Okay, before I start, I have to say this. I actually juggled this ending around with two others, but then I decided on this one because I thought it'd sound the coolest. So before I start, thanks for reading this fanfic and now the last chapter of "Apocalypse Now".
Chapter 10: A Final, Desparate Attack
J.T. sheathed the sword and everyone headed out, ready to face Trigon one last time. J.T. stood on top of a destroyed building's rooftop.
"Okay, so you know the plan?" J.T. asked.
"Yeah. We're going to keep attacking Trigon, giving you time to get enough strength to strike the final blow," Terra replied.
"But what if something goes wrong? What if you miss? What if you can't get enough power? What if...?" Aura asked.
"You know what? Don't worry about it," J.T. replied. "Now go. It's not every day I'm going to get a shot like this."
So everyone, save J.T., went over to face Trigon, hopefully for the last time. Trigon came stomping over the horizon, roaring a bloodcurdling roar.
"Well, you guys ready?" Terra asked.
"As I shall ever be," Thunder replied.
"Yeah," Raven replied.
"I suppose. Yes, I'm ready," Aura replied.
"It's been a fun life," Aqualad replied.
Trigon saw the heroes standing in the wreckage. He let out a furious roar!
"You dare survive! Well now you die," Trigon exclaimed!
Trigon released a swarm of his evil birds to attack the heroes. Raven dispelled them with a burst of energy. Terra then dropped the ground under Trigon's feet! Meanwhile, J.T. began gathering the energy nessecary for the attack.
"All right, not I really have to focus," said J.T. "The servers are the seven elements. The seven shall come to be one. As one, the servers can banish the evil. The one is here. Derived from metal, burning hot from fire, cooling and smooth from water, a swift breeze from wind, mountains crubmbling from earth, holy from light, an aura from darkness. The servers have been collected. The evil is present. Only you can do this. Destroy the evil!"
J.T. took off like a shot from the rooftop. Trigon had his back to J.T. as he flew ever closer. Just then, Thunder noticed this and flew right in front of Trigon's face and got him turned around. J.T. saw his target and nailed Trigon square in the chest!
"Wh-what is this! What have you done?" Trigon roared.
"This is the endgame, Trigon. No more will people suffer because of you," said J.T.
J.T. let out a ferocious yell as he drove the sword deeper into Trigon's chest. Almost as if he was made of glass, a large crack started to run from the pierce in the middle of his chest. J.T. continued to drive the sword into Trigon's chest until he went completely through Trigon's chest!
"You...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Trigon erupted!
Trigon seemed to melt into the ground, back to the pit from which he emerged.
"Some day, when this seal is again broken...that is when I shall return...to destroy your descendants," Trigon shouted.
J.T. and the sword fell to the ground. J.T. lied face-down on the ground, breathing heavily. Everyone immediately ran over to him.
"J.T.? J.T., are you all right?" Terra asked.
J.T. groaned in slight pain. "Yes. And you're very loud," he said.
"Nothing is happening. I would think that now that Trigon is gone, the world would be restored to normal," said Thunder.
"I have two more things to do. Terra, please come with me," said J.T.
Terra and J.T. went back to the cave the seven heroes had been hiding out in and Terra remodeled it. She turned the rock walls into walls of smooth marble, fashioned in the way of an old-fashioned church. J.T. and Terra walked into the room J.T. was in when he was hurt and Terra brought a small pedestal of marble up from the ground. J.T. took the sword and stabbed it into the ground. Then they walked out of the room and Terra sealed the door with her powers. J.T. carved a message in the wall Terra created to house the sword that read 'If you wish to open this door, have seven place their hands on this door. If they are the seven, the door shall open.', and the two headed back to the surface.
"J.T., why did you want to do that?" Terra asked.
"I wished to create a sacred place to protect the sword. A place that evil ones can never enter," J.T. replied.
Back on the surface, J.T. and Terra saw that the sky was still a deep crimson, the buildings were still in ruin, and the seas were still lava. J.T. walked back over to the other four heroes and just looked up at the sky.
"I hope this works," said J.T.
"What are you planning to do?" Aura asked.
"I'm going to use my Phoenix Revival ability on the world. Hopefully, it should work," J.T. replied.
"'Hopefully'? We need a definate yes or no, J.T. We can't go risking stuff with maybes," said Raven.
"This is the only idea we have right now, Raven. I'm about 99.9 sure it will work," said J.T.
"What about the other .1?" Aqualad asked.
"Well that's the part of me that thinks that I might set the world's supply of oxygen on fire," J.T. replied.
"Well, I think he should go for it. Even if there's a 1 chance of this crazy scheme working, I say he goes for it and we hope for the best," said Terra.
Everyone reluctantly, and a little worried, concoured and J.T. quickly set up to do his Phoenix Revival.
"Well, here goes," said J.T. "PHOENIX REVIVAL!"
J.T. fired a beam of red/orange energy at the sky. Soon, the sky began to glow with the same red/orange color.
"Oh no! He set the world on fire! We're doomed," Aqualad shouted.
"Relax, Prophet of Doom, it's working," said J.T.
Just then, a loud, almost ear-splitting screech erupted from seemingly nowhere.
"What was that?" Thunder asked.
"The Phoenix. It has returned," J.T. replied.
"The what?" Raven asked.
"Phoenix. The legendary fire bird," J.T. replied.
"You mean that bird that would die and be revived? I thought it was just a legend," said Aura.
"Legends have been known to be truth, Aura," said J.T. "Or haven't you noticed?"
A large, flaming bird came flying over the horizon.
"It's so bright," said Aqualad.
"I know. And the embers from this legendary bird will revive the world," said J.T.
Sure enough, as the phoenix passed, everything seemed to spring back to life. The seas became water, the buildings rebuilt themselves, and the people became flesh and bone once again. Raven in particular saw this and immediately ran over to the statue of Robin and saw the stone flesh seem to melt away and Robin became flesh again.
"Robin," Raven exclaimed.
"Raven? What's happened? Where are we?" Robin asked.
"Don't worry. It's over now," Raven replied.
Elsewhere, Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy were also being released from their imprisonment.
"Oh man, what happened?" Cyborg asked.
"I do not know, nor do I wish to," Starfire replied.
"Dude, where's a bathroom! I had like seven sodas before we left the tower," said Beast Boy frantically.
Thunder also went back to check on his brother, Lightning. When he found Lightning, he had already been released from his rocky status.
"Brother, what has occoured?" Lightning asked.
"You do not wish to know," Thunder replied.
Unfortunately, the revival effect could not work on the dead. So Ironheart remained dead. Aura took him out into the woods and buried him under a tree. Then she headed back to the city and saw everyone, save Thunder and Lightning who had already headed back to the sky, and just sat down on the ground. Aqualad jumped into the water and decided to swim back to Steel City.
"So what's been happening?" Cyborg asked.
"Too much. It'd take a week for us to tell you what's happened," J.T. replied.
"Guys, come on. We deserve to know," Beast Boy whined.
"Sometimes, it's better for people not to know," said Aura.
"So you believe that we do not have the right to know?" Starfire asked.
"No, no! I'm just saying that it's something we just want to forget, and telling people isn't something we want to do," Aura replied.
"Ok, I've got a solution," said Raven.
Raven used her powers and showed everyone all that had happened in their minds.
"Ok, now I see why you won't tell us what happened," said Cyborg.
"Le'ts just head home and forget all that's occoured," said J.T.
Everyone quickly agreed. Aura, however, started heading back towards the city limits of the city.
"Hey Aura, where are you going?" Terra asked.
"Um..." said Aura.
"We were kind of hoping you'd join the team," said J.T.
"After all you did, I think we could use a person like you," said Raven.
"Well..." said Aura.
"Please?" Starfire asked.
"Yeah, we could use any help we could get," said Beast Boy.
"I...well.." said Aura.
"I know, it's a lot to think about. If you don't want to, it's okay," said Robin.
"Okay, I'll join you guys. I think this could be good for me," said Aura.
"Wonderful," Starfire exclaimed.
So, everyone headed back to Titans' Tower with a new friend and teammate on board.
The End
For Now!
