Ch.28: End of Terror
There he was like David against Goliath not knowing what or who would victory be but just letting life take as long as it wanted. The shadow of the demon crept across his body and towered over most of the world like a mass of evil. But in the back of his mind he remembered this thing wasn't the real evil he needed to eliminate it was his so called son. The master of this puppet, this puppet stood in his way from the light.
Price didn't even have to have a fighting stance it was impossible to even harm him. But Logan needed to try something to even put up a challenge. The green man held his sword back and swung it forward sending the steel blade slicing at air and coming towards the rocky skin. The blade hit the monster and just cut into its skin, the blade was strong but not strong enough for this thing.
"Foolish mortal puny weapons like that will do nothing to a superior race!" boomed the voice of darkness.
Logan watched the creature lift his blade high and saw how slow its motions were. The blade began to fall towards him and with a quick dodge roll away from the blade but was thrown to the ground by its shock wave. The blade had sliced through Price's office and a floor below it like butter. The shock wave was like an earthquake and nearly threw Logan off the building. The green man charged forward trying to reach the creature but was nearly flicked away by its hand. Logan fell backwards and laughed at his failure.
'Use your powers Logan, it's the only way.' said a voice from the back of his mind.
Logan nodded and jumped into the sky as another swing of the blade came crashing onto the floor. As Logan was in the air time froze. He had watched everything stop in front of him and he felt a spark of power from long ago come into his mind. All went black and an animal formed in the darkness; an eagle.
The green man's body shrank and began to change. Logan wings replaced his arms and feathers crawled out of his skin. His body took the form of an eagle and flew into the sky above Price. The eagle stopped in mid air and formed back into Logan. He fell from the sky and landed on the creatures shoulder.
The blade smashed across the floor making another towering blast across the floor, this building couldn't take much more of it. But Logan had no time to waste, he began slicing and chopping at Price's shoulder making large cuts across his skin but nothing damaging. Logan then transformed into a bear and began clawing at his shoulder more and more. As he began to actually do damage to Price the skin opened and molten hell fire and lava poured from his wound.
The dangerous liquid poured across his shoulder and touched Logan on his left arm. The green man jumped back and landed on his feet holding his burning arm. He found himself unbearably hot and almost at fainting point. Price was just to big and to dangerous to attack like that again. But Logan had found Price's weakness. Being the giant destroyer he was he was to slow and to big to move his arms around each other to attack him while he was on top of Price.
"So I guess it's alright to tell you you're full of hot air huh?" joked the green fighter.
"Shut your mouth weakling, I am made to destroy and nothing more!"
Logan chuckled and was trying to hide his pain in his arm. He was just buying himself time.
Below Malice was still slowly walking up the stair cases but stopped on a darker floor. Malice opened the door and found himself in a dark and horrible room, there was only a small bridge across the room and on it floated Riku. To his side was Nightwing still clinched to the wall; but he seemed to have no life left in him.
"What do you request Malice I am busy destroying this pathetic mortal!" yelled Riku in a demonic voice.
"Sir I think it is safe to warn you that you army ahs been defeated and the Titans are making there way to the tower."
Riku looked back and forth between Malice and Nightwing, and then he floated back down to the bridge and walked up to Malice.
"I will finish off this weakling soon enough. I want you to go help my father, but keep an eye on this one as well. I will handle those humans."
Malice nodded and watched Riku walk out of the room and down the stair cases. Malice walked up to the part of the bridge in front of Nightwing.
"Go ahead finish me off; I am sure my friends will never stop at killing you all." Nightwing choked out through the blood.
"Don't be stupid if I wanted to kill you I would have by now, I owe Logan and Raven my life and I will repay Raven's debt by saving you, remember to tell her were even. Now I will transport you to your friends, make sure to warn them of Riku that will make us completely even. But I still need to repay Logan."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because I am not completely evil, there are people in this world that stand between the darkness and the light. They help and destroy, your people of today call them assassins but they are merely angels sent from heaven and hell. You have meet a person like this before haven't you, Red X I think he called himself."
"So I guess some people are wrong about you then?"
"Not wrong just not correct, no one knows or wants to know but that's the truth, now good luck I think you will all need it."
With that Malice waved his hand and darkness crept over Nightwing and he sank into the black. When the darkness disappeared so did the dark knight. Malice nodded and walked across the bridge and watched it al return to an empty grey room, he opened the door and walked into the unknown once again.
Above Logan was still keeping his distance from Price and tried to see another place to attack. This time he shrank into a fly and flew across the building and around to the back of Price. He transformed to normal and sliced and chopped at the back of Price's leg. As the wound deepened Logan shoved the blade deep into Price's leg and shot it out from the other side. As he retracted the blade more lava shot from his wound and he barely dodged it.
The Massacre was now a bright red and seemed almost like a light saber. Logan ran up Price's good leg and jumped towards his hand. He reached it and swung his burning blade across the fist, but as he did the creature lift its fist and its pinky finger fell from his hand and a river of lava followed it. Logan seemed to be in slow motion and as he turned in the air to fire his blade up words, the large rock fist came crashing down on his side. Logan fell to the floor with a sickening crack and crawled away from the creature before it could slam its foot across his body.
"You think some small wounds will stop me? I am a god to you no blade can destroy me now see the destruction of your life!"
Price lifted his wounded hand and put the lava shooting hole at Logan's range and fired river's of lava at the man. Logan ducked and rolled away from the blast but fell onto his back soon after. Logan was dripping in sweat and could barley focus his sight, the creature was producing too much heat and fire. He couldn't take any more.
"Damn…you back to…hell." He said as drops of blood and sweat mixed together on the floor.
Price chuckled and slammed his blade into the floor like an antenna. He was going to finish Logan off with out his weapon.
Malice had finally reached Price's office he was meet by blistering heat that made him choke on the air. Malice stumbled into the room and slanted down on the desk. As he hit the wooden desk he saw something that made him smile. Malice smashed his hand into a glass case and pulled out his joy weapon.
The shadow master walked or more like stumbled over to a stair case. To the side of his were long blade holes like claw marks made by goliath. Malice merely shook his head and stepped up the stair case and opened the door.
The roof above him was a war zone. Black magic burn marks scattered across the floor and ash mixed with burning dust floated along the air current. In front of him was the massive creature he recognized as Price and Logan stumbling to his feet. Malice walked slowly up behind Price and summoned the Soul Eater blade.
"You cannot win Logan why do you stand?" boomed Price.
Logan shifted his gaze towards a figure in back of Price; it was Malice with the soul eater. Logan wobbled back and forth and caught his ground. With all the strength in him he lifted the Massacre to his fighting position and smiled.
"Because you about to be exterminated you insect."
There was a whistling sound from behind Price and the creature turned his body around to see Malice at his full glory.
"Did some buddy call an exterminator?"
"What!"
Malice didn't waist any time he pulled his body back and flung the Soul Eater forward, the blade spun in the air and chopped through Price's body leaving a gaping hole of lava and rock. The blade began to come back to Malice like a boomerang and he charged forward and missile dropkicked the back of Price's knee knocking the monster onto his ass. In mid air Malice caught the soul eater and stopped next to Logan.
"Thank you." Logan said.
"Don't thank me yet this thing isn't dead yet." Malice added.
Malice reached into his cloak and pulled out the two bullet busters he had stolen from Price's office. He handed the guns to Logan and winked at him.
"I think you know what to do."
As Malice put his blade in position Price had gotten up to one knee. At this moment Malice vanished into the darkness and appeared floating above Price's side. He put one hand on the blade and covered it in darkness. Then with a mighty swing the Soul Eater extended a foot longer and sliced into Price's side nearly chopping him in half.
Malice bounced off of Price's side and flipped in mid air. As he did Logan charged forward and jumped in front of Malice. He pulled the guns in to position and fire 4 bullets into Price's open side. The bullets hit Prices side and sank into his lava blood. Malice used his powers to cover Logan and teleport them back in front of Price.
"Foolish humans, bullets can't harm me!"
"Those weren't regular bullets, Price meet the bullet bombs curtsey of Stone enterprises."
Price yelled in shock and tried to reach into his wound but as he did a large explosion in his body. As the explosion happened it blew his mid section from his legs and sent them to the opposite sides of the roof. Logan smiled and looked at Malice.
"Thank you, why did you help me?"
"Because I owed you my life, so I saved yours now were even. But Price isn't dead yet so I'll finish our debt with this."
Malice put a dark aura around the Massacre and it began to shape and reform. The Massacre grew and extended and took jagged edges. The steel blade turned pearl black. The blade seemed to have a powerful aura around it now.
"Wow this is awesome!" laughed Logan as he looked at the blade.
"Don't get used to it, the blade will return to normal once you take a soul from a human; like killing Price."
Logan nodded and walked over to price's head, the creature tried to attack but he couldn't move anything he could only swerve his neck around.
"How…how did you do it? No…no…no one has been able to defeat me."
"It's because I have something you never will, the love of your friends and the love of your life. You sold that all away for power and now look what it left you, weak, hurt, and doomed for hell fire."
"You…you can't win, Riku is stronger than anything ever before and nothing can stop him! Your world is doomed to hell along with me!"
"Be that as it may, my friends and I will be here to stop him."
Price began to laugh and chuckle as liquid fire pored from his mouth. Logan lifted the bullet busted and shot two bombs into Price's chest and stabbed his blade deep into Price's mouth and twisted it as it ripped Price's head from his neck. Logan backed away as the bombs exploded and a white light appeared from his chest. The light continued and broke apart into particles and disappeared into the night. Price's body was destroyed and left a crater in his place.
The building began to shake and quake below them.
"This place is going down we have to go now!" Malice yelled as he took Logan by the arm.
They both jumped from the roof and fell into the darkness. As they fell Price Corp. cracked and crumbled and fell to the ground. It sent a cloud of dust over the city along with debris and metal.
Below them the army of warriors marched towards the building but saw the dark prince standing in there way.
"You will not get passed me! Your quest ends here!" yelled Riku.
As the army put there weapons at the ready Nightwing appeared in front of them.
"Richard!" yelled Starfire as she ran to Nightwing's side.
"How did you escape?" asked Riku in awe.
As he asked the question the Price Corp. building began to fall.
"No! Father!" yelled Riku as he watched the building fall.
"So Riku what are you defending again?" asked Cyborg with a smile.
"You…you all will pay for this…in time I will win no one can stop my power do you hear me no one!"
With that Riku disappeared in the darkness.
"Come on Logan is still in danger." Raven said as she ran towards the ruined area.
The army stopped at the floor of the debris and looked for any signs of life, they saw nothing. Raven fell to her knees when she saw the Massacre bent and covered in blood near a rock.
"No…Logan, he's gone." She gasped with tears in her eyes.
As she sobbed the rocks began to move and break and Logan crawled out of a hole.
"Garfield!" yelled Raven as she ran over to his limping body and kissed his face.
"Hey guys…we did it." He coughed.
"Where's Malice?" asked Nightwing as he limped over to Logan.
"He must have teleported out of the fall, he saved my life, and all of ours as well."
"He will show up when he needs to lets just get you somewhere with a bed." said Cyborg with a smile.
The Titans huddled together with a group hug and as they did sunlight crept over there faces. It was the very first time in 10 years that Jump City was bathed in the glory of sunlight and it wouldn't be the last. The Titans had done the impossible; they had destroyed Price and his empire and brought all of his plans to a stop.
Even though they are not done with the Price family they have stopped it for the moment and will be ready for that comes there way. Because through and through heroes will always be heroes and Jump City will be protected by the one and only team called the Teen Titans.
This is not the last chapter hold up wait one moment. There is one more chapter after this and it will bring it all to an end for the moment. Now I wanted to get this chapter posted today because it is 9/11 and what better day than to remember are lost ones than by ending a story about Terrorism so this is why I hurried this chapter so it would have meaning before time ended. So there will be one more chapter then you could close the book.
Sincerely,
ShadeyMike