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I'm working really hard at trying to sound smart, aren't I.
Dark Patriot
Grudge Match, part 2
Black held Raven by her shoulders, forcing her backwards and into a large rock fixture, smashing her against it repeatedly. The monster growled and gnashed his large teeth at the infuriated woman, who hissed and shouted back as the tentacles from under her robes grew larger and wrapped repeatedly around Black's limbs. The two finally seperated when Raven had used her powers to create some kind of detonation, exploding the area inbetween them, knocking them both apart.
Raven: " So good to see you again! Only 18 years this time"
Black: " Wretch...taking over the bodies and minds of children now I see? You've sunken so low"
Raven: " Oh, I'm not taking over anything. It's just merely promote her urges to harm, destroy, and otherwise"
Black: " I hate filth like you!"
Spinning around quickly, Black slung his long black tail out towards Raven. The tail struck her in the mid section, knocking her back into the rock fixture again and caused some loose chunks of rock to fall. In an attempt to keep Raven safe, the Titans did their best to destroy the rock and keep it from crushing her. But that was probably the least of her problems. Black rushed in after her, throwing his head into her body and ramming her further into the cliffside. As the two beings collided with each other and traded blows and strikes, the Titans regrouped and tried to formulate a plan.
Starfire: " We must do something! If we don't, Raven may be hurt...but if Black doesn't succeed, then Clive may be hurt as well"
Terra: " What CAN we do? Cyborg's the only one physically strong enough to possibly deal with them, and that's only speculation"
Robin: " Terra...seperate them! Try to keep them from killing each other...we'll try to get through to Raven"
Terra: " I'm on it!"
The blond Titan focused her powers on the field where the duo were battling. The ground began to quake and moan as rocks fired up from no where and the soil ripped apart. Raven was left isolated on a single rocky plateu, while Black was forced backwards by the massive appearance of a rising rock, keeping him from reaching his mortal enemy. Black growled, giving a cold look to Terra, then jumped up to the top of the giant rock. He was met quickly with by Raven, who just floated right over the gap Terra had made and the pair began once again to slug it out.
Robin: " Darn it! Blackfire, Starfire...pin them down with some fire power! Cyborg, back them up, but try not to hurt Raven! Black should be fine"
Starfire: " But what about Clive"
Robin: " He'll be fine, just trust me!"
The Tameranian girls let loose with a barrage of starbolts, followed by blasts from Cyborgs Sonic Cannon. The starbolts rocked the area they stood on, destroying the ground and tagged both of the combatants. Cyborg focused his blasts more on Black, knowing full well that it would only knock him back at best. The strategy worked fairly well, as Black lost his footing quickly and was blown back down to the ground. Raven however, was unaffected as she would just hover off the ground and over Black. She blocked the attacks from Blackfire and Starfire while continuously whipping Black on the ground. In defense, Black sunk into the ground and slid out of the way in a shadowy form, escaping to a point where he could get back his footing. He rose out of the ground and made a charge towards Raven, who was now involved in blocking off the attacks of Cyborg, Starfire, and Blackfire. As for Robin, he and Beastboy began to formulate a plan to get to Raven.
Robin: " Alright Beastboy...while she's distracted with the others, I'm going to swing in and throw down some flash bombs to blind her. That should stun her long enough for you to pin her down. I think you should tackle her, then change into an elephant or anything heavy enough to keep her down. From there, we just try to bring her back to us"
Beastboy: " You sure this'll work"
Robin: " It has to!"
As Robin and Beastboy began to make their way into position for their part of the plan, Black had made his move back against Raven, leaping from a small ledge below her and tackling her off and to the dirt. His long dreadlocks came to life and began to wrap around her, refusing to let them part. Raven did the same with the tendrils created by her power, doing what she can to constrict Black. The pair growled and cursed each others name while rolling around on the ground, smacking and hitting each other as they would make every attempt to injure the other. Starfire, Blackfire, and Cyborg halted their barrage so as not to harm either of them. Starfire and Blackfire knew that if they hit Black, it would hurt him a lot more than it would Raven, plus it could take Black out of the fight, leaving Clive in the middle of it without a clue.
Starfire: " Cyborg, our plan is not working! What shall we do"
Cyborg: " Well ladies, it's time to get our hands dirty too"
Blackfire: " Now we're talking!"
The three Titans rushed into the fight, using their combined strengths to try and seperate the pair. Cyborg forced his way inbetween them, using his hydrolic muscles to pry them apart. Each of the Tameranian sisters took one of the combatants and started to pull them apart. With Cyborgs help, they were able to finally get them apart. Black fell back on Starfire, halfway squashing her flat, while Blackfire and Raven fell back and down a large crater made during the fighting. Raven got up and flung Blackfire away with one of her large tendrils, looking around afterwards for another opponent. Terra flew off to catch Blackfire and keep her safe, while Black got up off Starfire and shook off the damage he had incurred. His body blurred for a moment and he staggered, holding his head. Raven saw the moment of weakness and charged into him, throwing her tendrils around his neck and face, digging them into his skin. He gnashed and took swipes at her, but quickly he found his strength diminishing as she pierced his body and shreded his skin.
Robin and Beastboy watched and waited to see when she would finally exhaust Black. They quietly decided that would be the best time, so that way she would be distracted. Raven began to overpower Black, forcing him onto the ground and squeezing the life out of him. Black opened his mouth and coughed up something that seemed to look like blood, getting it on both Raven and the ground. She smiled and spoke maliciously.
Raven: " Well old man...looks like your time has finally expired! Care to beg? I may give you a slightly quicker and painful death"
Black: " I...I will..."
Black let loose with a mighty roar. With a last ditch of renewed vigor, he dug his claws into Ravens back, pulling her shoulder and neckline up to his jaws. With long undistinguishable fangs, he sunk them into Raven's body, spilling her blood as she did his. The other Titans were positively horrified at the display of violence and gore before them.
Robin: " TITANS..."
For probably the first time, Robin just wasn't sure what to do. He knew that they needed to get Raven out of there and quickly, but he had no idea how. Finally, something happened to put that trouble to rest. As the two fought each other in such a bloody display, a light began to shine inbetween them. It grew brighter and brighter very quickly, until it exploded with enough force to sent both of them to the ground. Black was quick to stand, but once again staggered about, holding his wounds. As for Raven, she floated up, holding her wounds as a figure emerged from the cloud of smoke within.
Smoke: " My my...and everyone thinks I'm the bad guy here. Here she was going to tear Thorny apart and that big ugly monster there tried to eat her! Just figure I'd do my good deed for the day and kick everyone's ass involved. Not a bad trade off if I do say"
Robin: " What are you doing here Smoke? What's going on here"
Smoke: " That's a good question little Red Robin Hood, cause I'm not too sure myself"
Black: " Boy...don't meddle..."
Taking a quick and sudden turn, Smoke dashed right into the unsuspecting Black and rammed his fist into Blacks chest, igniting an explosion on contact, blasting him back a few dozen yards. As he skidded to a halt, his body slowly faded away, leaving an unconscious Clive laying on the ground. Smoke gave him a long stare to the KO'd Titan, before turning back towards Raven.
Smoke: " Now then, you're quite out of control. Mind calming down, or do you wanna do this the fun way"
Raven: " Who do you think you are?"
Though she was injured, she was still in a rage. A black bolt of energy came at Smoke, but he simply avoided it and made a full out run at her. She tried to grab him, but as soon as she touched him, his body turned to a puff of smoke and disappeared. Dumbfounded, she looked around to find him, but the smoke left over was so thick that she couldn't see anything. Then, just overhead, he dropped down with both his feet pointed down on the back of her neck, knocking her down and out for good. Her body returned to normal size and the second pair of eyes on her face closed again and disappeared. She laid down in on the rocks with a small puddle of blood forming around her. Smoke knelt down and turned her over, looking at the tear in her uniform and in her shoulder and neckline. He shook his head, then laid his hand over it, using his power of fire to cauterize the wound and stop her bleeding. Afterwards, he stood up and let the Titans come to her side and get her.
Smoke: " Now then, you'd best get her some medical attention. That's only a quick fix that I gave her...nothing that'll help her in the end. Anyways, I'll be off now. Time to go find Thorny and take him back home. Well, see ya kids"
Starfire: " Ummm...thank you"
Smoke: " No problem Red. Just doing my job."
He turned and gave her a nod, then continued on until he disappeared from their view. The Titans, now joined by Terra and Blackfire, rushed to Ravens side to get her medical aid. Too bad that in all that ruckus, everyone forgot about Clive, whom would wake up hours later, disoriented and confused.
Hours later...
Clive: " Uhhh...wha? Where...damn it."
The titan sat up slowly, wearing only a pair of boxers with little pink hearts on them. He shook the grogginess from his head, then stood up shakily, still reeling from the toxin in his blood. Staring down at his shadow, Clive frowned and shook his head.
Clive: " I see...it was that bad for you too old man? Well, let's go home and get some rest...maybe even drown some of that sadness in food..."
Clive tried a couple of times to get a portal open in his shadow to teleport, but realized that with Black so banged up and unconsious, he was going to have to hoof it himself, without any of his shadow powers. His slow walk was well accompanied by his constant muttering of obscinities and complaints. After an hour of walking in the direction of the tower, the sun went down bringing the night sky. Clive basked in the glow of the moon, smiling as the air had become colder, making it much easier on his body. He continued walking onwards, until he saw a pair of headlights some ways in front of him. They locked onto him and started to come up fast. Since his shadow powers were unavailable to him, he readied his fist to smash the front end of whatever was heading his way. Closer and closer it came, and Clive was ready for anything at this point. His fist began to crackle with the built up energy just waiting to explode and destroy whatever he was to come in contact with. Thankfully though, he was able to recognize the T-Car as it came within striking distance, screeching to a stop. Cyborg jumped out of the car and ran to Clive.
Cyborg: " Awww man, there you are"
Clive: " Hey there big guy"
Cyborg: " Didn't mean to leave you back there. When Rae got hurt, we rushed off and completely forgot about you. You're not hurt are you? And how ya feeling? That toxin's still in your blood"
Clive: " Meh, don't worry too much. Heh...I'm alright. A little sore and achey, but give me a week and I'll be fine. As for the toxin thing, I'm just kinda tired of it"
Cyborg: " And Black"
Clive: " He'll be all right, I'm sure of it. The only thing that really got hurt there is his pride I bet"
Cyborg: " Well c'mon man. Let's get back home, we can talk all about it at breakfast or something tomorrow"
Clive: " Yeah, that sounds just fine. Any way you could call ahead and have Sherri whip something up? I'm starving"
Cyborg: " Not a problem Clive. Whatever you want"
Clive: " Rockin."
Cyborg helped Clive to the T-car and sat him down in the passenger side, letting him lean the seat back as best he needed for comfort. Afterwards, they took off back towards the tower, both happy the night had finally come to an end.