Dammit, Corona! What the hell was that for!" yelled Silo. Raven had to keep herself from jumping at the sound of that name.

'It's him', she thought, 'the other knight from my dream…the one that was supposed to kill Xander before he left…'

"You idiots are late!" replied Corona "do you have the artifact yet?"

"Yeah, yeah, don't get your panties up in a bunch", answered Silo.

"Well then why are you still here?"

"Pest control" said Silo. Corona looked towards Xander and the Titans, sneering angrily as he did.

"As much as I love watching this whelp squirm, Daemos needs that gem now", he said. "Hurry up and get the hell out of here…"

"Hang on, let me just grab something sharp so I can rip out his…" Silo was interrupted when Corona grabbed him by the throat.

"Listen to me you homicidal maniac! All of your time wasting and making us wait is pissing the hell out of me! Now get that gem back to HQ before I rip off that ugly 5-pound lump you call a head!" Corona let go of his neck, causing Silo to stagger back a bit and gasp for air. The steel winged knight sneered and recovered.

"Fine" said Silo reluctantly "You got a rifter?" Corona threw Silo a small, rectangular box. Silo gripped it and channeled energy into the box, causing it to glow. He tossed it to the ground and, in a small explosion, a black portal formed where the box once was. "See you on the other side, shit-tards", said Silo jumped into the portal with the artifact in hand.

Thorne walked up to the portal and took one last look at the titans before calmly walking in and disappearing. Corona began to walk towards the portal when a sonic blast flew past him.

"You ain't going anywhere, buddy." said Cyborg. Corona looked back at them angrily.

"And just what are you kids gonna do about it? In case you haven't noticed, you're outmatched and overpowered. It's impossible for you to win!"

"We've done the impossible before," said Robin as he drew his staff "it isn't as hard as some might think. Titans, GO!"

"No!" interrupted Xander "This is my fight! If you guys challenge him, you'll only get hurt!"

"Ummm, Xander…in case you forgot, you're a mess" said Beast Boy.

"He's right, Xander", said Raven, "you can't take much more punishment".

"Yes, Xander. Please do not worry", said Starfire, "we will handle the-"

"Starfire lookout!" said Robin. Too late. Corona had grabbed her by the back of the neck and was cutting of her breathing.

"All this talking is pissing me off!" said Corona.

"Let her go!" yelled Robin. He jumped up and swung down with his staff, but Corona grabbed it and threw him into a nearby light pole, causing the pole to bend. He was knocked out instantly.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven slammed a nearby overturned car at Corona from above, trying to avoid hitting Starfire. Corona fired an energy blast from his free hand and the car exploded before it reached him. He threw Starfire at her and the two girls slammed into the wall. Raven shook her head lightly to recover from the blow, and saw a heavily gasping Starfire at her side. The alien girl was unconscious and had turned a very pale shade of white.

"Starfire! Starfire, wake up!" as Raven tried to resuscitate her friend, Corona slowly walked over to them, charging up energy in his hands. Beast Boy morphed into a gorilla and pounced on Corona, trying desperately to bring him down. But instead, Corona grabbed BB by the arms and slammed him hard onto the ground.

"Back off!" yelled Cyborg as he rushed at Corona. Cyborg threw a right jab, but Corona dodged left. He then threw a left hook, but Corona stepped back and avoided the hit. Then Cyborg threw a right cross, but instead of dodging, Corona caught Cyborg's wrist and instantly stopped the punch's momentum. A look of surprise and disbelief came upon Cyborg's face. In an instant, easy movement, Corona crushed his Cyborg's wrist like it was a twig and yanked off the rest of his lower arm. Cyborg winced slightly as he staggered back. Corona gave him no time to rest. He threw down Cyborg's arm and rushed forward. Corona then did a powerful uppercut that sent Cyborg 2 stories high before coming back down and slamming through the museum roof.

"Now, where was I…?" Corona looked back at Raven trying to wake up Starfire and a smile came across his face. "Ahh…now I remember".

Raven telekinetically took control of a large pipe under the ground and coiled it around Corona. Beast Boy was just getting up at the time and took the opportunity. He morphed into an ankylosaurus and slammed Corona with his tail. Corona crashed into the overturned car that Raven tried to smash him with earlier. BB morphed back to his normal form and ran over to Raven.

"You guys okay?" he asked.

"We're fine…" she replied, "but we need to get Starfire and the others some medical treatment soon".

"You stupid kids!" Raven and BB looked over to Corona and saw that he had broken out of the pipes and was holding the car that he slammed into over his head as if it was nothing. "I'll make sure your deaths are slow and very, VERY painful!". The winged warrior threw the car at them, but Raven was able to kinetically toss it aside. BB turned into a rhino and charged at Corona. The warrior opened his wings and flew upward just as BB was about to hit him. Corona landed behind BB and grabbed him by the tail, swinging him around for a while before throwing him at Raven. He morphed back to his human form just in time so as not to squash her. He crashed into her and the tow fell to the ground. BB shook his head as the two slowly stood back up.

"How are we gonna beat this guy?" asked Beast Boy.

"Let me answer that for you, changeling", said Corona, "you can't!". The two Titans were just barely able to react when Corona flew over to them. He delivered a swift right backhand to BB, sending him falling to the ground. He immediately turned and gave Raven a left elbow to the stomach, causing her to slump to the ground. Corona grabbed her by the hair and pulled her hair back so she was looking at him. Raven tried to fight back and threw a punch, but Corona swatted her fist away. He then squeezed the part of her shoulder where the scar from the drill bullet was. She flinched in pain as he kept tightening his grip.

"Even when the bullet is gone, applying the right amount of force and energy on the wound can still prevent you from casting your little magic spells"

"Get away from her!" yelled Beast Boy. He morphed into a raptor and pounced. Corona threw the dazed Raven to the side and caught BB by his mouth before slamming him into the ground and pinning him with his knee. Corona immediately elbowed BB in the abdomen, causing him to morph back to his human form out of breath and unconscious.

"Now," said Corona, "I believe I promised you a slow death…". He picked up a metal shard and prepared to start slicing up BB when suddenly…

"I don't think so!" Corona looked up, only to be hit in the face by a powerful kick that sent him crashing into the museum wall. He slowly stood up from the rubble of the former wall, shaking his head. As he looked up, he saw a bruised and battered Xander. he was still gasping from the attack by Silo and was just barely able to stand. Corona wiped his mouth of a small speck of blood that he believed dripped off of Xander. It couldn't be his blood. Xander couldn't possibly be that strong.

"You're becoming one hell of a nuisance, boy!" Corona flew headfirst at Xander, delivering a series of punches. Xander dodged each one, barely avoiding Corona's massive fists. After spotting an opportunity, Xander pushed Corona back with a shoulder tackle and quickly followed up with an energy blast to his chest. Corona skidded back a few feet but quickly regained his balance. Xander wasted no time and charged at him with a vertical-downward of slash with Akujin, but Corona caught the blade with his bare hand, catching Xander by surprise. The 6-foot tall warrior tossed the sword to the side and began pummeling Xander with strong punches to the abs, chest, face, and back. He finished off his merciless combo with an elbow to the back, causing Xander to crash face-flat on the ground. He then began to repeatedly stomp Xander's face into the ground.

"You should've just died when you were supposed to!" yelled Corona "You stupid, insignificant, useless piece of crap!". He his took foot of Xander's head and looked at the mess that was his enemy. Corona was slightly surprised to see that he wasn't as cut up as he should've been. It was no doubt the power of the wing warrior that was allowing him to take so much punishment, thought Corona. But regardless, of outer appearance, he was still in pretty bad shape.

"I think it's time I finally finished what I started two years ago", he said. Corona began charging energy in his hand and aimed it at Xander. Just when he was about to fire, he was hit in the back by a myriad of star bolts. He looked up angrily and saw Starfire hovering over him.

"Leave our friend alone, you slobber-mouth Flargknot!" she continued to fire more star bolts at him, but all they managed to do was make him angrier.

"Why you little-" Corona was suddenly interrupted when an explosive energy disk hit him in the back. He stumbled forward a few feet and was struck by a black, telekinetic talon. Corona was knocked back and was struck in the back of the head by Robin's staff and was then immediately hit in the face by a kick from Starfire. As he staggered back while grasping his face, a telekinetic talon grabbed him and slammed him into the ground. the talon held him pinned down as the three remaining conscious Titans approached him.

"Had enough yet?" asked Robin.

"You weaklings think you could hold me down!"

"No!" yelled Xander as he struggled to stand back up "You guys need to get out of here!" But it was too late. Corona burst out of the talon's grip in an explosion of green energy. The Titans were forced back by the explosion and again found them selves on the defensive. Corona Ran straight at Robin, punching furiously at him. Robin narrowly dodged each punch, waiting for an opening. He was able to spot one and threw a kick that connected with Corona's ribs. But the strike had no effect. Corona grabbed Robin's leg and held him upside down.

"Looks like I caught me a little birdie!" Robin retaliated with his mini bombs. But when the smoke cleared he saw that his bombs had no effect. Corona scowled and kneed Robin in the stomach, causing him to spit out blood. Corona dropped Robin, leaving him squirming on the ground in pain. Corona began kicking him around, laughing as he did.

"That is enough!" yelled Starfire. Corona looked behind him and saw the girls floating above him.

"Why don't you pick on someone who isn't rolling on the floor?" taunted Raven. Corona smirked and spread his wings. He began beating his wings and flew at the girls at top speed. Starfire and Raven immediately reacted by combining their attacks and fired a large beam of swirling green and black energy. The hit connected dead on and slammed corona into the ground, kicking up large amounts of dust and smoke.

"Have we won?" asked Starfire. Her answer came in the form of two energy blasts that shot out of the smoke, hitting both her and Raven and knocking them out of the sky. Starfire was knocked out and Raven was struggling to get up. Corona walked out of the smoking crater just as the girls hit the ground. He began charging energy and walked up to the two downed Titans.

"Decisions, Decisions" he said with a smirk, "who to kill first. What do you think Xander.". He looked over his shoulder to see the boy still struggling to stand. "Should I start with the alien? Or should I start with the psychic? You always did have a thing for dark-haired, dark-eyed girls" Xander's eyes went wide as memories rushed through his head, along with the fears of what he thought Corona might do next. Corona smirked. "You remember her don't you? You remember what I did to her."

"You wouldn't…"

"Oh, but I would!"

"You leave her alone! Get away from her you bastard!"

Raven attempted to telekinetically strike Corona, but he felt her focusing her energy and immediately stomped on the shoulder where her wound was, breaking her focus and stopping her attack.

"I think I will start with this one! In fact, why don't I re-enact that scene from two years ago! What do you say, boy?"

"Don't you dare Corona! I swear I'll-"

"You'll do what? Bleed on me until I drown?" Corona grabbed her by neck and pulled her up off the ground. He then began to very slowly charge energy in the palm of the hand he held her in, burning her throat. Exhausted and out of strength, all she could do was wince in pain as she struggled to breath. "Don't you just want it to end? It will only get hotter after all. If you want it to end, just give me a little hint. A scream, a yelp, a sob, anything. However, just know that I won't make it easy for you to beg". He began to chuckle as he tightened his grip and pumped up the heat.

But his laughter stopped when he felt a strong power behind him. It was growing fast and was incredibly strong. He looked back and saw Xander back on his feet. His head was tilted downward so that his face wasn't seen, but what Corona was able to see surprised him. Xander was surrounded by a black aura that was like fire. He slowly lifted his head, revealing that his pupils had change to a dark, blood red. The aura began to pulse, growing with each beat. Xander's black wings were spread to their maximum length. The ground beneath him was beginning to crack. Xander tightly gripped Akujin in his right hand and stared angrily at Corona.

"Let her go…NOW!"

End Chapter-

Phew! Finally finished after months of writing, writer's block, and laziness. Sorry it took so long (if anyone is still reading this story). Also sorry if it wasn't what some of you might have expected. I was getting tired and I just wanted to end the chapter. I'll try to update more often now. I promise.

I leave you with this beautiful quote from kung pow:

The Chosen One: His powers are greater then mine
Mushoofasa: Yes, plus when you got hit with his iron claw you DID scream like a wussy.

Peace out and angriness forever. 

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