Hey everyone! Finally got around to updating all of my fics...heh -hides from psychotic mob- Me ish SORRY!-wails and begs forgiveness- Anyways, I updated my Gundam Seed fic, and after this I'll be doing my other TT fics...-smiles at readers- Kill me and you will never see the next chap to Mood Swings sequal...-grins evilly and points to name- Anyways...Hope you like this chap, and thank you all for reviewing and getting my lazy butt to get around my GIANT mind block...heh...-takes wrecking ball and smashed 100 story wall...- But, please forgive me if my chaps seem a little weird, I'm still getting back into the swing of things. LOVE YA ALL!
P.S. I've decided this is to be the FINAL CHAPTER, so it's gonna be longer than normal...-cackles evilly and mind begins to work- You pple better love me...I've been writing for four hours, and it's 1:30 in the morning...
WARNING: This is only here so that you people don't go getting all freaked out at the end. NO ONE DIES, but there is some kissing so :P Get over it. It's PG-13, so boo hoo. If you can't handle a little smooching then BOO HOO go away. You HAVE BEEN warned. I just don't want anyone reporting me for stupid reasons. Hasn't happened yet, and I don't want it to ever happen...I'm rambling I know, so sue me...NOT LITERALLY! All I got is a bag of cat treats...taste's like tuna...YUM...-meep-
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Previously:
Raven sat alone in her room, all of the lights off. Her eyes though seemed to glow a pale color as her powers revealed things to her. Her sibling's were currently quarreling over some non important thing. She didn't care about that, but she did care about the fact that they were going to attack her in two day's.
This revelation made Raven look at the box on her bed next to her, distastefully. She knew she would have to open it sooner or later, but she would have preferred later.
With a calming sigh, she placed her sweaty palms on the latches and flipped both of the rusty locks. A small white light appeared around the edges where the top of the box met the bottom. Lifting it, the room was suddenly filled with a loud boom that shook the walls of the tower, and a blinding flash.
Chapter 8: My Rainy Day
Robin, StarFire, Beastboy, Terra, and Cyborg all heard a loud boom and were nearly knocked off of their feet as the tower shook with energy. They had all been sitting in the living room eating pizza for dinner when it had happened. Looking around at eachother they simultaneously said, "Raven!"
Racing out of the living room and up the stairs towards Raven's room, they all fell to the ground when the tower convulsed again. Struggling to their feet, they raced towards Raven's room. What they found when they got there surprised them all.
Raven groaned as she pushed herself off of her bed. Her head pounded as she made her way to her door, knowing that her team-mates would be up there shortly wondering what happened. Pressing the button to open her door, she held her head with one hand, it hurt so bad.
Raven's dark eyes looked up as she focused on the arriving Titans. Her body was faintly glowing white, making her glow slightly in the darkened hallway, the lights around her bedroom had blown up from thepowersurge.
"Raven! What happened?" Terra asked noticing the glow on the girl.
"Is something damaged friend Raven?" StarFire asked,also noticing the glow on thegoth girl.
"Yo Rae, what happened?" Cyborg asked ashe attempted to take a step towards her, concern laced his words. He could see her holding her head as if in pain.
"I'm fine." Raven said as she leaned against the wall and sighed. The headache was slowly going away. Removing her hand, she wiped the thin coat of sweat that hadappeared on her forehead. Her eyes scanned the faces of her friend's as she calmed her breathing. "I opened the box." She stated as if they knew what truly lay inside the now empty box.
"What was in it? What did it do to you?" Robin said stepping past Cyborg and was about to put his hand on Raven's still glowing shoulder but she shook her head not to and stepped a bit away from him.
"Don't touch me until the glow goes away. If you do, you'll be blown intoa million tiny chunks." She said finally calmed down. "Inside that box, was something known as the 'Calgori's Song'.It is an ancient power that came into my possession a few years ago. I left it with friend'suntil I needed it. It's a one timeuse thing. Once I use it, it will be gone forever. It, is what I plan on using to destroy Moon and D'Rello." She stated as the glow subsided.
"Chunks...?" Beastboy audibly gulped as he hid behind Terra. Terra raised an eyebrow at her green friend and thenrolled her eyes.
"Why did you open it though? Are they going to attack?" Terra asked stepping away from Beastboy who quicklyhid behind her once again. A smirk grew on her face as she took a step towards Raven, and Beastboy couldn't decide whether to continue to hide behind Terra who was closer to Raven or just run and hide.
"Two days." Raven replied as the glow disappeared like mist. "I'll deal with them. It'll be aquickand easy fight. I'll join you guy's as soon as I'm done. Therewill be an alien invasion." She said, scaring Beastboy more.
Shrieking loudly, Beastboy turned into a mouse and hid behind Cyborg.
"How many will there be?"Robin asked, a plan already working its way into his head.
"Probably a little over a hundred. They'll be a bunch of different colors, you can't miss them." Raven said. The Titans didn't know if she was trying to joke or not, so they gave half-smiles.
"Alright, we'll need to start preparing rightaway. Cyborg, I'll need you to work on a few of myweapons." Robin said as he and Cyborg began walkingaway and talking about several of Robin'selectronic gadgets.
"I'll be in the kitchen."Beastboy said taking off, back in his 'imp' form.
Sighing, Terra rolled her eyes and followed after him, with Star in tow.
Raven gave a small grin as she yawned. Hernew power had made her exhausted. Returning to her room, she closed the door and flopped onto her bed ungracefully and fell almost instantly to sleep.
Next Day, Training Room...
Raven floated in the air in a meditating position, her legs crossed indian style. Eyes closed, she tossed items at Robin with her powers. A black glow surrounded a bunch of balls floating in the air by the ceiling. One after another they were tossed at Robin who was dodging and hitting them. One flew towards Raven, but it was reflected off with a barrier.
"Having fun Rae?" Robin asked as he jump kicked one flying towards his head. After bouncing off the wall, it rocketed back at him. Not noticing it as he hit another one with his staff, he got hit in the back of his head and fell to the ground. Quickly standing, he blocked another one, Raven not stopping even though he was hit.
"Robin, if that hadn't been a ball, you're head would have been blown to pieces." Raven stated, ignoring his question and tossing the remaining five balls at him all at once. Ducking, jumping, and blocking, Robin managed to not get hit again. Once all the balls were gone, Raven put them back in the closet and finally opened her eyes. Setting her feet on the ground, she watched Robin wipe his face of sweat.
"I'll take that as a yes." He said sitting down and drinking half of the water bottle that had been sitting on the bench.
Raven ignored him again as she took a seat on a big ball opposite from him and sighed. Her eyes slightly worried as she thought over what was going to happen tomorrow. The other Titans were all sleeping, getting their rest. They would be up all night, positioning themselves throughout the city, in preparation for the attack.
"You okay?" Robin asked, seeing her distant expression.
"Fine." Raven replied, looking at him, the cloudy expression gone.
"Are you sure that you can handle both Moon and D'Rello?" Robin asked, concern clearly evident.
"I can handle them. I've handled them before. It's going to be fun." She muttered sighing. While everyone was scattered throughout the city, taking out the enemy, she would be on the outskirts of the city, taking care of her 'family'. "Don't even think about coming to find me. Anyone withing a two mile radius will be killed when I use the Calgori's Song." She said, not letting her tone betray her inner worries. She didn't know if she would make it out alive or not. Only two other Calgori Song's had ever been created, and they had both been used over a thousand years ago. The user's, were never found, not even their bodies. That is why she did not know if she would ever see them again. No bodies meant that theycould either be dead or alive.
"That's powerful." Robin said, thoughtfully just like her. "But what about you? What will happen to you when you use it?" He asked, suspicion obvious in his voice.
"I'll be fine." She said to him. He could not tell if she were lying or not, but he wanted to know. "The Calgori's Song protects the user. It creates a mini-force field like mine." She said, making more up, not really knowing.
"Alright." He said, worry still evident in his voice.
"I'll be fine Robin." She said with a sigh. Getting up, she left the room. She couldn't look at him any longer. If she really did die, she would feel awful having lied to him. She cared for him, but her fear of losing him and killing herself was too much to deal with at the moment. If he was even a foot withing that 2 mile radius, he would be obliterated. It was going to be like a nuclear explosion.
With those thoughts, Raven went to the roof to watch what she thought would be her last sunset.
Final Day, City...
The Teen Titans stood in the middle of the city. It was aboutfive o'clock in the morning. A street light outlined them as they stood facing eachother in a circle.
"Everyone knows what they're doing right?" Robin asked as he watched everyone's faces.
"Yes." Was the simultaneous reply as the group nodded.
"I'm going to go. I can sense them approaching. You should hurry. Whatever you hear or see coming from the outskirts, ignore it." Raven said glaring at everyone levelly. "I don't want anyone getting near enough to get killed." She said with a final look at the group, she memorized everyone's faces. She was scared. She wouldn't admit it, but she was. She was afraid of never seeing the people she thought as family again.
Turning, Raven took to the air, without letting anyone say anything. Whispering a quiet 'Goodbye' when she was out of earshot and high in the sky. Her gaze was sent westward to where she would be, waiting for her brother and sister.
Robin inhaled sharply, a sense of foreboding hanging over him. Smiling at his friends, he nodded at them.
"Titan's Go!" Robin shouted, and the group set out. Beastboy transformed into a pidgeon as he headed east,towards the docks. Terraflewnorth on a large rock. StarFireflew south after giving Robin and the other's a quick hug. Cyborg went west, winking at the others as he hopped in his car. Robin made his way to the top of the nearest building. He would stay at the center of the city so that if need be he could get up on a building and see the progress of the other's.
7:00 a.m. ...It begins...
Raven could sense the arrival of the alien army and her siblings. It was a cold, dreary feeling. She didn't know what would happen. She had set up a barrier around herself, hiding the power she recieved from the Calgori's Song, so that Moon and D'Rello would not be aware of what she was planning on doing.
Raven looked up from where she had been meditating as Moon and D'Rello flew over the trees towards her. They landed quietly and both seemed to grin wickedly.
"Well if it isn't our wittle sister." D'Rello mocked, his eyes showing his true intent. He wanted to kill her as much as he wanted to kill Moon, whom he was in temporary alliance to.
Moon snickered like an idiot, making Raven roll her eyes.
"You know it's a good thing I didn't get my brains from father, because I'd be embarassed to be as stupid as you two." Raven shot back mildly as she landed on the ground and unfolded her legs.
"The little bird actually got a personality." Moon said, faking shock.
"Are we going to talk or are we going to fight? A trip down memory lane is something I can guarantee won't be pleasant for any of us." Raven said, her dark eyes watching them.
"I agree, we should get on with this." D'Rello said as he cracked his knuckles, trying to intimidate her.
Moon smirked as she formed a ball of red light in each hand. "Let's play then." She said as she tossed them at Raven, D'Rello preparing to attack as well.
The City
Portals opened up at every end of the city and in the center. Twenty odd colored demon creatures rushed out of each portal, only to get attacked by a Titan. The creatures had horns, some were bald, and some had horns coming out of their noses.
StarFire's eyes glowed green as she shot green bolt's of energy from her eyes and hands as she hovered twenty feet above the group of creatures. They were throwing sharp objects at her, and several were throwing energy balls at her.
"You enemy creatures shall not get by me!" She yelled as went into overdrive, producing more and more bolts. For every one demon, it took about three or four hits to get rid of them. Their hide was like rock.
Beastboy was currently shapeshifting into an elephant, blowing water out of his trunk at the army of twenty creatures that looked more sickly green then he did. Changing into a bird, he flew into the air over a group of five, and suddenly became a whale and fell on top of them, crushing them instantly. He had five down, and fifteen to go. This would be fun.
Terra was enjoying smashing the ugly creatures with rocks as she sat twenty feet above them on a rock. Her eyes were glowing yellow as she pulled a huge rock from the ground and brought it down on top of the defenseless creatures. Crushing was the easiest way to kill them. Their sickly colored skin was so hard, throwing rocks at them did nothing.
One of the creatures threw a energy ball at her, and hit her arm. Hissing in pain, Terra held her bleeding arm. It wasn't too bad, but from her shoulder to her elbow was burned slightly. Her eyes began glowing brighter as she began smashing the rest of the army, her anger giving her power.
Cyborg wasn't having too much luck simply blasting the creatures. They didn't want to die. Adding more power to his arm's where guns had appeared, he began blasting more of the creatures. An ugly blue one with horns coming out of his head and nose began throwing rocks at him.
"Hey man! Don't scratch me!" Cyborg yelled, using both of his guns on the annoying creature who had little time to yelp before he became a puddle of blue goo.
Robin was having nearly the same problem as Cyborg as his staff did little but knock them down until they got up again. Taking out a miniature bomb, he placed it on the ground, then jumped onto the roof of a nearby building. He took that second as it exploded to look around. He could hear the sounds of rock being smashed, it was Terra. Green lights were flickering where StarFire was. Blue lights were flickering where Cyborg was. He caught a glimpse of a whale in the air before it fell, BeastBoy.
His attention shifted west again, as he threw another bomb down onto the road where the remaining bits of the army were who hadn't been blown up by the first bomb. His masked eyes searched for any sign of Raven. He could barely see flickering red lights, black lights, and orange lights. Raven, Moon, and D'rello. He assumed. He had to destroy these creatures quickly so that he could help the rest of his team-mates. Hopping back down, he noticed only about four creatures were left. Multicolored puddles of goo littered the ground as he advanced to attack the remaining four.
Outskirts...
Raven jumped into the air to avoid the balls of red light that Moon had tossed at her. They created a large crater where Raven had been standing. She put up a shield as D'Rello and Moon tossed more energy balls at her, D'Rello's orange, and Moon's red. Once they had thrown their balls, Raven used her powers to pick up two trees. She tossed one at each of her siblings.
She couldn't use the Calgori's Song until D'Rello and Moon were a little more tired. That meant that she would have to pretend to put all of her effort into attacking them until they used up all of their energy attacking her. This would prevent them from being able to either escape or try to stop her as she performed the final steps in using the Calgori's Song, which was only a few words.
Hiding a smirk, Raven dodged a beam of orange light, and sent a large ball of red energy back at Moon who shrieked and ducked. The tips of her hair getting burned.
"Well, isn't this cute?" Raven asked, her voice venomous. "Let's play dodgeball." She said as she sent her powers over the creek that ran next to them. The entire bottom of it was small to large round rocks. She picked them up into the air, and began hurling them at D'Rello and Moon, similar to what she had been doing with Robin the previous day.
"Why you little..." Moon began, but couldn't finish her threat as about ten rocks came hurling her way. She put up a shield that stopped all the rocks, but her powers were weakened due to the force they had been travelling at.
D'Rello growled as he began blasting the twenty or so rocks that attacked him. He noticed that Raven still had a good hundred or so left. Not good. A few rocks hit him, one in the arm, two hit his leg, and one in his stomach, causing him to double over. The rocks that hadn't been destroyed returned to Raven's side as she sent twenty more to each of them.
It was almost time. A few more seconds and she could end it once and for all. She wouldn't give herself away just yet, as she sent the last eighty rocks to attack both of them.
Moon and D'Rello were too busy getting hit by rocks to notice what Raven was doing. She had landed on the ground, and was chanting several words in a whisper. The wind around them increased with the volume of her voice.
"Takori...Satchui...Minori...Calgori..." Were the bits and pieces of her words that they could hear. They paled visibly as a bright, white light shot suddenly out from her and went in all directions. The last thing they felt was intense heat, then there was nothing.
City
All of the Titans were still in battle except for Robin who had finished off his last four, when the ground shook. A bright light flashed in the west, and a loud boom could be heard.
Robin's feeling of dread from earlier came back in tenfold as 'Raven' popped into his mind immediately seeing the blast. It was definitely her. Without thinking, he ran to his motorcycle, and got on, heading in her direction.
Cyborg, StarFire, BeastBoy, and Terra all stopped for a moment as they heard and felt the blast shake the ground. Wishing they could stop and see what had happened, they returned to defeating the remaining small number of enemies.
StarFire and her group of creatures had moved eastward, and ran into BeastBoy's. They immediately teamed up and began destroying the remaining forces. When their's were done, they flew to meet up with Terra and Cyborg who had just finished their's.
Cyborg was bandaging Terra's arm when BeastBoy and StarFire arrived.
"What happened Friend Terra?" Star asked, concern clearly evident on her features. Star had a few cuts and bruises from the objects that the creatures had thrown at her.
"Evil little booger hit me with an energy thing." She grumbled, as she looked away from where Cyborg was wrapping her burn.
"Terra, you okay?" Beastboy questioned with concern for his female friend. They were not officially dating, but it looked like it was almost there.
"Just peachy." She muttered, wincing as Cyborg finished.
"BB, you get hurt too?" Cyborg asked see a blood trail on the green imp's leg.
Laughing uneasily, Beastboy nodded. "One of them had a spear!" He said in disbelief, remembering how he had been in his T-Rex form when the pale yellow thing had thrown a spear at him and got it lodged in his leg.
"Alright, let me see." Cy said as he got more first aid supplies from a compartment in his stomach area. He began wrapping the injury as Star started talking to Terra about her fight.
A few minutes later, Beastboy was all wrapped up. StarFire was looking around as if hoping to see something.
"What's wrong Star?" Beastboy asked, wondering why she looked more clueless than he did for once.
"Where is good friend's Raven and Robin?" She asked, worry in her eyes. The other's didn't have an answer for her.
Outskirts...
Robin raced through the demolished forest. His focus was on Raven. He had to find her, see if she was alright. His mind wouldn't stop racing with possibilities as she drove over the charred ground, heading towards the center of it all.
He slowed his bike as he saw what appeared to be a body up ahead. Jumping off before it was even stopped, he raced towards the body. It was Raven.
"Raven! Raven!" Robin yelled as he dropped to his knees beside her body.
The dark girl was laying on her back, her eyes closed and face dirtied with ash. Robin wiped some of the ash from her face, and checked her pulse. He held his breath. It was there, but it was very slow. Her breathing was the same, slow andshallow.
"Raven?" Robin almost whispered as he picked her up bridal style. She was unconscious, but she was alive. He couldn't help but smile at that. She was alive. His fears of her lying to him and her being dead were seemingly swept away.
Dark clouds covered the sky quickly, blocking out the sun. A slight drizzle began and then it became a down pour. It seemed to be refreshing the destroyed ground around them. It cleaned Raven's face, and soaked them both.
"Mmmph." Came a soft mumble as Raven moved slightly in Robin's arms and her breathing picked up a bit more.
"Rae?" Robin questioned, hoping she would wake up.
"Mmmmph...what?" Raven asked as if someone had just woken her from a nap. Robin smiled at this as he continued walking until he carried her to the remnants of a tree. It would provide suitable shelter from the rain. It hadn't been as damaged as everything else.
"Rae, wake up." Robin said, his face still smiling.
"What?" She mumbled, her eyes opening slightly. She looked up at Robin who was holding her as he sat under a burnt tree. "R...Robin?"
"Are you alright? What happened?" He asked, still holding her as he sat there, but the hand that been under her legs was not laying across her waist. His other hand was still holding her shoulders up so that she was in a sitting position.
"I'm just a little weak. It drained me of all of my energy. That's why I passed out." She said after a few moments of thinking. She was alive. She had lived. She blushed slightly, seeing that Robin was holding her and his arm was across her waist. "I used the Calgori's Song, and it destroyed Moon and D'Rello. It's over." She said with a sigh, a smile on her face.
"I was worried. I thought you were dead." Robin said as he watched her visibly relax. "You didn't know what was going to happen when you used the Song did you?" He asked a few moments later.
Looking down guiltily, Raven shook her head no.
"You could have been killed!" He almost yelled, worry gripping his heart like steel.
Raven didn't want to look at him, guilt gripped her. She didn't want to worry him, but she had. She didn't even want to think about what would have happened if she had died.
"I could have lost you." Came his voice again, barely even a whisper. If Raven hadn't been in his arms, she wouldn't have heard him. She was shocked.
Her head snapped up immediately to look at him. He was looking at her too. He had a slightly pained expression on his face.
"Robin...I..." Raven didn't know what to say to him. She was as scared as he was. "I'm sorry." She said, in a whisper like him.
Robin looked at her for a moment, before moving his hand that had been on her waist. Raven missed the warmth that had been there, and looked a little hurt, until she saw what he was doing.
Robin slowly slid his mask off to look at Raven. Two chocolate brown eyes watched her closely as he let his mask drop to the ground. He returned his arm to covering her waist again and she smiled.
"Your eyes are...beautiful." She whispered. He smiled, and before she could comprehend what he was doing, his lips were on hers. Raven's eyes widened momentarily, but when she realized what had happened, she closed her eyes, enjoying his warmth.
Robin pulled back seconds later. One of Raven's hands had wandered up to cup his cheek. She returned the smile he had given her seconds before. Robin smirked again and was lowering his face back down again to kiss her.
Their lips met seconds later, this time Raven was more prepared. She wasn't as shocked, and allowed her mouth to open as his tongue sought entrance.
"Raven! Robin! You guys out here!" Cyborg's voice rang out through the destroyed area. They had come looking for Raven and Robin after bandaging BB's leg. So far, all that they had found, was Robin's tire tracks. They had followed it...there.
Raven and Robin jumped visibly, and smiled at eachother, a blush on both their faces. Robin grabbed his mask again and put it on.
"Can you walk?" He asked, worry in his voice.
"I don't think so. I can barely move." Raven said in a sigh. Robin put his arm that had been on her waist back under her legs and stood up, carrying her bridal style again. The rain had slowed, and Robin could see the other Titans.
"We're over here!" Robin yelled. The otherTitans were soon by their side, smiling and laughing. TheTeen Titans had once again saved thecity.
Yeah, really bad last sentence, so shoot me...please don't...anyways, let's see how many words did I type...4777...weird number...anyways, now it's 4785...LOVE YA ALL!
Deemed mentally insane,
-DHM-
