RR76: Okay, I'm typing this on my uncle's computor,. See, I have to watch his house till Tuesday. It's actually quite peaceful, you see. But his keyboard sucks, his monitor is to friggin BIG and his gates are EVIL!

Ahem. Anyway...

This is an epilouge. The end of the story. The telling of what happens after the battle with Terra. But it is NOT, I repeat NOT the end forever. As I've mentioned before, this is a five part series. The next part deals with...something else. Possibly bacon. Part four deals with darkness. Part five...well, we're getting ahead of ourselves, aren't we? Might as well finish up part 2 before that.

Moving on...

Responses:

Rory: He's alive, he's alive...barely.

im in a kill people mood: It was sarcasm. He does that. Now, if I decide to get really evil, then it might not be sarcasm. Muahahahahahahahahahahaha... I kid. Carson deserves better than that.

SaintH: Glad you survived. Terra will get what's coming to her, don't worry...

The Wild Ambition. Kay then. So, in other news...

Oh yeah, almost forgot:

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I will do that at the beginning of every chapter from now on. Don't own and so forth...

Carson reclined in his chair and sighed, going through the classifieds in the newspaper for about the billionth time that day. Ever since his defeat at the backstabbing hands of Terra, his services weren't in high demand anymore. It was like this only once before--after the Titans defeated him and Slade fired him in his own special way. Everybody had assumed then that Carson had been killed on the job (a/n: News travels fast in the underworld). This time, however...

He had lost. Not only had he lost, but he had gotten a nice sized ass whooping to go with it. Most humiliating of all, it had been his adversaries the Teen Titans who found him and saved his life. Terra he could handle, but Robin and the Robinettes? Robin and the Pussycats? Two birds, a robot, a...thing and a ditz from outer space? He covered his face with his hands. Simply mortifying...

He stood up and winced as a sharp pain registered in his belly. He touched the not-quite-healed wound gingerly, a painful reminder of his bitter defeat. He walked into his trophy room (originally a walk in closet, but Carson put it to a better use) and flicked on a lightswitch, drinking in the atmosphere. He walked by the many trophies, smiling fondly at the memories. The smile fell away as he came to the one empty spot: a large shelf with a plaque reading "The Teen Titans" in bold lettering. Five empty shelves... Robin...Starfire...Cyborg...Raven...Beast Boy... Below the shelves was one large one reading TERRA. Carson stared at it long and hard, sighing. He was washed up. A has-been. No reason to stick around on the mortal plane...

He felt the familiar demonic presence of his former employer and sighed once more. "Go away Red. The deal's off, remember?"

"On the contrary," Trigon's voice boomed. "I want you to return to the city. I believe you will find it much...easier to dispose of the girl." The presence began to fade, and Trigon added one last cryptic message: "Bring the sledgehammer."

The face of Terra stared blankly into the cavern. So peaceful. So quiet. So...dear Lord, her arms are thin. You'd think that serving a powerful crime lord would at least build up some muscle mass. Carson amused himself by thinking that he could snap her arms in two between his index and middle fingers, like a twig. The smile fell away as he remembered what he had come here to do.

He stared up at Terra's face, an unreadible expression on her face. It was acceptence, it was sacrifice, it was...constipation? All rolled into one. And soon it would be unrecognizable. Carson raised the sledgehammer and let it rest on his shouldar as he thought about what he was about to do, the scene from the amusement park playing through his mind. The sniper rifle, the crosshairs locked on Terra's head, Terra frozen in awe of the fight unfolding before her. Just one squeeze of a trigger, just one shot, and it would be over. What he desired would be his. He'd be free of that Beast that lay dormant within him, waiting for the right opportunity to burst out and do heavan knows what to the world. And yet, for whatever reason, he hesitated.

And we all know the results of that action. So much death. So much bloodshed. Carson didn't typically mind bloodshed, as long as he was causing it. And as long as the people he was causing it to deserved it...

He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. One swing, one kill, and it would be over at last. Just grind her head to dust...seemed rather boring when he thought about it.

And for that reason, he dropped the hammer, raised his hands, and uttered an age-old incantation in a tounge that no man, woman or child knew, one that time had forgotten. "Esperdose hel'morth destathi ithrenil. From the jaws of Hell, I release you."

The rock surrounding Terra's flesh began to glimmer, and all of a sudden, melted away like chocolate that had been in the sun too long. Terra's limp body fell forward and landed with a thud. Carson knelt next to her body felt for a pulse and smiled with satisfaction. She was alive.He pulled a small device from his belt and placed it on the back of her neck. Four small metal claws emerged from the sides of the device and dug themselves into Terra's skin, making her moan in her sleep a bit. Carson stood and turned to leave when he saw the plaque. TERRA: A Teen Titan. A true friend. He reached down and pried it free from the rock and pulled out a note, placing it in the gap where the plaque once was. He tucked the piece of metal under his arm and walked out of the cavern.

Trigon's voice roared inside his mind. "What in the name of the Beast do you think you are doing? Return at once and pummel her!"

Carson merely smirked. He gave one last look to the sleeping girl and told the demon overlord "Wait and see..." And with that, he turned and left, not looking back.

RR76: I hope everybody is looking forward to the sequel. I won't reveal what happens to Terra, you'll have to see... bwahaha. Now please review. Tell me what you think of the story? Good? Bad? Should I go ahead and write the rest of the series? I'm going to whether you like it or not, so HA! But seriously. Review please.

For the record, Esperdose hel'morth destathi ithrenil means nothing, I made it up in the spot. Does it sound demonic?