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Chapter 15. Hell's puppet.
Slade had been spotted near a cemetery. Valere and Raven went to check the eastern side of it while Bumble Bee and Speedy checked the western half. Aqualad had to be else where, due to the sinking of a cargo ship.
Valere's communicator went off, as he and Raven near the end of their side of the cemetery. Went he answered the call all he got was a scream before the line went dead. "Shit." He whispered with anger.
They rushed towards their team mates. When they arrived, Bumble Bee was unconscious and Speedy's leg was caught under a tombstone. "Slade was just here." He told them.
Raven tried to lift the stone with her power, but she couldn't even summon them.
"Don't even try, Raven." Slade stepped out from behind a crypt. He raised his left hand to reveal that he had the gauntlet. "God's Hand. You can thank Speedy for damaging it and disabling me from using its full power. Although, I don't need its full power to succeed." He rose up the book and stone.
Valere drew his blade and charged at Slade, but he disappeared with help from the gauntlet. He reappeared in front of Raven and reached out to her with his left hand. Something blew up.
Raven saw a hand land on Slade's shoulder. They both looked up to see Valere upside down and his sword came swinging down. The blade hissed through the air as it hacked off Slade's left hand. He landed next to her as Slade stumbled backwards, clutching his stump. She saw that Valere's amulet was blue. He was Wraith.
Slade laughed as his hand floated back to him and reattached its self. He disappeared again. Valere took a step forward and turned towards Raven. The point of his blade pointed at her and started to move closer. Her eyes grew wide.
Something fell on top of Raven and she fell to the ground. It was Slade. He grabbed her chakra as the sword pierced through him. Valere twisted it and lifted Slade off of hr, pulling the chakra out of her forehead.
Slade landed on his feet a meter away. He lifted the chakra up and laughed again. "The set is complete!" He yelled with glee. "I will live once again." He opened the book.
'There is only one thing we can do now.' Ghost Blade's word burned through Valere.
'Raven loves you, so I will do it.' Wraith thought in response. The amulet turned back to being red.
"What do we do?" Speedy asked.
Valere grabbed his amulet and pulled it off. He ran towards Slade and threw the amulet at the stone when he was close enough. Slade looked up just in time to see the amulet his stone.
Both of the stones started to glow pink, before they blew up. "NO!" Slade screamed. The book and the chakra fell to the ground. "You're going to regret you had ever thought of doing that, boy."
Slade created a bo-stick, like Robin's, as Valere charged at him. Slade was moving much faster that Valere. 'I can't believe I'm already regretting having destroyed Wraith.' He thought as Slade made a solid hit on his right leg.
The battle continued with Slade getting the upper hand with every move. Valere was taking minor injuries, but they were adding up, and every one he gave Slade healing immediately. He knew he was going to lose unless he did something devastating and soon.
Raven could only watch, because Slade had done something to her or for fear that she would distract Valere or both. "If only I had my powers back." She had meant for it to be a thought, but it had slipped out.
A small part of Valere heard those words and used them to conceive a plan. His sword went high as he pulled his left fist in for a punch. Slade saw this and saw it as a way to deal a crippling blow to his enemy.
Slade put the sword out of his mind and grabbed Valere's punching fist with his right hand. He began to crush the fist and Valere only gave an evil smile through the pain. Slade felt the sudden impact in his left hand, followed by a searing pain and a very powerful explosion.
Valere kicked Slade away from him. He had overpowered the gauntlet when his sword had collided with it. He had been hoping to damage it enough to free Raven's powers, but destroying it all together was sufficiently better, even though he had drained a lot of power from his sword.
It was now or never. "Hold him, Raven!" He yelled.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." She chanted. Slade was covered by her black energy, but he was too powerful and would be free soon. Whatever Valere was planning to do, he had to do it soon.
Valere felt her worries and found that he had only one choice available to him. He ran towards Slade, jumped and impaled him in the chest. The blade sunk down to its hilt. The black energy faded and Slade reached up to crush Valere's head. A small smile crept onto Valere's face as the sword started to hum. There was a large explosion and he landed in front of his love. When the smoke cleared, Slade was no more.
"What did you do?" She asked her unconscious love.