Hey everybody! Fatcats back…with a vengeance! Well not really but anywho.. You know that feeling where you have writer's block so bad that you can't even think of a comprehensible sentence…well when I wrote this chapter it was like the complete opposite! I don't know why, I just felt the ideas come forward, I didn't even know I was writing so much until my hand started to hurt! So anywho I hope ya'll like this chapta!
Chapter 10: Scorched Earth
'I'm not afraid of him, I'm not afraid of him…' Raven repeated in her head as Slade ignited his fists.
"I'm not afraid of you!" She yelled aloud, balling her own fists up while summoning her powers.
"You will be." Slade replied calmly as he sailed on a giant wave of fire towards his prey. She immediately raised her hands, creating a shield around herself.
For once in a long while she had felt replenished by a certain vigor only received by the relief of slumber. Her fatigue averted into vigilance, her exhausted eyes had ceased to scar her face, and her fear had mutated into a stout, blatant form of anger. Years of unexpressed fervid indignation erupted from her in the form of an uncontrollable maze of black fog.
She screamed as the power flowed through every last inch of her. It exited through her fingertips, gathering strength as a hoard of dark energy. A crumpled figure could be seen behind the mass, covered in a dark blue, almost violet cloak, her eyes, wide in fright. "W-What have I done?" She asked, writhing and shaking in a heap on the ground. She mustered up enough strength to lift her head to see the mass of energy still existing, however it was quivering as if it were ready to detonate at any second. She turn her head a notch to see Slade, she could barely make out his visible eye, shining with glee. "You!" She gasped with what little emotion remained within her fragile body.
"Oh, I didn't do anything. You unleashed the evil inside you, you finally gave in." Slade congratulated, taking a few cautious steps towards her.
"No." Raven said in disbelief, now lifting her up. She sat with her legs bent off to the side starring up at Slade in shock.
"Yes," Slade corrected, approaching even closer to her, "you gave in, Trigon should be quite pleased." He fathomed, Gazing upwards in thought. His thoughts of rewards, however, came to an abrupt end as a flying scrap of metal dug itself into the earth, inches away from his thick metal boots. He looked from the direction it came from to discover someone her didn't except.
"Get away from her!" The Boy Wonder shouted as he jumped in-between Slade and Raven, bostaff fully extended and ready for an assault.
Slade took a step back, feeling his personal bubble being violated. "Robin, how sweet of you to drop by, "he lied, sarcasm drowning throughout out his voice, "unfortunately the hour of Raven's fulfillment is upon arrival, so you'll have to come by another time." He continued as his fists ignited once again, knowing Robin wouldn't play his little game of fabricated kindness.
"I'm not leaving without a fight, and neither are you!" Robin exclaimed furiously, Chivalrously backing up towards Raven.
"Have it you way." Slade said nastily. Robin growled angrily as he ran towards Slade swinging his staff around madly, failing to even hit Slade. Robin brought it high above his head, attempting to force all his strength into one swing. Slade merely brought his hand up, as if he were trying to stop it with just one arm. Instead, his flame engulfed hand tore straight through the now useless piece of metal, leaving faint traces of glowing embers on the erratic edges. Whilst Robin stood in shock, having both broken ends of his staff in two different hands, Slade lowered his own hands a few degrees to Robin's chest and pushed him roughly, letting his power of flames do most of the work. Robin grunted as he fell backwards into the lush mess of corn, remaining motionless.
Raven had been sitting nearby the whole while, in deep contemplation and shock. 'Robin had come for me, even when I left him, he still came for me.' She then felt nauseous, the specific type that can only be brought on by the art of betrayal. She snapped out of her thoughts with a new feeling of determination. 'Robin has done so much for me: given me a home, friends…protection. The least I can do is tell him how I really feel.' She thought confidently, clutching her warmed heart.
With what little power remained in her, she rose her hands, gazing upon Slade gaining strides towards Robin, she, using her mind, located a giant boulder, deep within the earth. She shaved off the edges to form what resembled a wall, then with all her might drug the rock upwards towards the surface. It finally broke through a few seconds later, wet with dirt and nearly collapsing, but it had served its purpose well, to create a blockade, preventing Slade from touching Robin. Whenever Slade moved towards the right, Raven summoned the rock to shift right, and when he side stepped left, Raven did the same.
Slade had finally gotten fed up with Raven's childish games and simply sliced the draft, producing a fine cloud of inutile materials. Temporarily forgetting about his current mission, Slade commenced forward, towards Robin. Raven, however, had bought enough time for Robin to regain consciousness and whip out one of his exploding discs. It exploded right in Slade's face, siring a quick jerk of his head. Robin instantly took Slade's provisional stunned moment to crawl over, nearby, to Raven.
"Are you okay!" They both asked each other at the same time, triggering immediate blushes from both. Far be it from the time to court one another, both Raven and Robin couldn't help the involuntary spark of affection that had just occurred.
Robin slowly pushed himself up and then bent down to help the other titan. Raven was on one knee when she was knocked back down onto her back. A sudden fury of flames passing above her that singed her body and created small pools of tears in her soft lavender eyes, a mere formality, however, when she inched her head up to see where Robin had gone. She suddenly focused on a blur of moving figures, she squinted, ordering her eyes to clear. She gazed upon Robin, laying on his back with the cuff of his neck being clasped by the metal gloves of Slade's hand. Robin in pain, moaned and groped Slade's other arm, preventing his burning hand from touching him. Raven, starring in horror at the scene, knew Robin was fighting a losing battle, yet she couldn't find it in her to move and inch. With Robin's last ounce of strength he whispered Raven's name. He released Slade's hand, which immediately tore through his costume, sinking into his flesh. His face contorted into an expression of pure pain as Slade inched deeper into Robin's flesh, attempting to rip his heart right from his body.
Raven, Although still weak, instantly shot up from the ground and ran towards Robin, tripping and recovering all along the way. "ROBIN!" She screamed loudly enough to rattle the earth itself. With her last word spoken the giant quivering ball of her energy looming nearby, gave one last shiver before it unleashed itself from the small volume it was contained in. As if a smaller version of the atomic bomb had been unmercifully released, the mass crashed over the city, inviting a life eliminating wave of darkness in its wake
END OF CHAPTER!
Okay I know that it was kinda short compared to my other chapters but I thought in content it was high standards, and that's all that matters, right! RIGHT! S
So anyways I wanna take a moment to be serious here.. I currently created a C2 category for teen titans, It's all about the raven/redx pairing or the raven/redx/robin pairing I'm looking for staff and subscribers so if you're interested just let me know at or just review me! Also if you are totally obsessed with that pairing, like me, I just wrote a new fic with both rae/redx and rae/redx/rob pairing titled Overture I would gladly appreciate any helpful incite and as always…REVIEWS! Okay so maybe that wasn't a serious moment…oh well!