Flickering Shadows

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 9: Who can we trust?

Note: Well let's see, after all that Slade/Raven goodness from before it almost seems unprecedented we had more. Duh, like how is this a romance without the two together? So in this one we have their romantic story told, along with some other stuff. A lot of the stuff in this story is inspired from the comics, Teen Titans and Deathstroke comics. I tried adding some extra stuff so people don't think I'm some kind of hack, like the Bloody Angel twist to the church of Blood. Hope people are enjoying a small walk down memory lane with the cartoon, in comic history. It's been fun remembering and looking up some of the old stuff again lol. Soon an end will be here, keep enjoying till then!

…The Hideout…

Raven sits at the door to the bathroom, inside Slade was taking a shower. He didn't talk to her after the events, she was wondering if maybe he was upset with her. Wintergreen had explained this was normal to Slade before he made a strategy, quiet and sometimes a shower. She was sort of glad she didn't cause his displeasure but now… he was going to get involved with this mess? What if he gets hurt because of her? "Maybe I should…"

The door opens, Slade walks out with a black towel tied at his waste, hair soaked all on his head. "Raven, I have a plan."

Raven looks up, blushing at his soaked form with no shirt again, "What is it?"

"I think it's time we met with your friends."

Raven jumps up straight looking frightened, "Slade, my friends won't understand!"

Slade smirks taking a step over he cups her chin, steam rolling off his hand and over her face only added to the comfort that touch made in Raven. "Don't worry, they don't need to. What they need to do is help you, their friend. Also," his face glares on her in that cocky fashion, "The name's Wilson, that's all they need to know."

…Titans Tower…

A little time later and the teenagers are awake and find Pakkarath and Beast Boy in the living room playing a videogame. Robin blinks asking "Why are you playing games?"

Beast Boy bobs and weaves with the paddle, "OH man, no not now!" he turns back, "Oh, you woke up! Well you see…" some music plays on the TV, Beast Boy looks seeing Game Over, "Dude! No!"

Pakkarath chuckles, "That was fun." He hops onto the couch with his spider legs creeping over to Robin, "I apologize for earlier but you wouldn't listen, that and I figured you weren't very happy with what I did to you before." Robin glares, Pakka sweats a little adding, "It's not entirely my fault, I have a weakness where I loose my calm attitude in battles, one reason I normally don't get into battles."

Robin is confused but Pakka explains everything, his brother Pakku and the recent events he realized about the church of Blood. Robin is worried, he looks down the hall, "Raven hasn't left her room all night… maybe I should go check on her!" he runs down the hall to knock on the door, but the door opens and Raven walks out in a red outfit, this one was the one Wilson bought her. "Whoa…" he looks at her, nice outfit, "Raven?"

Raven looks up, her eyes seem to tell something is going to happen, "Can I talk to everyone?"

Robin nods, "Sure." He steps back as she exits to the main room, watching her walk off Robin blushes as he realizes he was staring at her walk. Soon he hears a scream, running Pakka is leaping about with black bolts sparking near his head, "AH! Somebody, stop that crazy witch!"

Robin and Cyborg grab Raven, she glares hate but soon they explain the brothers Pakka and Pakku. Raven is now upset, Robin almost feels she is double upset about something else. She looks at Pakka and says to all "I know about the church of Blood." They look confused, "A friend, Wilson, he told me about it."

Pakkarath hops over asking, "Who is this Wilson guy?"

Beast Boy jumps over, "Hey, I'll ask the questions!" he looks up screaming "Who is this Wilson guy?"

Raven grabs her hands behind her back; eyes shying away Robin knew that kind of sign language "He's… your boyfriend?"

Raven looks at Robin with a blush, "Uh… well, he saved me after Pakkrat, or Pakku, attacked me. Then we sort of got closer after that." She smiles weakly, "I invited him to the tower too."

The titans begin asking thousands of questions, Meatwad, Shake, and Frylock who stayed now wander in to find out the commotion, the Power Puff Girls all left because of their bedtime. Shake asks "What in the name of… whoa, what's with the talking ashtray?"

Pakka looks up from the ground, "What did you call me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry…" Shake pulls up a bull horn, "Quote, what's with the talking ashtray, end quote!" Pakkarath glares before firing his eyes blasting the shake out the window. "Don't worry… he'll land on his head."

Meatwad rolls over smiling, "Heh, I like this guy already."

Frylock floats over asking, "Hey, just what is going on?"

Before Raven can explain a knock is at the door, Raven flies off as the titans ran to the monitors, Beast Boy gags and turns pale, "He's… he's…"

Raven opens the door, looking up she smiles and hugs the large male figure there. "Come on, I want you to meet the others… er, well pretend you don't know them."

Slade smirks; he was wearing the clothes he did that other day, not his outfit… for obvious reasons. He had his utility belt on his waist and a patch over his eye, walking in he sees the titans looking at him, "…."

Beast Boy in freaked mode murmurs, "He's… too old."

Everyone faulted on their sides slightly, except Slade who just snaps a glare at the green brat, "Come over here and say that!"

Beast Boy smirks, "Don't want to hurt you grand-dad!"

"WHAT!" Slade snaps, his teeth gritting tight as Beast Boy stomps up to him, sharing a similar standoff with fists clenched and teeth bare, "Come on, pappy!"

Slade feels Raven grab his elbow, damn, not what he wanted to do at first. He backs off in a deep sigh, "Sorry… my age is not too much a problem," he looks up, "Not like the mess that is coming from Trigon and the church of Blood."

…The Meeting…

Lady Death sits with coat and hat, her outfit hidden but her mask removed and in her pockets. She looks up from her black shades seeing the group headed their way, "Here they come."

De Farge, or Ravager as he revealed himself soon smirks, "Pakkurath, took him long enough. This abandoned warehouse didn't suit my taste anyway."

Pakkurath looks on the two, Ravager has his outfit still on, the mask gone he has stone hard features, a face with blue eyes looks on Pakku equally satisfied in the meeting. Pakku looks at the duffle bag, turning to Gizmo he snaps his fingers making the bag flip open and two robotic arms float over to the small genius, "Get to work!"

Gizmo looks at the red arms, "These are high-tech!" Brother Blood nods, "Of course, I designed them." He kicks the small boy into a room, "Now come on, I want my arms again!"

Pakkurath floats past the others to the two girls at the side. Jinx is sitting looking over the unconscious Blackfire, "She doing any better?"

Jinx shrugs, "How would I know?"

Pakku looks at the wounded Blackfire, his brother caused this in his demented blood state, "Damn… I should have been more careful. Though now he is gone we have total freedom to do as we please."

Pakku glares to the others, "I had best get to work…" Pakkurath screams, "Wade! We have work to do!"

Wade looks up and grins, "Oh I'm ready…" he grabs the duffle bag, "You better not scream too loudly."

Pakkurath snarls, "Pain is multiplied a hundred times that of normal, of course I'm going to yell." He looks with a cringe as Wade holds up the upper shoulder of another mechanical arm, Pakku takes his trench and lets it fall off showing a dark gray flesh where the shadow once was, the right arm is missing and so in the spot of his shoulder was a bare spot with skin closed over the old wound, "… do it!" Wade slams the metal arm on and pushes a button, the metal arm's shoulder starts to whirr and soon three block like clamps slap shut on the shoulder of Pakku beginning a process where they drilled to the nerves of the dead limb and rejoined the machine to flesh, Pakku screams a deafening scream making the glass of the building shatter as he fell on his knees, screaming louder as the arm itself begins to charge up to the arm and make the first couple of final algorithms. Wade stood there watching with a smile as Pakku sat there a few moments, letting the arm now flex with crimson tides spilling along the metal frame. Pakku grins at his new appendage with red drool, "Good… we're… ready…"

Brother Blood comes out, his arms both clasping shut and open, "Same here, as long as you're ready."

Pakku grins his tusks, deep breaths escaping his chest as he closes the trench over his new arm hiding its appearance. Pakku snarls lowly, "One more… thing…"

…Shadow Realm…

Sitting alone in a throne of a large skull, the overhang the upper jaw curving above the man sitting inside the mouth. Akaige looks onto the events from the shadows of his son Pakkurath, and the events of Slade drinking tea and talking with the titans. He growls, "Trusting this task on the same heroes I have killed time and time again…" Akaige shifts up slightly, his hands cupped at his chin he finally asks, "Who am I kidding? They are not going to be able to achieve this!" he looks at the side, "Then again, not all times have I attained victory. Especially with Raven, she always seems in the end to show more resistance, a trait my son Pakku must have forgotten. Yes…I'll just let it play out on its own…" Akaige sits several moments watching before jumping up.

…Titans Tower…

Raven sits next to Wilson, as he introduced himself as that. The titans sit on the opposite couch while these two sat in chairs sipping some tea. Frylock, Shake, and Meatwad are at the counter over at the kitchen, along with Pakka who watches with some recognition of this man and his face. Slade sips his tea before hearing Robin ask, "What is wrong with you Raven?" Raven simply stares up as Slade glares down, "I mean, he's so much older than you."

Beast Boy nods, "Yeah, look, he has gray hairs!"

"Their white hairs first of all," Raven sat her tea in her lap, "Also, those are not from his age, their from an experiment which he was in for the military. He's also regenerative; he ages very slowly if even at all! We make a perfect couple because I'll stop aging at a certain point of my life from my demonic blood!"

Robin glares to the side, "He's too old! I mean, fighting bad guys is a young man's game!"

"Batman." Slade says coldly, "He's not a young man anymore, is he? Then you have Superman, Green Lantern, Daredevil, all these heroes are older and are the best in the circuit! Who are you to say one person is more qualified than another, when not even seeing what I can do?"

Robin smirks, "A guy like you, beat me? I don't think you understand how good I am."

Slade lets his smirk fly free with his words, "It's not like I haven't beaten you before." The titans look confused, they never met before so he shifts looking at Raven who also shows some worry, "What I mean is, in simulations." He smiles, "Simulations I've fought and beaten you Robin."

Robin glares, "A simulation is not the real thing!"

"True," Slade stands up, "Then how about for real? You and me, the training room! If I win you let me stay here! If I loose, I leave."

Robin grins, "Okay gramps, let's go."

Robin walks off as Slade snarls, he's really asking for it. Slade takes a step as Raven grabs his hand, "Sl… Wilson, don't get hurt."

Slade nods saying "I won't." she tugs his arm as he was going to leave, "Don't hurt him either!" Slade shifts his eyes, "Um… I'll try."

Beast Boy watches them leave, "You know, it's something about his smell… it just seems to bring the worst in me! I know it, but where?"

Raven looks away a little worried, this plan was not going too well. Slade was not able to make any of the team like him, well except Starfire. "Good luck friend Robin, friend Wilson!"

Starfire would probably like him even if she knew it was Slade. Cyborg sits up straight asking Raven, "Hey, is he a good guy?" she looks at him, "I mean, he treats you right, right?"

"Yes…" she smirks, "He loves me Cyborg I mean he really does. I think this time its real."

Cyborg looks over and hollers, "Go Wilson, get some brownie points!" he hears Raven giggle and looks over "Hey, you giggled! I guess he does mean something to you."

Raven looks at her cup, smiling, "That… he certainly does."

Robin and Slade are in the gym. Robin glares, "What are your intentions?"

Slade smirks, "Oh, so this was your plan? You wee goading me into a fight so you can get genuine experience with me!" Slade runs forward not noticing the doors closing and locking, Slade sees this and glares on Robin who holds the remote tossing it to the side, "Raven's my friend. I'm not letting you out of here until you either prove you're on the level, or I'm dead."

Slade gives a grin, "Well, each option seems so appealing at the moment, but I'm going to go with option A."

The two tag forearms at first, simple punches mainly a test of speed, Slade knew Robin's speed and such but he knew Robin wants to know his, he tries to be a little faster and more forceful than usual, to keep Robin from coming up with the idea he was Slade the villain, instead of Wilson that guy Raven brought home. In a way this was the "Father talks with the guy trying to court his daughter" but only the roles were played by the opposite players! Slade now feels a slight twitch, he moves back letting Robin miss the open palmed stroke and grabbing the wrist Slade pulls through that strike to tag his elbow into Robin's passing jaw making the younger warrior fall in on his knees. Slade makes several hopping steps behind Robin, keeping spry and distanced Robin looks up with a scuff on his lip, "Why Raven?"

Slade thinks the distraction was enough for Robin to punch off his hands and spring both feet straight into the jaw of Slade. Slade reels back, hearing a stomp he opens his eye to see Robin on his feet now charging with his fists. Slade uses his palms to keep Robin back, "I love her!" Slade says to Robin making the young boy slow down, "I found we have a great deal in common, and both wanted to be together!" Slade feels a stronger punch in his palm so he grips on twisting the fist, "I'm not going to let her get hurt, I'll die before that happens," he wrenches Robin into a sleeper hold, "You understand? I care for her, and my age doesn't matter! I can fight, I can love, and most importantly, I can protect her when she needs that!"

Robin tries to kick free, putting his weight into his legs Robin snaps, "Not good enough." He pushes up bouncing Slade off him and to the ground. Robin is twirling back in the air landing with his staff now, "Anyone could do those things, why should you be the one and not…" he shifts his brows, "Not someone else?"

Slade grabs at his back under his long coat and pulls out an extending staff too, the two make with connecting and pushing off, Slade meets his eye to Robin's, "See this eye?" Robin glares heatedly, "This was from the first woman I loved." Robin looses his thoughts and listens, still pushing off, "I failed, kid, failed to make a person I loved happy once. That cost me my life, not this eye, my life! She meant everything to me, I lost her for stupid reasons, but I'm not going to do that again." Slade smirks, "I'd die for real if that happened with Raven."

Robin pauses before retracting his attacks and putting his pole away, "…." Slade sees Robin walk over and let the doors open, "You win… in more ways than one."

Slade raises a brow, "What do you me…" he realizes, "You like her, don't you?"

"I have…" Robin looks back smiling, "But I think you love her. Funny, guess we all have to grow up sometimes."

Slade nods, "Yeah, we certainly do." He makes several steps, "It took Raven to make me grow up. To finally realize what I always wanted in life."

"What's that?"

Slade looks back, "A chance at real happiness, and to be with her."

…Raven…

Raven sits with Cyborg and Beast Boy, while Starfire was getting some things from the fridge. Frylock floats over asking, "So you're sure about this? An older guy?"

Raven gives a sarcastic, "I'm not going to take dating advice from a burger king meal." She stands up seeing Slade, "Besides, I care about him that's all that matters to me!"

Slade watches her storm past him adding "That's all you, my friends, should have been worried about too!"

Raven brushes past Slade, he blinks as this is not what they planned. He follows her leaving a very perplexed Beast Boy, "I know him from somewhere… that smell…" he gets up and leaves. Cyborg shrugs, "I just can't see how one minute a girl is kidnapped, the next she falls in love."

Frylock sighs, "It's not really that outrageous, a woman naturally looks for someone that can provide for them, and so in most ways she's just doing that, he must be good for her."

Shake smiles, "Yeah, in other words he's loaded." He scoffs down some tacos from the party, "Trust me, women only worry about the three Ms, Money. Muscle, and More money!"

Starfire looks Shake angrily as he starts choking on his tacos in fear. Pakka and Meatwad make some distance before the carnage they begin. Slade follows Raven to the roof, there she just stands at the end of the roof watching the sun, it would set soon so she felt calmed, and night should be here soon. Calmest for her is the dark, her time. Slade walks over pocketing his hands, "Raven… they want what's best for you."

She nods, "I know, but don't they know I know what's best for me?"

"Knowing that, isn't easy." He smirks, "Especially when one needs to know how you know someone like me whom little is honestly known!"

Raven gives a side glare, "Knowing all this is make my head hurt… you know?"

"No, I don't know."

The two give little smirks another interesting thing they have is sarcasm. Raven feels his hands slowly motioning over her shoulders and crossing over her collarbone, he holds her from behind letting a deep sigh free from his chest to her now laying head, "I told you it would take time. We just need to wait." He shrugs his shoulders, "That, or the end of the world will make them at least act right to save you. Or, I do it all myself, playing the knight who saves the day, didn't we discuss that once?"

Raven thinks back, smiling, "Oh, you said you weren't a knight in shining armor, the first time you had me! Sla… Wilson, what kind of knight are you then?"

Slade looks on the sky, seeing the mixing colors he shrugs, "You don't know?"

Raven glares up as she bends her head back, "… I don't want to know."

"Oh no?" she glares before a small pebble clicks Slade over the head, he sighs, "Okay, no more knowing the no."

…The Hangar…

Pakkurath raises his new right arm, a giant arm with five metal digit fingers with spade like pads for the tips, excellent for grip as they had ridges. The hand goes up completely silver color metal, with rounded plates over the spots of machinery. The shoulder has three bucklers into the flesh, with a rounded brace having curved up spikes to design; it looks more like the arm of medieval armor, with man's techno thrills spewed along the innards. "Ah… I missed having two arms!" he latches the arm onto the stone before him stacked up crushing the top one, "With this arm I can handle hand combat, along with it being a shield!" he raises his left arm making the stones levitate high above, "This arm I may use all my years of black magic to a simple whimsy! Matching all who dare oppose me!" he clenches that fist causing the stones to crumble, "Not to mention my last two tricks…" he looks back having his trench fly open shooting a small orb onto the ground. The orb begins to change and Pakku laughs saying "This creature is one of my personal favorites, a force given flesh. My Wrath towards Raven will be cold, and vicious."

Wrath was formed from the orb, making a tall figure in a red cloak fully covering over the shoulders down with a pointed top covering over all the face except the eyes and top brim of the nose. His eyes have red stripes coming down the red eyes; a long chain falls out from the cloak before disappearing around the form underneath the cloak. Wrath bows, "I am ready if you are."

Pakkurath grins, "Exceptional, this will prove useful." He looks on this small, yet nearly an army in power militia of menace. The sun was setting, soon the moon rises. Pakkurath chuckles, "It's a blood moon tonight, of all nights."

…Unknown Cave…

A girl walks into the cave, "Oh… why did I do this?" she asks loudly in this dark stone structure. She knew it was dumb, but she had to try something new. A Weijie Board! Come on, what is up with that? Either way she figured no big deal… right? Then that weird guy with the claw pops up saying she was needed, her and her spells. Man, what a drag! Either way, Dream knew she had to do it. Dream, or Dream Fox as some call her was a Wiccan Fox Lover. Dream also has hazel eyes and brunette hair, though she may seem a little ditzy at times she works to try and not. Dream walks towards the center of the dark area with her purple shirt with swirls in the center and jeans, clapping her sandals along the ground before she stops and looks at the figure. "Okay… just use these herbs and this potion…" Dream does all this until a purple mist is coming from the concoction; she grabs her mouth, "Gawd that smell!"

…Titans Tower…

Beast Boy looks up at the ceiling in his room, his mind is a buzz, he lost Terra, now Raven. Yes, he had a crush on her, who wouldn't? She's downright hot, that outfit is tight… not tight enough sometimes when she's in a fight but still tight. Then the fact she is mysterious calls him to her more! You always want something that you can't quite understand, forbidden fruit syndrome he guesses. Then the fact she's so… hot! Now this older guy comes in and takes her? Man, he's expected the pretty boys like Aqualad, or even to some weird extent Robin, but this guy? "Sure, he's got a huge build and dashing manly looks… but… I'm cute!" he gives his toothy grin before sighing and leaping off his top bed. "Man, what a bummer." He takes several steps before sniffing some snot as he was kind of upset, but his nose catches Wilson's scent, "…?" his nose hones in and he goes to his drawers next to the bed. He opens the top drawer and sniffs, grabbing something in his hands he sniffs it, and thinks, "But how could…" his eyes seem to sink, his ears pull back before he clasps the item tightly and growls lowly, "Him…"

…Titans Tower, Roof…

Raven never left his grip, held there as the night had come they both awed on its glow through the night. Slade smirks as he whispers into her hair, "You know, the pale beauty in my arms truly outdoes that of the one before us."

Raven blushes as her hands hung on his large, muscular arms, "Wilson…"

Slade smirks, "Oh, but its shine upon you, truly a sight to partake."

Raven looks up seeing his face so close to hers. It was obvious what she wanted and Slade too, they lean into this latest kiss as Raven has her neck bent back to meet him. Slade kisses her sweetly, before his eye grows wide and he drops her, screaming. Raven gasps, being pushed off the edge of the tower she catches herself and floats back up seeing Slade has been attacked and now flung by the legs with the large mark on his back. Raven screams her chant catching the beast before her, "Who do you…" she looks closely at the werewolf looking beast, "… No…"

Beast Boy has turned to that form he once took before, the Werebeast, the others heard the commotion, Wintergreen has also introduced himself to the others in the amount of time that had passed. Slade holds his back looking at the monster and the hate in its eyes, he knew that hate, "So… you know."

Beast Boy turns human, Raven lets him down and he stands up with hate all over his face, Robin asks, "Beast Boy, what's wrong?"

Wintergreen walks behind Slade, "Sir… I brought that which you asked for."

Slade nods, "Good, thank you Wintergreen."

Robin looks over to Slade, "What's going on?"

Beast Boy looks on in such hate he has heard nothing of what Robin said, but Robin hears him, "You took Terra from me first, now you're going to take Raven? What the hell did I ever do to you Slade?"

The titans except Raven and Beast Boy look in shock; Raven is more scared, what is this going to do? Robin looks up at Raven, seeing her face he knew she knew, and she knew all along! What the hell is going on? "How could this get any worse?"

An explosion occurs, the group turns to see a large trail of smoke raising up, a floating black figure appears with his right arm clasping with metal gears, "Ask," Pakkurath exits the smoke, "And you shall receive!"

The titans look on Pakkurath, to Slade, it was unknown who to trust, who can they trust? Raven floats over to Slade, he instinctively holds his arm up around her screaming "You want her, you have to go through me!"

Pakkurath, with his small band ready looks on smiling, "Oh, Wilson, must you play this idiotic role?"

Slade glares, "What role is that?"

"The knight in shining armor, I absolutely hate that role!"

Slade nods his head, "I agree, the shining armored knight is cliché." Slade looks to Wintergreen who has a small duffle bag which Wintergreen pulls the axe from Trigon, "I prefer a more appropriate knight, the one not worried about how nice his armor is but gets the job done!" Slade flips the axe around himself before cuffing it under his right arm and striking his left palm out at Pakku, "I'm the bloody armored knight, who slays anyone who dares go against me!"

Pakku looks behind himself, the H.I.V.E kids, Brother Blood, The Ravager, Lady Death, Black Fire who is awake, Wrath, and the Mooninites, "Slade… this is a sad fight. All of us against you come on, something must be done!"

Robin jumps in front of Slade, "He's not alone!"

Cyborg opens his arms screaming, "That's right, Booya!"

Starfire floats down with her starbolts, "This will not be allowed, you must be stopped!"

Frylock looks to Shake who was motioning to the door, "Shake!" Shake looks back and sighs, "Aw… damn it!"

Meatwad looks blankly at the screen, "I see reading people…"

Beast Boy stands and looks, seeing Raven and the others, he snorts before scampering over, "If somebody kills Slade I'd be the first to congratulate them, but Raven's off limits!"

Pakkurath grins widely; Blood asks "You do have a plan if they should win, right?" Pakku nods "I planned this out, don't worry, I have an ace up my sleeve just for that."

The two forces run in on each other, screaming a battle cry they make to fighting several small battles. As this happens a lone figure watches from his stationary point floating in the sky, a wide ill smile stretching his mouth. His mind hears thousands of voices, they echo over and over again. The smile widens with them all as they chant over and over, "To Sire All Things Mortal, To Sire All Things Mortal" he floats in a long purple robe with a bloody S shape as his buckle to the hood. He was there to wait, to act only when told. To do the one thing, that no one ever expected this sweet young man to do, a man who at one time loved music driven mad from the spirits…of Azar.

…Unknown Cave…

The mist covers the stone figure before her, it seems to crackle and move, until it is not stone but flesh! A living, breathing being now appears walking forward Dream falls on her butt watching a blonde haired girl stammer forward in gauze before standing up tall. Dream then notices how the stones are collecting on her right arm forming a sort of large second arm of stones; its three claws… that guy had three claws! The girl looks on her with cold blue eyes that quickly turn black, black veins cover her body with a cruel smirk, "Thank you child…" speaks a voice mixed in the voice of the blonde girl and a darker possessor,the girl steps away turning back glaring several rows of teeth, Dream faints as the figure now leaves, Dream's head lays next to a memorial plaque reading, "Terra, A Teen Titan, A True Friend"

Terra steps out from the cave, looking up her eyes turn blue, she breathes deeply as a voice speaks to her mind, "Get up Terra, your friends need you!" Terra shakes her head no, "I want… to know… who you are…?"

The voice is silent, but answers "Akaige, I am neither friend nor foe. I am like you; I have done many terrible, horrible things. To that I admit we are similar. However right now we share a bond beyond similarity, I am in you and give you a chance for strength. Together, we will create an amazing force that not only will save your friends but perhaps…" the voice seems to cringe, "The… entire… world… gar, gross…"

Terra stands, her eyes blink tightly before she raises the claw arm calling stones to make a platform. She floats quickly to the tower, "Will I be able to stop this?"

"You can not stop it, you can only defeat it."

Terra rolls her eyes, "You sound pretty confident about the Church of Blood plan."

Akaige says lowly, "Because this was my plan originally."

Note: Tah-dah! Wait till you see what else will happen! Boy, thought you saw it all but yet again, twists you never expected! Trust me things will get even better! Will Slade and Raven live happily ever after, or is something terrible going to happen? Find out soon, for if I counted right we should have… three or four chapters left! Yes! I am so happy! Thank you reviewers, you make me all tingly-tingle! Quiz time mainly for fun, who do you think the person in the robe is? Some clues in the comics, that and they are said to be in the next season!