Ch.3 A Hero Reborn
Authors Note: Please, please, please! Try to R&R and Rage Wars
Disclaimer: I own what's mine!
Beast Boy cuddled alongside a sleeping Raven and let out a sigh of content. The weather outside was terrible! It had been raining for hours and there was no sign of it clearing up anytime soon. The sky was covered with coal black clouds and bright lightning could be seen in the distance. Strong winds picked up debris and Beast Boy could hear small objects pelting the tower. Occasionally thunder rumbled through the tower and when it did it sounded like someone was firing off a shotgun. The other titans were in there rooms taking care of personal affairs or whatever the hell they did in there private time. So Beast Boy and Raven were left alone with the living room all to themselves.
Raven must have fallen asleep while reading; Beast Boy took notice to the black hardcover, which were inches away from here hand. Smiling to himself Beast Boy cupped his hand and moved a dangling strand of hair from her delicate face. The crash of thunder from outside caused Beast Boy to nearly jump out of his skin, but he regained his cool and sat back down on the couch with Raven. Seeing nothing else to do Beast Boy grabbed the TV remote off of the nearby coffee table and flicked on the television. To avoid disturbing Raven he quickly lowered to the volume to a level to which only his highly sensitive animal ears could hear. And he silently began flipping channels, after ten minutes he let out a painful groan. There was nothing on but a few cook shows and soap operas. Out of desperation he turned to the news channel and grew interested when he saw when he saw that something serious had just token place.
A young anchorwoman in her twenties with golden blonde hair and red lipstick sat behind a desk with a much older man with gray hair and mustache. The two grinned at the cameras and the woman was the first to speak,
"Good evening I'm Shannon Johnson."
"And I'm Mark Goodman." The anchorman added.
"We have a special report coming from the Jump City PD." Shannon stated.
Beast Boy raised a questioning eyebrow, and he raised the volume so he could hear them speak more clearly, "It appears as though a robbery has just taken place at St. Peter's church in downtown Jump City, officers pursued a armed suspect who may have been a member of the satanic gangs in Demons Paradise." Shannon went on.
"Demons Paradise." Beast Boy repeated softly, it was a name he knew all too well.
Demons Paradise was the perfect place for devil worshippers and criminals alike, it is a tumbled down section of Jump City where only the brave or insane choose to venture. It is filled with evil beings and even the police choose not to stray there in pursuit of a criminal it is far too dangerous. Even the Teen Titans know better than to go into Demons Paradise alone, put in short the place is just a little piece of hell.
A little screen popped up behind Shannon and Beast Boy saw a police officer being loaded into an ambulance, "Officer David Perez was wounded while pursuing the suspect, his partner Gonzalez continued the pursuit and hasn't been heard from since. Concerned authorities mobilized special units into the heart of the dreaded Demons Paradise and awaiting orders to start the search for the suspect once more."
"I'll find you Gonzalez!" David screamed as he was loaded into the ambulance and the paramedics shut the doors.
A picture of an artifact replaced the grim scene and Shannon spoke once more, "This is the object that was stolen, now we are asking for help from the public. If you see a white male that is six feet tall and is wearing devil attire then…"
Beast Boy took a closer look at the artifact; it looked like the face of a vampire bat. Raven's hand shot up all of a sudden and Beast Boy let out a shriek. Raven not alarmed by Beast Boy's actions rose and drowsily rubbed her eyes,
"Glad to see you too." She murmured as she sat up straight and looked at the television screen.
Raven saw Shannon and turned to Beast Boy slightly confused, "Since when do you watch the news?" She asked curiously.
"Nothing else was on." Beast Boy responded.
"Anything exciting happen?" Raven asked growing sarcastic.
Beast Boy hesitated, "Uh no…not exactly. Hey! Wanna watch something?" Beast Boy asked grinning as he placed the remote on her lap. Raven gave him a questionable look.
Rome, St. Paul's Church Of Salvation
Joseph scrambled up the stone steps of the ancient church, knocking several priests out of his way he continued upward until he reached a iron door with a gold cross in front. Not even bothering to knock Joseph pushed the door aside and entered a chamber decorated with crosses and many other religious artifacts. A library and oak desk stood next to a window where sunlight glittered through. In the center of the room sitting behind a desk and organizing papers sat an Italian man in his thirties. When the papers were in order he set them down and looked at the panting figure in his doorway,
"A thousand pardons Demetri." Joseph stated.
"Joseph what is it?" Demetri asked.
"Well sir I just got word from Jump City and-"
"I already know." Demetri said interrupting him.
Demetri sat up and began walking down the staircase, Joseph followed. Demetri turned to him suddenly," Call the others downstairs, I will wake him."
Joseph nodded and took off in another corridor, Demetri reached the bottom of the staircase and made sure that no one else was watching he quietly turned a torch that was hanging nearby and the wall in front of him hissed and slid open. Demetri found himself staring at a long flight on stone stairs, wasting no time he shut the passageway door behind him and started down. After walking for what seemed like an eternity he reached a small door and opened it, when he stepped in instead of chapel like a regular church would have a weapon room stood in it's place. Machines whined and mechanics of different nationalities walked about inventing strange machines and weapons. A man was seated in the center of all of it, he was old in his eighties and was reading a sacred scroll. Demetri walked up to him and whispered in his ear,
"It is time."
The man looked up at Demetri and held up his hand, Demetri helped him to his feet and both walked out of the workshop and stopped in front of a iron door. Two locks in the shape of specially designed crosses were on the side. Demetri removed his cross necklace and placed it on the right lock, the old man did the same on the left. Both twisted the locks left on the same time and the door opened. Grabbing a torch, the old man led Demetri into a room and Demetri gasped at what he saw. There in the center of the room was a clear blue crystal that sparkled with a magnificent glow, but it wasn't the crystal that surprised Demetri it was what was inside it! A handsome young man with luscious long brown hair and perfect physic stood frozen inside of it. His face was something to behold it was like something out of a biblical painting of an archangel.
His body was naked and it seemed as though he was in a deep peace, Demetri walked over to the crystal and placed his hand over the mans heart,
"God he's just like I pictured he would be." He said aloud.
"First time you've seen him?" He old one asked.
"Yes, it's just hard to believe that the angel of salvation is standing right in front of me." Demetri told him.
"Shall we wake him?" The old one asked heading towards a lock similar to the one on the door.
Demetri nodded and he walked over to a second lock, both placed their crosses in the center and turned the locks. The roof of the room shifted and opened up, and sunlight filled the room. When the sunlight made contact with the crystal, it began smoldering and within seconds began to evaporate. A few minutes later the crystal around the mans head melted off his flesh and his face twitched. His arms began to move and they burst out of their icy shackles, his eyes flickered open and he let out a gasp of air before his body fell out of the crystal and onto the floor. Demetri covered the man with a coat he had brought with him and helped him to his feet. The man looked at Demetri, the old one, and then began to examine his surroundings. This went on for a minute until his eyes came back to Demetri's face, they were full of question and confusion.
"Hello I am Demtri." Demetri introduced himself.
The man didn't speak, "Well you may not know me but I'm sure that you remember him." Demetri said pointing to the old man.
"Remember me? I am Father Paul." The old man said.
"F-father Paul?" The man repeated, he suddenly rubbed his eyes and as if lifted from a curse he stood up straight and looked at both of them with eyes full of focus.
"Welcome back Van Helsing." Demetri greeted, "Welcome back."
Authors Note: R&R!
