hey, i finally updated. Well, i guess i'm almost to the end here. Thank you all for supporting me all the way through! thank you for all the encouragment! i really appreciate it! i hope you'd enjoy this chapter as much as you did with the others. And sorry if this seems kinda crappy...(ergh..) i had a lotta work to do, but now i'm on an updatin' spree. Sorry if it's too short! i seriously apologize! well...r&r.
Raven felt as if her world crashed. Her eyes widen in fear, "Oh no," she whispered. "This can't be happening." She kneeled down in front of the seal while her emotions slowly evaporated. No wonder it felt so wrong, with Rage gone, her power lowers as well. She won't be as strong as she was before. "How am I going to seal Malchior back?"
It was all happening too quickly. Her eyes casts downward before heading out the mirror. Raven floated above the mirror and remained looking down. She prayed for it to be a dream. Stepping off from the air above the mirror, she collapsed.
Starfire kneeled down besides Raven. "What is wrong?" she asked. Even though she did not know what happened to Raven, she quivered with fear. "What is wrong, Raven?"
"How can this happen?" she murmured. "What does he want with Rage."
"What is the matter?" Starfire asked. Raven shook her head infuriated by something. "Perhaps I should leave you alone?"
"Yea, that's good." Raven said shakily. She can barely breathe. 'W-why Rage? What does Malchior want with Rage? And how was he able to break the seal that I placed on her?' she grumbled softly. Her head throbbed slightly. "How am I suppose to fix this?" she sighed.
A dark red cloaked girl stood in the middle of the pentagram. Her four crimson eyes glared at the white mist around her. "What do you want?" her demonic voice questioned. The mist tried to take form of a dragon.
"Don't you know why Raven sealed you?" it asked. Rage glared and did not reply. Hatred burned deep within her. The mist chuckled. "It is true to name you the emotion Rage."
"Answer my question," she demanded. Immediately, the ground rumbled and the pipes blew up. Hissing, the mist traveled away from the spraying water.
"You're the key to my new body," it said. Rage held her arm up stopping the mist from getting anywhere close to her.
"I hold no interest in you," she growled.
"Hatred consumes you, do you not wish to have revenge on that one who sealed you?" it asked. Rage narrowed her eyes.
"I will do it myself," Rage said. The mist suddenly penetrated the shield that Rage created and circled around her arm.
"Don't you understand?" it whispered with a certain ring to its voice. "You are the key to her destruction." Suddenly, a white blaze came and the pentagram lit up. The ground shook and Rage screamed loudly in angst as her hood fell off revealing her blood red eyes blaring.
Raven felt the pain as she screamed out. Her eyes turned a red color as she screamed. Her body felt as if it was being ripped apart and burned. Her chakrah let out the black color that blared around her. It lifted her high up as she continues to let out the yell.
"Raven!" the Titans banged on the door.
"Stand back!" Cyborg yelled as he positioned the sonic cannon at the door. A blue-white shot out and the door was dented slightly.
"Raven!" Beast Boy cried. A growl came from his throat as he turned into a rhino and rammed against the door with all his might. The door came down suddenly and it showed Raven there. Her power seemed to be tearing from her.
"R-Raven!" Beast Boy cried. He pushed through it trying to grab her down to the floor. She was hovering high up in the air. Grabbing her foot, he pulled her down and held her by the waist. The aura stopped and Raven went limp in his arms. "Raven."
"What was that?" Robin asked. He ran over to the two. Raven was slightly drenched with sweat. Her right sleeve was burnt away revealing the mark. The mark was glowing a red-black color as if it was rotting in her skin.
"Why is it like that?" Starfire asked her voice tight with fear. They all shrugged. Beast Boy leaned Raven back on the bed as he sat there next to the bed. "Will she be all right?"
"I hope so," was the reply from Beast Boy.
"I think it was a reaction," Robin said. "I picked up another power blow signal from somewhere in the city."
"What was it from?" Cyborg asked. Robin shrugged.
"I don't know," he replied. "I can't tell."
"Raven entered the mirror at first." Starfire said. "When she came out, something happened. But she will not say what it is. Perhaps it has something to do with it."
"Maybe it has something to do with Malchior being in her mind, too." Beast Boy said fixing the puzzle in. "We have to do something!" he slammed his fist on the table.
"But what can we do? This battle isn't easy. Especially when that person is fighting isn't exactly solid." Cyborg said.
Rage lay on the floor somewhat curled up. She held her stomach as she felt her body aching. She sat up and pulled her hood up. A strange fog surrounded them and she heard the voice that had brought her here.
"Good day," the voice said. Rage bit her lips angrily.
"Damn you," she whispered deathly. "What did you do to me?" Whatever was near her suddenly was surrounded by black aura and was tossed around randomly.
A familiar laughter came to her ears. "Who's there?" she commanded.
"You should not command someone who is above authority than you, Rage." The new voice said. Rage shuddered and growled angrily. She bit back; something was holding her back. This new person is of higher authority than she is.
"Now, stop!" the new voice said. Rage stopped and everything around her stopped suddenly. "Kneel!" it commanded. Rage suddenly felt her knees dragged towards the ground as if chains bound her. "Bow," the voice ordered. Rage felt her neck bend as she bowed down.
"What do you want?" she whispered angrily.
"Now, is this the correct way to address the person that you take after?" the old voice (mist) and the new voice said together. Rage gasped. They were combined, and now she knew who the identities were. Suddenly Rage felt herself being pulled in. "Become one with us." They commanded. Before she had time to protest, she was pulled into a vortex of black and swirling power.
Raven's eyes opened quickly as she sat up. Beast Boy, who was next to her, grabbed her arm. "What is it?" he asked. Raven panted and shook her aching head.
"What happened?" she asked.
"You passed out," Beast Boy said. "You were…something happened. You mind telling me?" Raven paused then let a breath out.
"M-Malchior went into my mind for only one reason. He wanted Rage. But I don't know what he wanted her for." Raven sighed. "I didn't know what happened. At first, I – I felt that a part of me was being merged with something. And something's wrong. I can feel it. Something I hate is here."
"We'll be here for you, if you let us. We can help!" Beast Boy urged. Raven sighed.
"I know," she said stubbornly. "B-but, this is my battle. I don't want to endanger anybody – especially you." Raven looked down. "I can't have one of you guys risk your life for me. It's not worth it. I'm considered a 'nothing' at my home place. A half-demon and a half-human are consider dirty at my place. And you guys were the first to take me in. I can't risk your lives…I just can't."
"But you're our friend, and we will risk our lives to protect you. Remember what you said? Just because you aren't a Titan, doesn't mean you're not our friend." Beast Boy said. Raven nodded. Gripping her hand, the light started to flash red.
Robin barged in. "Trouble!" he said.
"Who is it?" Raven demanded.
"Take a wild guess," Cyborg said. "I think you'd recognize them."
"Them?" Raven repeated.
well, i think it's quite obvious who they are. But i hope you'd like it. Take a guess if you may to see who "them" is. well, i'm still working on the artwork for this story. It's almost done, i got the rough draft finished up, so now it's just the real thing. too bad, i don't have photoshop or paint shop pro...(sighs) such a pity...well, r&r and i'll try to make it longer next time.