Hi there readers. ummmm, well new on my nan is that she's still alive but she's going to die any day now so yeah. i've written this chapter when i've just wanted to escape from it all so it's not my greatest as my mind was on other things. but yea so on with the story.
Chapter 14: A blood lake in an evergreen forest.
It had been two weeks since Slade's appearance at Wayne Manor. Having proven that it was n safer at Wayne Manor than at Titan Tower, Raven and Robin decided to return to their island home. They were both greeted from breath taking hugs from Cyborg, Beast Boy and Bumblebee. Bumblebee muttered into Raven's ear something about having to be stuck with two idiotic boys was torture. Raven smiled at her remark.
Cyborg and Beast Boy were in their usual heated argument over meat or tofu. Raven decided to take this opportunity and go sort out the things in her room. She pushed in the code and the door swished open. She stepped inside and let her eyes adjust to the dark. The moon was illuminating her room so she didn't bother turning on the light. She placed her mirror onto her drawers and put her cloak into her wardrobe. She sat on her bed at the edge and sighed heavily before falling back onto it. She had missed her room so dearly. She had missed the tower and all her friends so much. She closed her eyes and completely switched off from the world around her.
A tall pine tree appeared before her eyes. Then others began to sprout up all around her. She walked through the forest, more trees sprouting as she walked through it. She stopped though when she came to a clearing. In the middle was large lake, the deepest and most beautiful icy shade of blue. Raven's mind gasped in awe. She stepped closer to look at it. She stared down into the crystal waters. She bent down and dipped her hand into the water. The moment her fingertips touched it though, blood red began to ripple out and turn the once icy blue lake into a blood red pool of pain. Raven gasped and fell back onto her bottom. She lifted her hand and looked at it. It was dripping with the blood water.
She tried wiping it off onto her cloak but every time she thought that it had dried out and gone, it just began to drip again, coming from her nails. She looked out back to the lake and saw ripples beginning to form around the middle of the lake. Suddenly, she felt herself being pulled into the water. When she touched it, a path cleared its way and dragged her into the middle where the ripples were forming. (Yes I know, very Moses type part.) The crimson water surrounded her. Out of the water in front of her, stepped out Trigon. She gasped but nothing came out of her mouth. "No one to hear you scream now daughter." His menacing voice rang through the air.
He lifted her up by her neck, stopping air from reaching her lungs. "It won't be long until you are mine sweet daughter. First I have to make you suffer. I hope you like feeling pain and alone, because that's what you will receive and always feel in you for as long as I live on." Trigon dropped her to the floor. Raven gasped and breathed in the air around her desperately. He laughed and stepped back into the water, disappearing. Raven watched the crimson water before feeling drops on her head. She looked up and saw the water hovering over her before watching it plunge onto her. She tried to swim up to the surface but she couldn't reach it. She began to drift out of consciousness before everything around her turned black.
She sat bolt upright on her bed; eyes wide open. She looked down at her hands and saw no blood but beneath her nails were crimson bloodstains. She gathered herself up and went down to the kitchen, trying to forget about her dream and act as normal as possible. The last thing she needed was to have Robin worrying about her non-stop.
Raven went and sat down next to Robin at the eating counter and ate her meal in silence, thinking about the dream. "Raven. Raven." Robin snapped his fingers in front of Raven's eyes, pulling her from her thoughts. "You ok? You seem abit out of it."
"I'm fine. Just thinking is all." Raven said.
"If you're sure that's all it is." Robin said concerned, obviously not believing that that was what it was.
"Yeah. I'm sure. I'm just going to go and meditate on the roof for a bit." Raven got up and walked off to the roof.
She opened the door to the roof and stepped out onto the windy plain. She shut her eyes and closed the door. She walked over to the railing and lent on it. She closed her eyes again and gasped in horror. Before the back of her eyelids was the dream again. She walked through the forest then came to the clearing. She saw the blood lake. She didn't look down however fearing that there might be a replay of earlier. She tried forcing her eyes open but they wouldn't. They snapped open suddenly and Raven stumbled back and fell over. She lay panting on the floor. The image that had appeared before her eyes open made the hairs on the back of her neck shoot up. Before she had been welcomed back by consciousness, she had seen it. She had seen the end of the world. There was nothing. No trees, no lakes, no people. Just nothing. Only her standing in a deserted place. No titans to save them all. They were all doomed.
She stood up onto her shaky legs and slowly edged towards the edge again. She lent over the railings again and looked down at the water and rocks beneath her. She began to contemplate just falling over the edge. It would be over. Everyone would be safe. She wouldn't be able to harm anyone if she was dead. She closed her eyes and began to tip forward. She was almost over. It would be over in seconds. She didn't deserve to live. No demon deserved to live. She was almost there. She tipped over and felt herself slipping down and over when a hand caught her around the waist and pulled her back and into their body. "Robin! Let me go. I need to do this. I need to be gone. Just let go of me." She said angrily.
He didn't loosen his grip on her. He held her tightly to him. She began to hit her fists against his chest, trying to make him loosen his grip but it wasn't working. Her hits began to weaken then they stopped and her legs gave way. Robin went down with her and held her close to him. She began to cry into his shirt. "You're not going anywhere Raven." He said.
"I need to though. If I'm gone then the world will be safe." She said.
"If you were to go then the world would be in danger. You are the only one who knows how to kill your father. You are the only one who keeps the team together in a crises." He said. Then he softly said to her, "You are the one who makes me strong enough to carry on fighting. Without you, then I would have given up and lost along time ago."
She looked up at him. Her violet eyes twinkled with the teary water making them gleam. He stood up and lifted her up with him. He guided her down the stairs and down to his room. He sat her on the bed and looked at her concerned. "Now you're going to tell me what's been bothering you so much lately." She sniffed at him. "Raven." He said sternly.
"I've been having these dreams. Well day-dreams." She said. He nodded. "It shows me walking through a forest then coming to a lake. But the lake is not of water but of blood. The first time I got pulled into the middle and my father says something to me. Then I begin to drown. The second time I saw the end of the world. There was no one alive Robin! No one. Only me. That's what is gonna happen. I'm going to kill everyone apart from myself. That's why I should just leave. Don't you see that!" She said.
He came and sat down on the bed next to her and put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him. "You're not going anywhere. The future is not set. We can change it." He said. "Now promise me you're not going to try and pull a stunt like you did up on the roof again." He said, lifting her chin.
"Why not. It's not like I'm important or anything." She said.
"Because if you go then we can never do this." Robin said leaning in a kissing her.
"I suppose." She said smirking before he kissed her again. He lent her back and began to kiss her more deeply. She messed around with his hair while he explored her curves. He unclasped her cloak and threw it across the room. She moved her hands down to his chest and began to take his shirt off. He began to unzip her leotard then pulled it down and threw that to the floor as well, leaving Raven in only her underwear. Raven pulled Robin's trousers off so he was only in his boxers. They began to kiss more passionately and their bodies moulded together and moved together as if they were two snakes entwined with each other. He broke away from her, his breathing heavy, as was hers. "Are you sure you're ready for this 'cos I don't want to rush you." He said to her. Her answer was simple and straight to the point; she pulled him in and began to kiss him passionately again. Robin carefully unclasped her bra to reveal her perfectly shaped breasts. He removed her pants and then his own and entered her slowly. She moaned in pleasure into his mouth. Things all around then were floating and hovering. It was a good thing that Robin didn't have much in his room. They didn't notice however as they were too pre-occupied with each other and eve if they had noticed, they wouldn't have cared. When Robin had stopped he pulled away from her and looked down into her violet eyes. "You okay?" He asked her. "I love you." She replied. He smiled and said "I love you too." Before leaning back down and kissing her passionately again. For Raven and Robin, they had just experienced a glimpse of heaven and that glimpse of heaven had strengthened their relationship so that no one could ruin it. Not even a fuming Starfire who had been watching the whole thing from Slade's hideout.
"Now will you let me kill them all? I need to!" Starfire said in frustration to Slade.
"Patience my dear. Patience." Slade said, his smirk hidden by his mask widening.
yeah so i apologise if you thought that was a crap chapter but my excuses were at the top. anyway, i'll try and get the next one up soon as it is easter soon and holidays for me start on thursday.
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