Chapter 6: Final Judgment
The imposing red demon eyed his daughter on the ground in front of him and a sinister smile spread across his face. "Hello dear daughter." he sneered, eyes glowing yellow. Raven sprang to her feet and took to the air, flying circles around Trigon and throwing any attack she could think of at him. It wasn't long before a look of irritation shown on his face as he swatted Raven out of the air and into the ground like a pesky mosquito. "When are you ever going to learn dear child. It is not wise to oppose your father." the demon hissed, his hands becoming encased in fire as he raised his fists into the air. Raven was on her hands and knees, her head sunken in utter hopelessness as she awaited Trigons's final blow.
Suddenly a bellowing roar echoed throughout the cave, immediately followed by a stream of fire that erupted from the chamber's entrance and slammed into Trigon, throwing him to the opposite wall of the chamber. A forty foot roaring green dragon smashed through the small entrance, expanding it into a gaping hole in the wall, then took to the air and landed right in front of Raven, eyes narrowing at Trigon, as the demon got to his feet. "Fire! I was born of this stuff!" the demon grinned.
Malchior moved in for the attack, but was stopped in his tracks by multiple blasts that came from the gaping hole that marked the chamber's entrance. Malchior watched as the other Titans entered, along with Akuma and Ami, and took combat stances in front of Raven and Beast Boy. Slade and Blood appeared in front of Trigon and, along with Malchior, prepared for the Titans' attack. Akuma and Ami stepped ahead of the Titans. "We'll take care of these three. The rest of you need to focus on Trigon." he said to the Titans, keeping his eyes on Slade and Blood. Ami glanced over at Akuma. "I don't know about you, but I get to slay the dragon." she said, turning her gaze back on Malchior. With that the two warriors sprang forth beginning the world's final judgment.
"Titans Go!" Robin shouted as he, Starfire, and Cyborg mounted their assault on Trigon.
Meanwhile, Beast Boy had morphed back into his human form and was helping a devastated Raven to her feet. "Its over. I played right into their hands, gave them what they wanted, and now he's free." She said with her eyes sunken in utter defeat. Beast Boy looked at Raven in disbelief at what he was hearing. "Raven, what are you talking about?" She kept her eyes on the ground, unable to bring herself to look at him. "I left the tower and tried to end this on my own so none of you would get dragged into this any further….so that none of you would get hurt any further." Tears began to well up in her eyes and slowly run their way down her cheeks. Beast Boy placed his hand under her chin and lifted her head up so their eyes met. "Raven, this is not your fault. You did what you did to protect everyone. It's what anyone of us would have done if it meant everyone else would be safe from harm." A small smile began to form on her face as she looked into his deep emerald eyes. "That dream of mine was telling me to choose whether or not I would let you do this on your own. Once I knew what the dream meant, I made the choice in a heart beat, as did the rest of us." Beast Boy turned his head towards the battle that was taking place behind them.
Starfire was flying every which way around Trigon firing her star bolts, which seemed to do no more than pester the demon, as did the explosive disks and sonic blasts that Robin and Cyborg launched at him from the ground. In another area of the chamber Akuma danced around fire and rock as he locked swords with both Slade and Brother Blood, and Ami was jumping around dodging the streams of flames that Malchior sent her way.
Beast Boy turned his eyes back towards Raven's. "Trigon may have gotten out of his prison, but that doesn't mean we'll let him get out of this cave. Cause no matter what you may think Raven, you are never alone." She looked deep into his eyes as he leaned in and pressed his lips gently against hers. This caught Raven off guard at first, but she soon closed her eyes and relaxed into the kiss. While they kissed, a faint glow surrounded Raven's body and the dark colors of her uniform began to melt away to a pure white. After a few more seconds they parted, staring once again into each other's eyes. "Thank you Beast Boy." Raven whispered, smiling.
An explosion of rocks behind them brought the two teens out of their daze as they turned their determined faces towards the battle that was taking place. "I think its time I introduced you to my father." Raven said with a smirk as she glanced over at Beast Boy, who nodded his head in agreement, wearing a smile of confidence on his face.
Starfire picked up a badly beaten Robin as Cyborg continued to desperately dodge Trigon's on coming attacks with not as much success as he would have liked. A blast hit the ground behind Cyborg and sent him tumbling to the floor as Trigon prepared a finishing blast.
All of a sudden Trigon began to stumble backwards a bit as Beast Boy, in pterodactyl form, wrapped his talons around a clump of Trigon's white hair and began to pull him backwards. Raven flew towards her father in her new white outfit, proceeding to shoot blasts of black energy at the monstrous demon. Beast Boy let go of the demon's hair and flew around to Trigon's front, shifting back into a dragon and swinging his tail into the demon's chest, knocking him against the wall. The dragon then leaped on Trigon, clawing at any part of the red monster that it could. The demon grabbed the dragon's arms and blasted him with beams from his eyes, which sent Beast Boy in the air then to the ground. But before Trigon could get any further blows in on the changeling, he was met with balls of black energy that Raven had sent his way. He countered with a huge ball of flames that Raven wasn't able to completely dodge. She rose up from the ground that the blast had sent her spiraling towards and was joined by Beast Boy. "Enough games! This ends now!" Trigon bellowed, his eyes now burned red as he put his hands together and began to form a gigantic ball of yellow energy.
"I don't know if I have the power to hold this attack at bay." Raven said, eyes fixed on her father. 'One spirit may not be enough, but if another spirit's power is added, then you will have enough strength to hold him back.' Akuma's disembodied voice echoed through Raven's and Beast Boy's minds. They looked at each other and smiled as they silently understood the mental message that had been sent. "Ready when you are Rae." Beast Boy nodded, giving Raven a thumbs up. She just smiled and took his hand into hers as she encased both of them in an orb of black energy that floated off the ground and towards Trigon.
Meanwhile, in the lower levels of the large chamber, Akuma leapt over a jet of fiery magma and brought his swords crashing down on Blood's shoulders, severing his arms from his body, then in another quick swipe sent Blood's disembodied head plummeting into the magma pool at the chamber's base. Slade burst forth from behind Akuma swinging his sword wildly, getting angrier by the second as each attack he made was masterfully evaded or countered. Despite his counters, Akuma continued to be pressed back by Slade's flailing attempts to strike him down. Akuma backed up close to one of the walls then did a back flip onto a higher ledge above them. Blinded by his anger, Slade ignored Akuma's advantage on the high ground and leapt up after him, only to be caught in one stunningly accurate swing of Akuma's swords that cleaved off both of Slade's legs and his left arm at the elbow joint. Trying desperately to cling to the edge of the rock with the one remaining arm he had left, Slade's eye widened in fear as Akuma stepped on his hand, peered down at him those piercing eyes and said, "This time you won't be coming back." With another quick swing of one of his swords, Akuma sent Slade's head down to the same destination as Brother Blood's, then took his foot off the dead man's single hand and watched the nearly limbless body roll down the pit's sloping side. Akuma found his way back up to the top level just in time to witness Ami perform a spinning attack with her bladed bo staff that split the head of the dark dragon, Malchior, in two. He walked up to Ami's side looking at the slain dragon. "So what took you so long?" Ami asked sarcastically. "I could ask you the same question." he replied smirking under his mask. "Come on, there going to need us soon." he stated, and they both headed off towards the other Titans.
Raven and Beast Boy floated towards Trigon in their black orb, prepared to face the full force of the demon. "You seem very eager to die my child." the demon chuckled and released a huge stream of energy from the ball he had built up in his hands straight at the two Titans. Drawing from the power of both of their souls, Raven counter with a large stream of black energy that collided with Trigon's in a thunderous clash. The entire chamber began to rumble from the force of the colliding powers.
"What can we do to help our friends?" a worried Starfire asked a semi mobile Robin. "I don't Starfire. It seems things are out of our hands now." was all that he could say in response as he, Starfire, and Cyborg looked on in awe. "That's where we come in." Akuma and Ami stepped up alongside the other Titans. "What are y'all talking about?" Cyborg asked, quite confused. Akuma turned his head towards the Titans, "Ami and I contain within us not only our own souls, but the souls of all of Trigon's victims throughout the ages. The souls of the people that cry out for vengeance. And right now that stream of energy Raven and Beast Boy are sending at Trigon is the gate way which will lead these restless souls to peace." Akuma's and Ami's eyes began to glow blue as their bodies floated off the ground, surrounded by a glowing blue aura. Their air born bodies then flew towards the black orb that held Raven and Beast Boy.
The flames rose from the depths of the chamber and swirled around the locked forces as the struggle continued, but with Trigon beginning to get the upper hand as Raven and Beast Boy started to weaken. Suddenly Raven and Beast Boy felt an unimaginable surge of power rush through them as the now transparent bodies of Akuma and Ami passed through their bodies and down the path the two teens had laid out for them. Raven and Beast Boy felt the seemingly endless sea of vengefully screaming souls pass through along with Akuma and Ami, until the black orb surrounding them turned to a brilliant blue and shot forth a wave of energy so large that it easily over took Trigon's beam and hit the demon dead on.
The demon's painful screams sent the lava at the base of the chamber rocketing upwards, engulfing the orb that contained Raven and Beast Boy along with the demon himself. Starfire barely had enough time to grab Robin and Cyborg and fly out of the chamber, before they taken in as well.
A/N: Cliffie. One more Chapter to go. PLEASE R&R! I would like to know how you guys think the story is coming along.