Disturbing Past

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: Still don't own it.

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X'eltaroth pulled at a strand of loose hair as a result of her nerves going absolutely on the fritz.

"We have to fight them. They'll kill everyone until they find me. I don't know how they found me. I left no trails! I killed no one! I had a very convincing disguise!"

Robin regained his bossly composure. "X'eltaroth, you're one of us now. You'll be needing our help, and you have it. Titans, Go!"

X'eltaroth smiled unconsciously, as she was very unused to friendliness and hospitality. She teleported upstairs and grabbed her best katana and two best daggers.

She zipped down the stairs in a mad effort to catch up with the already departed team.

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The Platar Knights had landed in the exact same spot where X'eltaroth had the previous day.

"How do we beat them?" Robin asked quickly. He didn't like what he was seeing.

There were five of them, each of them at least twice the size of Cyborg.

"Platar Knights, I believe you have come for X'eltaroth. She won't be going without a fight." Raven said, as her black energy surrounded her fists.

Let's go back to the days of old.
Where we were the greatest story ever told.
No one tried, for they weren't so bold.
For that, we're worth a trillion pieces of gold.

X'eltaroth smiled at the Titans behind her. They immediately felt cold and empty inside, as death was next to them.

"This is our battle," she said calmly. "If you help us, I'll kill you." were her clear orders.

Of knights and killers, we killers were boss.
We'd stay alive, you'd suffer the loss.
You better not ever make us cross.
You'd be dead by Raven said "Zinthos".

"I'm giving you one chance to flee with your worthless lives," Raven spat coldly, as the black energy on her tightly clenched fists grew larger.

It's time to recall our best and worst spell,
That took your life, sent us closer to Hell.
Then came the tolling of death's dark bell,
To warn the dying ne'er-do-well.

"X'eltaroth the Dark, you are under arrest!" the blue one said. He apparently was the leader of the five. He was wearing blue armor, and his skin was a slightly darker shade of blue than the armor. His face was totally covered by a blue helmet.

"Mercurial," Raven said harshly. "I didn't get the chance to kill you after your now dead king murdered my mother. But now it is finally in my grasp. ZATANNI TRISTE!!!" yelled Raven.

X'eltaroth smiled to herself as she recalled that that was the spell that Raven used to murder the Queen of Zinthos

Mercurial was surrounded by black energy. Sharp spikes projected from her hands, pelting and impaling Mercurial, while a ring of black energy sliced his head clean off. Blood spurted from him as he finally passed out, dead on the pavement.

The remaining four Titans watched in shock, horror and dismay as their friend killed someone.

My current friends are now in shock,
As my emotions I unlock.
Let me show you how hard I rock.
Not one of our attacks you can block.

It was X'eltaroth's turn. Her katana was drawn, but it was held loosely at her right side.

"I'm giving you a chance to flee, you worthless pieces of garbage. A chance to get back on your junk pile of a ship to get back from whence you came. I'll count to three. One."

You may think I'm making an empty threat.
I'll kill you, in no time, I bet.
Torture you; it's the punishment you get,
If you're still alive, you'll be our pet.

"Two."

The four remaining Knights had fled, realizing that she wasn't joking, going on to their ship in record speed.

Now it's time to make amends,
And apologize to our friends.

Raven remained impassive, as ever, her facial features cold and harsh.

No one spoke. Starfire burst into tears and flew off, leaving only the guys and the murderers.

"Are we leaving?" asked Raven, acting as if nothing had happened.

"Raven…" Robin was speechless, and he tried to speak nonetheless.

They squeezed themselves into to Cyborg's car and began the awkward journey home.

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The first thing Robin did was search the tower for Starfire. She was in her room, sobbing to herself.

"Star, what's the matter?" he asked.

She tried to speak.

"Our friend Raven has killed another being! Do you not see anything wrong with that? Are we not the Teen Titans, do we not fight for the good of all and…" She struggled to remember what else they did. "And the final slice of the pizza?"

Robin thought about it. "Well, she was fighting for good. The good of her friend, but involved killing one to save another."

"I see." Starfire said quietly, more to herself than Robin.

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The remainder of the team were not as concerned about having not one but two murderers living with them. Raven spoke to no one after the murder of the head knight. She stayed locked up in her room, refusing admittance to everyone, including X'eltaroth.

"I believe Raven is…meditating and she does not wish to be disturbed," said Starfire to Beast Boy as he prepared to knock on her door.

"I know Star…it's just that…Raven's been different since Xel… Xellie…ghost girl showed up, she's different. She doesn't talk to anybody but ghost girl and she doesn't eat!"

"I do believe that Raven did not eat prior to X'eltaroth's arrival…" said Starfire matter-of-factly.

"I don't get it!" Beast Boy yelled. "She's wacko!"

Raven emerged from her room, fully annoyed by the incessant chatter taking place outside her door.

"Could you please not talk here? I am trying to meditate," she said gruffly.

"Uh, sure," said Beast Boy, terrified, running away.

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X'eltaroth was on the roof, with her daggers equipped in each hand.

Starfire approached her, being careful on how she did this.

"Friend X'eltaroth, I wish to express my request of asking you to come and join us in the eating of the junk food,"

X'eltaroth did not turn around. "I'm busy," she replied.

"But you are not currently engaged in an activity," Star argued.

X'eltaroth lifted the dagger in her left hand and plunged it through her stomach. Starfire looked at her in utter horror. X'eltaroth did not flinch. She used the other dagger and made a dozen deep cuts on both her arms.

"Morbidda!" she suddenly exclaimed.

Everywhere where she had cut started spewing blood all over the place. She removed the two daggers and plunged them into her neck, making a clean slice, (which was highly amazing since her head didn't come off). She then jabbed them through her hands and removed the daggers and flung them to the floor.

"I want your life, Tamaranian," she said, approaching the alien menacingly.

"Please! Do nto attack or I will be forced to hurt you!" Starfire begged, her eyes glowing bright green as she prepared to defend herself.

"Morbiddius expulsious, nirvana magnifarus!" chanted X'eltaroth, as her ghostly, spell-created blood violently doused Starfire.

"NOOOOO!!!" said Starfire, firing off random starbolts, every one of them missing the ghost.

"And I'll get it too…" she muttered finally, and Starfire collapsed, dead on the roof of Titans' Tower.

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Well everybody, this is the third installment! Hoped you like it!