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Chapter 21: My Punishment for being alive…
"TITANS! GO!" Robin commanded. Starfire and Bumblebee took flight while Beast Boy turned into a pterodactyl and lifter Cyborg using his claws, by the shoulders. Robin pulled out a boomerang thing ready to attach and fly from the buildings when he noticed that Raven was glued to the spot. "Come on Raven!" He shouted back at her.
"Robin. I can't go." She said.
"Why the hell not!" He yelled at her walking over to her.
"Because, I need to do something else." She said.
"What more important things do you have other than taking down Slade!" He said waving his hands in the air.
"Taking down my father." She said weakly.
"Well, I'm coming with you then." He said.
"NO YOU'RE NOT!" She said angrily. "THIS IS NOT YOUR BATTLE. THIS IS MINE. I AM NOT HAVING YOU GET HURT!"
"The others have Slade under control. You need me." He said determinedly.
"No I don't." She said. "I can take him by myself."
"No you bloody well can't. You need me there. And I'm not taking no for an answer so lets just go." He said stubbornly.
"Fine." She said taking his hand and lifting him into the air with her. They flew for miles until they came to the middle of the sea. "Down there?" Robin asked.
Raven nodded. "You ready?" She asked.
Robin nodded. She looked at the water and they instantly began hurtling through the air. They didn't hit water though. Instead they carried on falling down a gap between rocks, much like the one Terra had trapped them down.
The battle in the middle of Jump City was well in play. Cyborg and Bumblebee were slowly being backed into a corner. Bumblebee was firing yellow flashes of power at the Slade-bots. Cyborg was firing at them with his Sonic Cannon. The robots eventually got them into a corner. They leapt on them and knocked them unconscious leaving their bodies in a heap.
Beast Boy and Starfire were doing a good job of fighting off the Robots until one of them knocked Beast Boy out. Starfire let her guard down leaving the advantage of Slade's bots to get her. They pinned her legs to the ground and pulled her arms back behind her back. The robots began parting as Slade walked through them towards Starfire. He bent down so his face was inches from hers. She tried to break free from the robots but they were too strong. "So you thought you would get away with deserting me!" Slade snarled at her.
She didn't say anything. "I see." He said. "Well, if you hadn't then maybe you might have lived through this. But now you get to watch all your stupid pathetic friends die beside you." He said.
"They are not pathetic!" She snarled back at him, her temper starting to rise.
"Oh, then how come they are not winning?" He said smartly.
"If they were so pathetic then how come we have taken you down so many times and you are only winning because a demon is helping you!" She snapped.
He reached out to slap her but she fired rays from her eyes at his arm. It singed it hard making him retract it. "KILL HER!" He ordered, outraged at her outburst.
The Slade Bots dropped her and began to crowd round her, ready to kill her. She created green energy around her causing all the robots to fall to parts all over the ground. She ran over to the others. They all started to stir apart from Bumblebee who lay helplessly on the floor. Cyborg lifted her. "She's okay for the moment but we need to get her somewhere safe."
Slade was nowhere in sight.
Raven and Robin hit hard ground. They lifted themselves up. "Where are we?" Robin asked Raven.
"Trigon's world." She said simply. "This way." Robin followed her through a long passage. They heard thunderous sounds coming from a chamber ahead. They crept up and saw Trigon trying to break out. Raven kissed Robin quickly before stepping out from the shadows and engulfing him in black energy. "Daughter…" Trigon's voice boomed all around the chamber. "How nice of you to join me. And just on time!"
"I am not here to join you and in no way am I your daughter!" Raven screamed at him.
He waved aside her magic and lifted her up. Robin appeared form out of the shadows. "Let her go!" He shouted.
"How sweet." Trigon boomed. He swept his huge hand and knocked Robin against a wall. He was bruised and too bruised to move. "ROBIN!" Raven yelled.
"Now down to business." Trigon cast iron chains around Raven. She tried breaking them with her mind but it wouldn't work. Her hair began to grow again and her costume changed into the torn state. The markings began to spread all over her body like a disease. Trigon dropped Raven. She fell hard onto the ground and couldn't get up. He began to move his hands like a puppeteer and she began to move at his control. "Raven! Fight it!" Robin managed to choke out. "Don't let him win." He said before passing out.
Trigon lifted Raven's arms. Her eyes began to glow white. Energy all around her lifted her up to the surface of the Sea. She hovered on it. In the distance were the rest of the Titans. "Raven!" They yelled in relief. "Wait! What is she doing?" Beast Boy gasped. Raven began to float over to them. They saw tears rolling down her cheeks. She mouthed I'm so sorry. Then she fired a huge ball of energy at them knocking them all unconscious. She began to move and go towards the city.
Robin began to awake. HE tried getting up but it was no use. Robin, I'm so sorry. I did not mean for this to end like this.
Raven, you have to fight it! They began talking through their minds.
I can't. He's too strong!
You have to try!
But why is he doing this to you! Why not someone else!
Because this is my punishment for being alive Robin.
We'll see about that!
Robin began to lift his body up. He sneaked out of the cave and began to climb up. It surprisingly didn't take him long. He reached the surface and noticed all the water had dried out. Buildings were on fire, just like Raven had said she saw in her vision. He sprinted towards where the energy was coming from. He stopped when he saw the others heaped in a pile. He shook at Cyborg who began to stir. "Raven's been taken!" He choked out.
"We have to save her Cy!" Robin said.
The others all began to stir as well. Seeing Robin and Cyborg's face they nodded and knew what they had to do. They had to save Raven. They took flight….In the ways you all know of… and went to the source of the energy. They saw Raven standing with an orb of White around her. They ran to her. "RAVEN! YOU HAVE TO STOP!" Robin shouted to her.
"I CANT!" She cried back.
"YOU HAVE TO RAE!" Cyborg shouted.
"WE NEED YOU." Robin said.
"NO YOU DON'T!" She yelled back.
"YES WE DO! I DO! IF YOU'RE NOT AROUND AND WE ALL DIE, I WONT BE ABLE TO COPE, IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT! I NEED YOU RAVEN! YOU'RE THE ONE I NEED!" Robin shouted at her.
She began to cry and forced her arms to drop. The energy dropped. Robin ran to her. He pulled her to him as she began to cry.
The ground began to shake as Trigon realised he had lost control. He would just have to do it himself!
"Now let's go kick some demon butt!" Beast Boy said
YEA! Great finishing line if i do say so myself. lol. anyway, next chappy out soon.
