Chapter Eight- Destroying the Demon
A/N This is the second to the last chapter…and while I'm sure this is not the longest fan fic you've read, it still feels like quite a ride to me. I want to thank you folks that reviewed, and thanks to all that have read, even if you don't think I'm worthy of a review, and as I said, I will be doing a Raexrob soon (I think…), and if I get some requests, a sequel to this…maybe…
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"-Lean closer…" Beastboy said softly, "Just please…lean closer…"
In my heart I knew what was coming, it knew what he was going to do just from the look in his eyes, and that part of me wanted it so badly it hurt.
"You will be destroying the human race!" Trigon screamed.
"It's worth it!" My mind screamed back as I leaned in.
"What Beastboy?" I asked, the part of me that knew what was coming was pushed to the side, and the part of me that really truly didn't know what was coming stepped in.
The part that said he was going to kiss me was right, he did, but that didn't lessen the shock of it, the electricity that passed between us, it really did take a moment for my mind to catch up, but when it did I leaned into him further.
I was about to pull back when darkness clouded my vision.
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When I opened my eyes I saw that I was surrounded by darkness, Beastboy was lying beside me, he slowly opened his eyes.
"Whoa…where…are we?" He mumbled.
I looked around, and I saw the confirmation of suspicions, A small patch of dark red in the blackness, "We are in my heart…" I said quietly.
Beastboy whistled softly, "Looks like I've got some work to do."
As he said that, for just a second, a patch of light appeared, but then vanished into the darkness
"That was hope Raven…see how quickly it disappears around you?" A voice in the darkness said quietly."Trigon!" I shouted, "What's going on!"
"What do you think? I warned you both, but now you went and fell for each other anyway." Trigon sneered."If it will free you, why do you care!" Beastboy shouted
"Because after I kill you both I will only be free to roam in Raven's body, but that will do just fine!" Trigon shouted, as he appeared right in front of us and shot a bolt of darkness at Beastboy, Who turned into a humming bird and avoided the shot.
And myself shot two blasts of darkness at Trigon, both of them missing their large mark.
"You were always so easy to scare Raven! Always so easy to hurt inside!" Trigon was next to Beastboy in an instant; he grabbed him and cast a spell to prevent the use of either of our powers."NO!" I shouted, and I started to run towards them.
Trigon squeezed Beastboy, who let out a sharp cry, "Do you know what death does on the sprit plain? It kills the soul, That's right, once I kill you and take your body, little Beastboy will be mine to control, maybe I'll make it look like we are fine for awhile…fool the rest until their guard is down…but It'll be easy enough to kill them later…"
"Raven…run…get…out of…here." Beastboy said as loud as he could before screaming in pain as Trigon squeezed him again.
"Foolish boy, there is no escape, there is only one way out of this slumber, I kill you, or you kill me, that is it." Trigun slammed Beastboy against the ground, "And things are looking pretty good for me."
Everything in my world went black, there was no hope left for me, none left for Beastboy, we were both going to die, we wouldn't be headed for Heaven or Hell, we would be the unmarked graves of the sprit world.
I feel to my knees, I was crying, crying louder than ever before, all was lost.
"That's right, I've won, I told you all along Raven, I warned you, but you didn't listen to me, you never would." Trigon looked at Beastboy, "Want to get yourself out of this mess Beastboy? I want you to kill Raven for me; she would feel so much better if you did I'm sure. If you do, I'll let you live."
"Go…to…Hell…" Beastboy sputtered through clinched teeth.
"No Beastboy! He's right…" I looked up with tears in my eyes, "I want you to kill me…better to die at the hands of the one I love and him survive…Than to die at the hands of my mortal enemy." I shouted, "I deserve it anyway…after what I did to Terra…"
Trigon threw Beastboy down on the ground in front of me.
"Raven…you…just…don't…under…stand…" He picked himself up off the ground by sheer force of will, "I'll lose my…soul either way…" He was determined, more determined that I had ever seen him.
Beastboy grabbed my shoulders and picked me up, I saw fire in his eyes I could swear, "RAVEN! I love you! DON'T YOU GET THAT! I don't WANT to live if you are dead!" He shouted in my face, "I don't care what you did to Terra, I don't care that you cold shouldered me every time I made a joke, and I don't care about life if you aren't with me!"
I started to cry harder, it was true, no dream, but a real, raw emotion, "Beastboy…" I breathed.
Trigon grabbed us both in one hand a started to crush us; "It doesn't matter to me." He sneered.
"I…Love…you…too…Beastboy…" I managed to choke out through the pain.
A small light appeared, and this time stayed open, at least I'd die with a little hope…
"If you love each other then you have too win!" I heard a voice shout I tried to look through my pain-closed eyes, and I saw her, she was flying in on what looked like a black marble disc specially made for her.
"Ter…ra…?" I barely said
"What!" Trigon shouted he dropped both of us to fend off a few rocks that Terra had with her.
"This is your heart Raven!" Terra shouted as she blocked two blows from Trigon, "Not his! You CAN win this!"
"Shut your mouth little girl!" Trigon shouted as he slung his fist out and hit Terra, making her fall to the ground.
She turned her head to me "Raven! DON'T GIVE-" She was cut short by Trigon, he had smashed her with his foot.
"Insect! How DARE you!"
Time stood still for a moment, Beastboy screamed when Trigon moved his foot back and forth, as if putting out a cigarette, Trigon grinned, as if he were a cruel child killing a bug, and I stood up, not feeling anything but anger.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" I screamed, madness was taking over my mind, the darkness all around turned into a blazing white fire.
I concentrated, focused on using a power that was only for the best spell casters.
Teleportation.
I warped up to his face; "YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME SINCE MY BIRTH!" I shouted, unleashing the biggest wave of darkness I had ever conjured, and I did it without my magic words.
Trigon stumbled back two steps and I warped beside his head, "YOU STOLE FROM ME A GOOD FAMILY!" I let out another Darkness wave, this one bigger than the last, and Trigon stumbled again.
I warped behind him this time, "YOU KILLED MY EARILY FRIENDS!" Another blast, the white-hot anger that consumed my body and mind was unbelievable.
Trigon tried to anticipate my next move by watching his other side, the one I would end up next if I were following a pattern, but I warped right in front of him, "YOU TRIED TO KILL BEASTBOY!"
I shot him with a blast so powerful that he ended up on his back, I warped right above him, "But now I'm going to take something from you…YOUR LIFE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, "AZARATH METREON ZINTHOS!" The blast that came from my hands was the largest, not only blast I had ever performed, but ever performed in general.
It was a blast filled with years of pent up emotion, anger, rage, hatred, loathing, It all came out at once, and the white fire around us drained away after I had shot him.
Trigon screamed as the very darkness he claimed to love so much tore his soul apart.
After the blast I fell, I used all my energy in that battle, I was lucky, Beastboy was there to catch me.
"Raven, are you okay!" he shouted at me.
"I'm…fine…take…me…to…Terra…" I managed to get out.
Beastboy carried me to Terra and set me down next to her, she looked awful, "Hey…" She said, "I told you…you could beat him…"
She coughed, and instead of regular blood, she coughed up a glowing substance.
"Terra…what…" Beastboy started.
Terra rolled her eyes, "It is blood Beastboy… lifeblood…and I'm almost out of it…"
She closed her eyes for a moment, then reopened them.
"I'm sorry I took so long to get here…they…had accepted me into…heaven…and I…was about to go…when I felt you two…"
"Don't talk… Terra…" I said to her softly.
"I knew…I had to…help…you…" Terra was fading, I shook her and she opened her eyes again.
She laughed an empty laugh, "I guess… I could have gone…in and…gotten my guardian angelship first…then I'd be impossible to kill…here…"
Terra coughed again, more lifeblood came from her, "But…I would have been…too…late…"
"Terra…" Beastboy whispered, he had been here before, beside her as she died before, the pain he must have felt…
"Hey…don't cry…" Terra smiled, even thought I'm sure she was in extreme pain, "I did this of my…own…free will…" Terra was drifting again, this time Beastboy shook her.
"This…is…goodbye…Beastboy…Raven…stay…alive…………be…………happy……" Terra mumbled barely above a whisper, then her body slowly faded until she was gone.
"Goodbye…Terra…" I heard Beastboy say, he got to his feet and turned his back to me.
"I'm sorry Beastboy…If I hadn't-" I started.
"-NO!" Beastboy shouted and turned, "I'll miss Terra, I'll miss her everyday for the rest of my life…But I've still got you, and if that's the price I had to pay…" Beastboy looked down, then back up at me, "Then I accept it. I love you Raven, I don't know how many times I'll have to say it before you really believe me, but I'll say it forever, just so you never forget. I. Love. You."
"Thank you…Beastboy…" White filled some of the darkness around me, and this time didn't disappear.
It was then that we both woke up.
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I was lying on Beastboy's chest when I woke up; he woke up with me.
The other Titans were all around us.
"Raven, What happened? Both your vital signs were going crazy." Robin said in his matter-of-fact tone, he hid the relief in his voice very well.
I looked at my arm to see I was hooked to another machine like Beastboy was, I took the wires out.
I went into my dark monotone, "Were are fine Robin. Ask Beastboy for the details, I'm going for a walk, I need to think."
I pushed past the other Titans, and they regarded me with concern, but none tried to stop me.
I walked up to my room and sat down in my circle of meditation, but this time, instead of hiding from Trigon, I was looking for him, I wanted to make sure he'd never bother me again.
I found nothing, so I shifted my thoughts to the events that had happened in the past few days…
And I smiled…
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Ah yes friends, that was the second to the last chapter of Comfort in the Arms of Darkness, all that's left is the Epilogue.
I want to thank all my reviewers, both on and Teen Titans Universe, thanks for your kind reviews.
I don't know if I'll be doing anymore Teen Titans fanfiction, It depends on the general reaction of my readers.
So do you guys and girls think I should keep writing this stuff?
Beastboy: Dude, how can you NOT write about me?
Me: Oh that's easy enough, it's Raven that I'd miss.
Raven: Aww, thanks Zeon.
Beastboy: Hey, you are supposed to be my girl!
Raven: Hmm…yeah, but the fanfic isn't over, maybe I'll end up with Slade…
Beastboy: NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!
Me: I think she is kidding Beastboy…
Beastboy: oh…I…uh…knew that…
Me: uh huh…Anyway folks, please read and Review, or the bomb that I've put in your body while you were asleep will explode.