Yay, i managed to get this chapter out. sorry for the shortness of it it's just i have to revise for crappy tests! grrrrrr. anyway, thank you all my kind reviewers. love yall.
on with the story...
Chapter 22: Defeat…
The ground began to shake wildly again. Starfire stumbled over as a crack in the floor began to surface. They all moved away from it. "I need to get down there and stop this!" Raven said.
"You're not going alone! I'm coming with you." Robin said…again.
"As am I" Starfire said.
"As are we….i mean so are we." Cyborg said indicating the others.
"Thanks for all the support and everything but really, this is something I have to do by myself." Raven said.
"This isn't a time when we're just gonna leave you by yourself Raven!" Robin said.
"Yes it is! No one is getting hurt and I am the only one who can get rid of him." She said starting to get angry. The ground began to shake madly again. All of them fell over apart from Raven. Taking the opportunity, she lifted herself into the air. "Sorry." She said before flying off towards the hole in the sea bed.
More cracks began to appear all over the ground. Hellish monsters began to take form on the surface. The titans all scrambled up. "Titans, GO!" Robin commanded. They all sprang into full attack. Starfire however, took flight while the others were all fighting, and flew after Raven.
Raven saw the hole. She landed on the empty sea's bed. She took a deep breath before falling through the hole. Wind whipped past her face. She saw the ground getting closer and slowed herself down and landed smoothly on the ground. The surroundings had changed. Rocks littered the floor from where the earthquakes Trigon had caused had shaken everything. She walked along the pathways expecting to be attacked by Trigon's followers but she wasn't. They must have all surfaced. She thought.
She heard Trigon's booming cries come from the room in which he was before. She hastily turned the corner and stepped into the light. Trigon, sensing another presence turned. His white hair whipping around his face. His red skin strained against his tensed muscles. His eyes glowing red. Raven readied herself. All her emotions were battling to break free and kill Trigon for what he had done to them for all those years where they had to remain trapped inside Raven and never able to be expressed freely without destroying something. Raven managed to keep them in however. She levitated so she was at eye-level with him. "Dearest daughter," He boomed again, "Couldn't stay away from me could you now?"
"No, I came to destroy you. You took control of my body and I fought you off then! I can do it again if you even try that. This time however, you won't even get the chance because you will be dead!" She screamed at him, all her pain and frustration released at him.
"Let's see if you hold your word to it then." He said before lashing a hand towards her. She surrounded it in black energy and stopped it. He shook off the energy effortlessly. "I see you have grown stronger since I took over you. Would be nice to hear a thank you." Trigon bellowed.
She screamed at him in frustration and encased a leg in black energy and forced him to fall over. She was letting her emotions take control and was loosing concentration.
"This was exactly how you mother reacted when she found out your destiny, except she didn't have powers as she was mere human; weak and pathetic." Trigon said egging Raven on.
"You bastard!" Raven said. Her powers were losing control. When she tried enclosing Trigon it failed. He lifted her up and squeezed her body between his palm and fingers.
She was powerless. Trigon's insults had gotten to her too deeply. She tried breaking free but it was no use.
Out of nowhere, a green fire bolt hit Trigon's arm causing him to drop Raven and cry out in pain. Raven hovered in the air, looking to see where Starfire was. "Don't you ever harm my friend again!" Starfire cried.
"Oh, look. It's the girl who betrayed her friends all for a pathetic boy." Trigon said.
"That was a mistake but this however isn't!" Starfire screamed before releasing another star bolt at Trigon. She fired at his chest and he stumbled back from the pain.
"Foolish girl," He said before reaching out to hit her.
Black energy enclosed his fist again. Raven was back in control. Trigon opened his mouth to say another insult at Raven but she enclosed his head in energy as well.
Using all the energy she had within her, she dug her magic straight through his body like a dagger. He cried out in pain, the earth around them shaking with fear.
The energy was tearing him apart then suddenly it stopped and he was gone. Ash lay on the floor where he was standing moments before.
Starfire flew down to a crouching Raven. "Friend Raven…" Starfire began.
"He's gone. I'm free." Raven said smiling. She turned to her alien friend and hugged her. Starfire shocked at first then hugged her back, overwhelmingly happy for her friend. The backlash of the energy serge began to make the walls shake again. Spiked rocks began to fall from the roof like daggers. "Come on Starfire." Raven said. They took to the air and flew for their lives.
On the surface…
The other titans were in deep combat with all the demons and monsters that had surface from Trigon's commands. Then they all began to burst into flame and fall to the ground as ash. The teen superheroes looked at each other in confusion. The ground began to shake again. They all held onto each other to support themselves. Then it stopped. "Bumblebee, Beast Boy, take us to the sea." Robin commanded.
Beast Boy turned into a pterodactyl and took Cyborg by the shoulders into the air while Bumblebee took Robin by the arm and took him.
They stood on the seashore. The sea was back. Water filled their view, but no Raven or Starfire.
Ripples began to reach their feet. Then suddenly out in the distance, Raven and Starfire surfaced, their heads bobbing on the surface. "THERE!" Robin cried out. Starfire began to hover with an unconscious Raven in her arms.
She slowly hovered over to the shore, tired from the battle. She place Raven on the ground before passing out herself.
Robin bent down and lifted Raven's head up. She began to cough and splutter out water. "He's gone." She managed to get out before falling back into unconsciousness.
Again sorry for the shortness.
Next Chappy will be up soon.
CrimsonCape aka Charlie aka Chaz
