Ch.13: Cruel Paradise
LOGAN POW
There I stood in front of two people who I knew nothing about, Malice the master of shadows and this mysterious girl who has not spoken yet. I knew I shouldn't have trusted her when she walked into the diner, damn it Logan why couldn't you see it coming! No time to argue I have to stop them before anyone gets hurt, but I can already hear there screams what if I am too late?
"Tell me Mr. Logan, do you know who I am?" asked the mysterious woman with a soft angelic voice; below it I could hear the demon inside of her.
What a stupid as question, of fucking course I didn't know her.
"No…no I don't think I do." I said calmly.
The woman slowly walked up to me, I had my Massacre at the ready, and I had my fist in position. Whoever she was, she wasn't smart enough to know to never walk up to someone in the middle of a battle. When she was inches away from me, she did not attack; no she put her hand on the back of my skull. She pressed her soft lips against mine. I had no idea where she was going with this but I liked it. When the kiss continued the answer finally popped into my head…the one thing I couldn't comprehend was clear to me now. As she pulled away all my demons were set free. She was her.
"By the look of your eyes, it seems that you have figured it out, and by the look of your pants you're remembering me already." she whispered into my ear.
I looked down and brightened up like a Christmas bulb, nice fucking time to get a hard on Logan. In the diner I could already see the fire of jealousy and anger in Raven's eyes; maybe it would be better if I let them kill me. I opened my mouth to speak but before I did, she dropped her cloak revealing her steel battle armor. Her stomach was bare and had pieces of gauze hanging off of it. Her arms had the same look, and again with her legs. He chest was almost a D cup but still a large C. In the middle of her chest plate was a Passion sign, it replaced the large orange S that was once so disgusting to look at, and this was just as bad as the other. Her skin was of a peach pal, soft and clean. Her eyes were sapphire blue, and she had long blonde hair that stretched to her lower back. On the left side of her hair was a silver butterfly hair pin.
"Nice to see you again, Terra."
As I looked into her deep sapphire eyes I noticed that the sparkle I had fallen in love with so many years ago was gone and replaced with un-told anger. This wasn't the Terra I knew, this wasn't Terra period.
"Tell me Terra, what happened to you, why are you back, and why are you back with anger and not guilt for what you did back then."
As I finished my statement her eyes lit up with hatred.
"Don't play dumb with me! You and the Titans trapped me in the stone cage a long time ago, you all left me to die! Price told me what I could not remember!"
There was my answer, she thinks were the evil people, I was right she was not herself, Price had brain washed her with lies after her resurrection. I have to get through to her before she kills me and Raven.
REGULAR POW
Logan and Terra stood face to face. Malice on the other hand was giving them an evil grin. He didn't even have to lift a finger, he would let Terra kill Logan and then he would get his 2 million. Inside the diner Raven stared at the blonde bitch she used to call her friend. Nicky noticed her anger and scooted away from her with a frightened whistle.
"Raven…are you o.k.?" asked David as he slowly crept up to her.
The purple beauty growled slowly and let out a lions roar on his approach, David quickly jumped into the air and did a Tom and Jerry scamper behind the counter.
"She's scarier than the freak with the cape." gulped David.
Nicky smiled lightly at Raven's anger, he always liked Raven, the way she laughed, the way she smiled, the way her eyes glittered like fairy dust to the moonlight. He even loved the fire that burned in her very eyes. As he looked into her eyes, his happiness died, he knew that this anger was not of hatred but of jealousy towards Terra because of what she and Logan once had before it all happened. Nicky looked at her and sighed he wanted to make her happy so this was the only way. He cocked his gun silently and felt a blast of excitement burst into his blood stream. He aimed the gun through a window straight for Terra's head, but then he notice Malice who was off guard, he could take him down right here if he could make the shot. He got his mark and licked his lips.
"This is the single bullet theory you bastard and it's about time you met the ending result."
With that Nicky pulled the trigger and felt the steel bullet push out of the barrel and glide through the air. He saw the paths of molecules become obliterated in the stead inning path of the steel bullet. The bullet was inches away from Malice's head when it was swallowed up into the darkness. He stood there dumb founded and angered at the sight in front of him. Malice on the other hand became annoyed at the boy's constant appearances and actions. With a growl he sunk into the darkness and was spit out in the steel diner floor.
"I am tired of you boy and it is time I give you a lesson you will never forget!"
Malice raised his bladed hand and brought it down only to be blocked by a black aura. He gasped and turned around to see a glowing Raven with the same black aura circling around her hands. With a twist of her wrist Malice was rocketed out of the diner window and sent crashing into the street. He stumbled to his feet only to meet a lamp post smacking across his temple. Raven had begun to levitate and toss objects left and right at the staggering shadow master. Malice at one point had dodged a door flying at him and charged with his blade to his side. He sliced the blade across raven only to see a small mark appear on her arm. Malice was being pulled back by an aura on his feet. Malice was tossed around and around and then flipped onto a BMW.
"Had enough?" Raven smiled.
Malice sunk into the car and lifted it up off the ground with a one handed toss he sent the car on a collision course towards Raven. She caught it barley before it hit her. As she used her magic to balance it out Malice tossed a sharpened piece of metal from the back of his belt. The dagger hit the as tank and ignited a spark. The small spark hit the gas and with a blast of pure luck the car imploded ending Raven smoking to the ground. She had her pant ripped and torn; her shit was now sleeveless and ripped. Her hair was covered with dust and ash. And small trickles of blood fell from her scalp.
"Little girl I am just getting started."
Malice held his bladed hands at an angle making it look like his was on a cross, with a push he flipped into the air and landed at her feet. He put his blade on her cheek and softly scratched a long line a cross it, then he did the same to her stomach, arms and legs. Raven couldn't move, her legs were sore and her body was too tired to fight back. Malice raised his blade up and put it to her throat; he smiled and quickly kissed her hand.
"Such a beautiful maiden should not die in agony, I will kill you quickly, you will feel no pain, and you will only feel empty, I am warning you so you wont ask the stupid question like 'am I really dead' or 'were am I' because I am getting tired of that crap. So now young Raven, rest in peace."
As the blade began to dig into her throat, a small trickle of blood poured from the growing wound. Before it got to a deadly position a loud blast was herd and it hit Malice in the throat. Malice fell off her and gripped at the blood falling from his wound. He tried to speak but gurgles of blood were herd. The red liquid pored out and he sank into the ground once more. This time he did not appear, and in a dashing race, Nicky came to Raven and he began to carry her inside the diner, he laid her down onto the counter and started to clean up the blood that was poring from her wounds.
"Come on Raven; heal yourself I know you can." Nicky whispered into her ear.
Raven smiled and a blue light glowed over her body. The blood and wounds began to heal up, no scars not trace of a wound was left, only the tattered clothes and dirt still clinging to her body. Nicky let out a sigh of relief before Raven rose to her feet.
"Woe you aren't going back out there!" Nicky yelled in a pleading tone.
"Nicky I am fine, but Logan cant fight her off, his mind cant handle that, I know he will try to help her but she is going to kill him now let me go!"
Nicky stood back and nodded, she was right Logan did need help. Nicky knew nothing of Terra or the past she had between the 3 of them. But he could tell it was a colorful one mostly colored with blood and darkness. Logan seemed to love Terra like he does Raven now, and Raven seems to hate Terra with all her heart, probably jealousy nothing more nothing less. As he watched the dark mistress leave the diner he felt a cold front move down his spine. Where did Malice go?
Outside the diner Terra and Logan were still staring each other down and they felt Raven walk up behind them.
"Terra! Leave Garfield alone!" Raven yelled.
Terra smiled and turned to face her.
"You seem to remember me to, Mr. Price told me how u helped put me in that prison!"
Raven gasped, what was Terra talking about, doesn't she remember she saved the city by sacrificing herself? This wasn't the real Terra, that's why Logan didn't attack her, she has no memory of her real past.
"Terra don't you remember? You worked for Slade; you sacrificed yourself to save the city." Raven said calmly.
"Don't fill me with your bullshit! Price told me that the Titans killed Slade and then turned on me, they used your powers to seal me in a stone, then they covered it up by putting that cheap plaque on my grave, you can't double cross me again!"
With that Terra lifted the ground up around her and she tossed it towards Raven who caught it and sent it back. Terra caught it as well and the tow began a heated battle of force, the earth master and the dark witch, two foes never though to be allies at one time. Terra felt her power giving out, she gave a small smiled and with a fist she imploded the rock and sent shards of fragments into Raven, the sharp stones sliced at her skin and pummeled her till she fell the ground, only to meet a rock fist in the side, Raven rolled onto the floor clutching her ribs in agony. Terra returned her attention to Logan who still looked at her, he didn't even blink his eyes were filled with anger, love, confusion, and pain. She saw a small tear form at the corner of his eye. He gritted his teeth and put his Massacre into his pocket.
"Why do you lower your weapon? Attack me! Fight me! Do something!"
Terra looked at him in anger, with a push on the floor 2 rock mutants rose from the cement, they looked different than the last time she used them. They were almost human, they had eyes of blue and yellow anger, a mouth a nose, but its shoulders had pipes sticking out of it. Down its backs were pieces of pipes and shards of cement. Its hands were now long claws. These rock creatures charged Logan who blocked there attacks but never left his gaze off of Terra. Logan sliced one rock creature in half and ripped the other one in half with his bare hands. He didn't even break a sweat; his eyes were still focused on her even after the dust and dirt that fell into them. She walked along the floor and came up to Logan she stared into his eyes and saw something she hadn't seen in a long time. The seriousness he had given her that night at the fair. Terra at that moment clutched her head, she started having flashes of Beast Boy and her, there almost kiss, they moment they met, Slade, the volcano but there was a word that kept crushing into her skull.
'You were the best friend I ever had'
Terra let out a cry of anger and pain, she backed up and started pounding her hand on his head, the visions she was seeing made her angry and sad at the same time. Finally she stopped and looked at Logan with a frown and tears in her eyes.
"Terra…its you." smiled Logan.
The blonde ran up to Logan and wrapped her arms around his neck, the two were in a hug they had done a long time ago.
"Beast Boy…I remember…Price…him…he…was right."
Logan gasped and was shot into the stomach with a rock pillar, he was pushed to the floor and he spat blood out of his mouth.
"You tried to confuse me with these petty visions of a make believe past! Price was right this is a cruel paradise inside Jump City."
Logan got up and sighed.
"Terra…if I have to fight you…I will not hold back."
"I am looking forward to it liar."
"I will make you remember even if one of us has to die."