And I'm not going to say much, because I didn't update in over two months, so now, I'm going to finish this and be happy I did. So R&R and whatnot.
" Okay, Raven, now that everything is all fine and dandy... how are we gonna stop the big meanie?" Beast Boy cringed as he watched her father float off the ground
" Well, I figured if we all shook hands and settled the matter over a cup of tea, then we may just stop all this from happening."
" Dude, you don't have a plan?" he squeaked
" Relax, if we work together and fight him, we can bring him down."
" ...And what do we do now?" he pointed deathly
The overgrown nightmare had channeled an orb of blackened fury before him and it continued to pulsate and grow within seconds. As he collected the significant batch, he adjusted his aim and sneered while preparing to thrust it at them.
" Quick, turn into... something tough!" Raven ordered
The changeling did a double take at her and the giant ball of darkness about to come his way and quickly morphed into an Ankylosaurus and retained a study posture and waited for Raven to say or do something regarding the rest of her objective. He was a tad taken back when Raven surrounded him with black matter and prepared to toss him at Trigon. With a dino squeak, he went sailing at his target like a dart and the board. The red tower at that instance umpired and flung his brute attack at the oncoming extinction. As Beast Boy and the attack made contact, Raven jolted out of sight near her parent and quickly charged an inky spike of which was hastily tossed at Trigon's turned back. Beast Boy safely rolled to the ground and morphed back to his human form to see Trigon snap a growl at Raven. She floated away and into the sky to commence the fight. The green teen was doubtful he could put up a fight against the monster that aspired for world domination. He glanced at Raven and saw her notion him to do something but he wasn't sure what. He would have morphed and got closer so she could tell him but stayed glued to the ground when Trigon swiped a claw right past her, she narrowly dodged it.
Raven lifted rubble and pavement with her telekinetic power and tugged them at Trigon's back. He grunted as the dust formed from impact enveloped around him, leaving a sneer to jerk at his formidable scowl. She floated back and ripped a chunk of the building beside them apart and into his side, causing him to bend slightly. He was too obsessed with her defeat to care if he had a scratch or a missing limb. Raven landed on the street several feet away from him and managed to tear up the loosened pavement and wrap it over the height of Trigon. He chuckled and tore it away with his seemingly indomitable claws. As his sight of the things before him was returned, he noted she was absent, and at that very moment he turned his head to feel his face buckle under his daughter's fist. He could taste the presence of blood with that blow, causing his fury to rise once again. And Beast Boy just so happened to bite and tear his arm in wolf form. The demon overlord flung the olive wolf's teeth off his arm and ignored all the pain he was feeling... all he could feel was stress for revenge.
He turned and shot them a look of daggers before doing a power jump up onto a building. It cracked under his weight but resisted to break as the crimson hellion raised one hand over his head and spaced his palm open. Nothing gathered in his hand as the beings below expected but they knew what his assault was when their feet grew hot. Looking down, the two teens saw the rugged road crack even more and flare up with a fiery glaze as lava began to rise from the fractures. Instantly they took flight to the building across from where Trigon stood and watched everything below fill with volcanic conditions. They both settled on the rooftop as Trigon lowered his hand, keeping an undirected gaze locked on them like a crosshair. Beast Boy shifted back from his avian state and jogged over to where Raven stood.
" What were you trying to tell me to do back there?" he inquired, quickly looking at Trigon to ensure it was safe to talk
" The amulet– we have to get it off him. But there's no way we can get it off him unless he takes it off."
" I could try! It's only a quick jolt... and then maybe death..."
" Or maybe it could fall off him... you try and beat the chain loose and I'll keep fighting him." she advised
" That works too." he responded
Trigon took an impossible jump over to the building they were on, almost caving it as well, and calmly walked their way. Beast Boy could feel his legs tremble and tried to tense himself to appear as remarkable calm as Raven was. The red giant continued his relaxed stroll and came to a stop about eight feet away from them. In the short silence between, the sound of bubbling lava and distant sirens arose like the melting smog produced from below. And the dark was not a problem, not with the molten lava living about the streets. Beast Boy took a moment to wonder how long it would take before the buildings gave away to the intense humidity, but returned to the conscious world around him as Trigon spoke.
" What you're seeing all around, is just a taste of the future to be. And just incase you have hope of my fall, remember this: if I don't plunge this planet into cataclysm, then she will."
" Don't try to downgrade our morale with petty talk, we know we can beat you." Raven retaliated to his lies
And without warning, Trigon flicked his wrist and a throb of telekinesis pushed them down. He then lifted his foot and slammed it into the roof, creating a chain reaction to all the cracks already present. The roof shattered causing the temporary fallen to go down with the rubble itself. As they prepared to strike the floor, they suddenly stopped falling and were lifted back up by an invisible force. At first, they thought he was being merciful and was going to rant on about how he would destroy them and take over the world, but then an deceitful gleam snarled his eyes and they were tossed through the sturdy building nearby. From there, they both pushed the drywall and stone off themselves and assumed he was done his attack, but once again they were proven wrong when he appeared in the gaping hole in the side of the building. He clasped them around their throats and lifted them up. With a growl, he started to run against the walls throughout the story with the teens taking all the damage. He crashed them through every apartment room on that floor and finally, with the two teenagers still in grasp, smashed his way out of the building and flew to another rooftop. He landed softly and immediately tossed them to the cement in front of him like he was playing with dices. They grumbled and moaned while getting to their feet while he fed his ego on their pain.
" I hope you're both enjoying yourselves, 'cause in Hell you won't get it this easy." he sneered
" For grandpa's sake, I'm gonna make sure you go there instead!" Beast Boy snapped
" Stop crying over spilt milk, boy. He was only going to die eventually of old age."
" I'm sure he wanted to die peacefully, not at the hands of a monster such as yourself!"
" Survival of the fittest, boy. And that's just why I will win, and you both will lose."
" Don't jinx yourself." Raven muttered
" I've come this far, my dear, and I intend to reach my goal. All I need is your death and the other halve of my amulet... Tonight, the world will be my playground!" Trigon raised his arms triumphantly
There was a surrounding rumble around them as the volcanic glow from the melted streets began to brighten. Apparently, his gesture had caused the lava to rise. They all watched a building crumble from being liquefied beyond it's standing point. Luckily, it was an old building that was weak of structure. Eventually, the other's would collapse and there wouldn't be much of Jump City left around once the lava commenced to spread.
" Listen, Beast Boy," Raven whispered " This is very important. The building he crashed us through earlier, remember? I want you to go over there in the third room we were in. There's a sword collection there. Take the biggest and sharpest from it and come back– make sure the sword is out of sight from Trigon. Don't fight him or anything, just wait until the moment is right... you'll know when the moment is right."
" Umm... okay. But what good is a sword gonna do against a super-powered demon?"
" No time to explain, just go."
The green teen nodded and scampered off, but before changing to an airborne creature, he ran back and quickly pecked her on the cheek. With a goofy grin, he darted off to the edge and looked down at the searing lava. Beast Boy shifted into an eagle and soared majestically to the building Raven directed him to. Trigon, looking suspicious, took a step towards her.
" Now where is he off to?" he inquired
" He... decided to go to a safer place to watch. He figured he... would just get in the way so he left."
" Hmm, wise mortal."
" Now, we finish our fight." she got in a fighting stance
" Excellent." the demon smirked
Raven made the first move by launching herself towards him and flipping over his shoulder to miss his jagged punch. She crouched and did a spin kick to trip him, but only made him stumble. The lofty monstrosity aimed his elbow at her and let himself fall on her. Fortunately she rolled backwards and missed his wrestler-style move. He sprung back to his feet and shot a ominous jolt at her and struck her in the shoulder– where she wasn't too long ago shot. Trigon raced toward her and faked a punch with his left hand and struck her with his right fist. Raven barred her teeth and struck him back uppercut style. He staggered with one foot as she glided farther back, summoning her dark energy to make some of the lava far down rise up to him. He assumed it was mere debris and braced himself for impact but when a scorching essence scarred his chest and some of his neck, he knew the difference. He pounded the pain away and grunted smugly.
" I'm still waiting for you to kill me, father." she mocked
He retained the same expression and charged up a volley of electrical energy to have them accurately hit his target. Raven kept from falling and noted that her cloak was barely left to even call a cloak, and that the environment really smelt like a barbeque– without the food. She slapped a slab of the structure at him with her power, but he deflected it with his arm. Then they returned to their kinetic attacks and commenced their costly duel.
Beast Boy had returned quickly in case Trigon would pull a fast one, or that Raven's supposed plan wouldn't fail because of him absence. He still wondered what on Earth she needed the sword for, unless it wasn't meant to tear through Trigon. But he couldn't figure out what else it was for. He managed to return unnoticed by both and kept the sword near his feet as he watched them fight. In a way, it inspired him to grow stronger.
" I can see you're getting worn down." the demon gestured
" I still have enough to put you out of commission."
" ...You look so much like your mother that it scares me."
" What?" she was caught off guard
Trigon then faded and appeared behind her, dealing a brute blow to her temple. She faltered, but immediately jetted up into the air to defend a swift kick from him. Upon his recoil, he lurched forward and karate chopped her in her neck, and in her mild fall, he kicked her back up in the air. She twisted and returned to a normal stance and struck him in the forehead with a sable attack. The cardinal demon flinched and was sent back with yet another demonic onset. Raven glided back toward him and unexpectedly sunk down to the rooftop when Trigon bashed her over the head. She impacted and tried to get up as fast as possible, but she appeared much weaker now. Raven saw Beast Boy looking in edge to help but she gave a minimal nod to keep him away. Trigon floated down behind her and crossed his arms confidently. He assumed he was winning, Beast Boy assumed she was faking, Raven assumed it was a little of both. She stood back up, Trigon still behind her. She could feel him scorning and that he was still sure he could win.
" ...Why aren't you putting up as well as a fight as you did back at home?" he questioned sanguinely
Raven turned on a dime and aimed to punch him in his mug but he caught her fist. He relaxed into a nefarious smile and tightened his grasp to crush her enclosed hand. She tried again but he caught that one as well. The gothic girl tugged her hands but her monster of a father had more strength at the time. She then stepped back as she summoned dark energy around his limbs and a oversized sphere of darkness behind him. With a grunt, Trigon was pulled away and into the orb prepared especially for his visit. The demon gave a hollow cry and fell on the roof, creating more ruptures. She sighed and made her way over to him as he wiped his swarthy blood away from his forehead and got to his feet. They both faced each other again, under a sky now filled with red clouds with a silver lining. Dark energy rose from below them both and rose around them like a fire. Soon it grew pitch black, beyond a transparent vision, and grew in size. And with a moment of a white flash, the energy combusted making both combatants stumble.
Beast Boy, watched Trigon slide to one side of the roof and Raven slide to the other side, dangerously close to the edge. Neither budged at first, but movement became present in one of the fighters... the one he didn't want to get up. Trigon snarled as he regained his stance, ignoring the scratches and rips over his body and clothes. He glanced over to Raven, still in her state, and began to walk towards her. He bore a cynical smile.
" Raven!" Beast Boy called
" ...Stay back...!" she shouted as she pushed herself up on her arms
She appeared in a bad condition, and Trigon was walking over to finish her, and she wanted him to stay back? As much as he wanted to intervene, he bit his lip andwaited for the right moment to do what ever he was suppose to do.
" It has come to this, has it?" Trigon articulated as he stood over her " I have to kill my own child to rule the Earth... oh well."
Raven stared at him with hatred before resting back on the edge. She could feel the ache all through her body, and it just wouldn't get back up. She had to try and execute her plan, it was now or never. She only hoped Beast Boy would do his part. And then, her eyes closed and she appeared to enter unconsciousness. Trigon snorted and laughed a little. He lifted his half of the amulet off his neck and looked at it for a moment. Then, he bent over and easily pulled the other half from around Raven's neck. The artifacts began to glow again with the red essence. He boomed with an evil laugh as he pushed them together. A bright glow began to radiate with the ambience of maroon, making his eager eyes widen with delight. There was a red wield mark between them, which faded away to make the amulets appear as to have never been separated. Knowing what was to come of it, he though it was the most beautiful thing in the world.
" Ha ha ha... at last... my ultimate power is back in my possession! ... A blood sacrifice would have been the best result... but I managed to defeat her with half my power. I'm sure there's no one around who can defeat me now... Behold!" He lifted the amulet above his head " Bow to your true master!"
Beast Boy was really starting to think that this wasn't part of Raven's plan. He prepared to pick up the sword and try and slaughter the demon on the spot, before he put the amulet on, but it would be far too late by the time he even got within range.
Trigon took in all the glory and relaxed himself, he wouldn't have to go about fighting other demons again once he created his own empire on Earth. He looked down to his spawn, whom seemed near death and pondered if he should just ensure she was dead instead of assume she would eventually die.
And then, Raven opened her eyes and glared at him. Dark energy surrounded the amulet laying loosely in his hand and tugged it from his clasp. She moved it into her own tired hand and smirked at her father. He didn't look too happy.
" Don't you dare put that on...!" he roared in a paranoid tone
" Who said I was going to put it on?"
And then, she turned over and let her hand hang over the edge of the building. On the sound of Trigon's exasperation, she released it from her grip and watched it free fall down to the lava below. Trigon made his way to the edge and looked over just in time to see itsink into the lava and incinerate.
" ...No..." he muttered in defeat
And Beast Boy came up behind the panic-stricken demon, lifted the sword up, and thinking of his grandfather, drove the sword down into Trigon's back and through his body. A gargled gasp came from him in response as he felt blood trickle from the corner of his mouth.
But no, it's not over yet, just one final chappie to go. I'll get to work on that tommorrow and I should have it up on Monday. Yee haw, oh how I miss this site(of which I won't mention because I'm paranoid that they'll delete your story if you do) and once again, R & R, and boy do I need coffee right about now...