Flickering Shadows

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 10: Where's a knight when you need him?

Note: Thanks to Dream whose character of a Wiccan ACTUALLY gave me an idea on how to bring Akaige into the story sooner. If I didn't have her I would have had him appear only at the end. This chapter is fast paced at times but has important events. It may be very sad and shocking. Like why Pakku chose to join Trigon. A special secret in one story to come in my long series.

…Titans Tower…

Robin leaps back as the pink hexes came in on him, Jinx as leader of the H.I.V.E kids was taking leader of the titans. Beast Boy and Gizmo made dashes with their fangs and metal legs tacking on each other after each pass. Cyborg was on Mammoth hard and fast, lasting his fists to a blocking mutant. Starfire and Blackfire had gone airborne, shooting in a dogfight with Blackfire chasing her sister. Frylock, Shake, and Meatwad were in a fight with the Mooninites, or rather Shake and Meatwad watched as Frylock hid behind a ventilation chute while the Mooninites used upgraded blasters that shot super fast exploding orange 2-D blocks.

Wrath was fighting with Raven, the two flew into the air using a mix of spells pushing off their opposite powers. Slade had gone up against the woman with the sword, her strange blade seems to stand against the fire axe so he figures it was a magical item, if not demonic.

Wintergreen sees Ravager, Ravager sees Wintergreen. Ravager shrugs figuring he could at least get some target practice but Wintergreen fires a gun as Ravager reached for his rifle taking a notch of Ravager's mask cheek. Ravager runs and barrels behind a vent shaft as Wintergreen does the same with the duffle bag. Wintergreen grabs two straps of ammo, strapping them over his chest he smirks, "It's been some times since I needed to use a gun." Wintergreen holds up his old fashioned six-shooter like pistol chuckling, "To actually use an old time revolver brings back memories. It's not the best weapon, but it will do." He took it from the trophy room and the ammo, mainly he figured he had little time to look for other guns as Slade never uses them anymore since his… incident.

Pakkurath and Blood stood there watching, Blood asks "When do we fight?"

Pakku glares on Blood who shies his eyes, "When the time is right Blood we fight. Besides, we need to wait for the kids to do some real damage before ending the games!"

Slade taps his axe with the sword, it has a dome hand guard with what look like charms etched in the metal. The blade seems to glow a faint gold so it has magical attributes, "That's a fine weapon, where did you get it?"

Lady Death glares, "It was a gift from my son. Before you killed him!"

Slade pushes off the attack, "Oh, really?" He sighs, figures this was a personal matter, "Look, I don't want to fight you. I'm sorry for what happened to your son but I'm not the same man."

"LIAR!" Lady Death strikes and bears on Slade's axe, "I'm going to make you pay for letting him die!"

"Letting him die?" Slade glares after pushing off with his axe, "Who the hell are you?"

Lady Death glares in rage before grabbing at her mask, "You don't remember my voice?" she removes the mask and Slade drops his axe. "Wh… Why?"

Standing right there was a woman with long hair and a beautiful face though it seemed very angry. Her name was Addie Kane, she glares on Slade with such hate as in her one hand a sword is held tightly, "You let both our sons suffer, one was killed because of you and the other… you must pay!"

Addie strikes madly with the blade, Slade is so surprised to find who his enemy is he does nothing but keeps her back. Pakkurath smiles as Slade is now circling to another part of the roof farther away, "Yes…" Pakku whips his left hand causing the roof under Slade and Addie to crumble both falling into the tower. Raven looks at Slade getting distracted allowing Wrath to do his thing. Wrath's cloak flies wide allowing tons of chains to strike up and wrap Raven binding her body tightly. Raven screams but her mouth is also covered in the chains. Pakku floats over to grab the chains, "Excellent, just as planned!"

Robin looks over, "Raven!" he leaps over a hex that had arced like a shark fin breaking roof as it traced. Than slamming his full foot in Jinx's face putting her barreling back to Gizmo who was equally surprised. Jinx and Gizmo look up shakily as a large triceratops was storming on them now butting them off the tower into the sea near bye. Robin and Beast Boy look on Raven being dragged by the chains of Wrath, Robin screams "Let her go!"

Pakkurath glares "Make me!"

Beast Boy snarls before turning to his Were form, howling up to the air. Beast Boy stamps over with his claw hands clashing the pavement in hunched run. Pakku smirks as a purple robed figure floats behind him, Pakku screams "Do your stuff!"

Beast Boy stops quickly as a blue aura skeleton wearing a robe leaps out from the hooded eye. Beast Boy is slammed hard in the chest as the skeleton disappears, Robin darts over, "What happened?"

Beast Boy stands up in his were form snorting, then turning on Robin with red glowing eyes, Robin twitches as Beast Boy howls on him now. Cyborg pushes back Mammoth seeing the attack of Beast Boy, "What happened?"

Pakka who was sitting back leaps on Cyborg's back, "Kid, you'll thank me later!" Pakka's legs scratch into Cyborg's back and Cyborg screams at first before his body begins to glow a blue aura.

Mammoth looks up with a snort, "Glowing in the dark won't help you tin-man!"

Cyborg smirks as he raises his two cannons, Mammoth leaps up to land a full arcing leap fist slam but Cyborg's cannons fire more than before blasting Mammoth off the tower. Meanwhile, Jinx and Gizmo have swum to the surface, Jinx spurts some water with her right eye covered in seaweed, "What next?"

Gizmo looks to the large shadow coming from above, "…Crud."

A loud splash is heard as Cyborg watches three figures fly up then into the water again. "Oh… that's gotta hurt!"

Robin leaps above a claw as Beast Boy snarls hunching on his arms to kick back. Robin is hit down face first when Beast Boy scuttles around snarling and drooling, "Beast Boy, stop!"

Beast Boy roars with a leap before slamming on his jaw, looking back metal hands have his ankles before twirling him around. Cyborg tosses Beast Boy away before turning to Robin, "You okay?"

Robin stands up and cracks his neck facing away from Cyborg. Cyborg raises a brow with the purple hooded figure behind Robin. Robin turns with red eyes, "…." He smiles a sadistic grin before Pakka mumbles, "I hate when this happens."

Starfire and Blackfire tag fists making their energies bounce off each fielded fist. Starfire looks down and sees Robin, "Robin!" Blackfire raises her two fists striking all her force putting her sister down into the roof making it crack in a little. Blackfire floats down smirking, "Heh, sister dearest."

Starfire pushes up, "Yes?" Blackfire lays her fists on her hips, "You're pathetic!" Starfire screams in a forced plow before Pakku lifts his magic arm, Starfire's form raises up swiftly, and as Pakku slams his fist down Starfire is flung into the roof again making her fall weakened. Blackfire looks over and winks, "Thanks."

Pakku smirks with a blush; "No problem…" she floats over to her sister to do some more, Pakku looks at her and sighs, "She's much like my black beauty before…" Pakku growls, "Damn him…"

Wintergreen rolls out from his spot firing pistols as Ravager tossed a bomb, it explodes and Wintergreen takes the repercussions as an advantage storming Ravager's spot in carpet fire. Ravager screams soon following in a running fire match with his own pistols. They miss each other except several bullets that actually nicked them or hit each other. Ravager and Wintergreen meet together in the middle with guns at each other's heads clicking empty rounds. Ravager blinks, "You have to be kiddi…" he's interrupted by a punch to his face. Wintergreen is not very young, but he was the training partner of Slade so he was no weakling. Wintergreen takes to a defensive boxing stance, normally he had protective gear but currently he had no ammo and weapons, fists and his clothing! Ravager has armor, a build, and worse weapons. Ravager sees the stance and mimics tossing some quick jabs, "Come on! I'll sna…" Wintergreen launches another punch, Ravager snaps, "I wasn't rea…" a third punch and Ravager snaps with flurries.

Cyborg launches his right fist with a cord to punch Robin in a rocket punch then retract. Pakka fires his beams on Beast Boy who attacks from behind. Raven watches her eyes screaming for them to fight, her eyes then scream another thing as they glow. Wrath watches as his chains now snap and he screams before she launches up and plows her heel into his face. Raven picks up Pakku ahead of her and runs to launch a flying punch. Inches from his face Pakku flings his metal arm back over his back and behind his head scrunching onto her fist making her scream, "Nice try." Pakku swings his arm and Raven over to his front right onto the roof, "Still, not good enough." Pakku raises her up letting go to point out his left palm and a force barrels her stomach arching it inward with the blow. Raven lets the air from her chest as she now plows back and on the roof hard. Pakku floats towards her smiling, "Can we have a little talk?"

…Jump City…

Terra floats towards the tower slowly before collapsing her platform on a roof. She rolls on her side, hearing Akaige scream, "Not now! He's at the most important stage! This is the demoralization of the girl; here he will try to break her!" Terra glares her eyes, "We…your plan… right?"

Akaige chuckles, "To make someone stronger, often you must make them weaker. Trust me, she'll be more powerful than Pakku expected… I hope."

Terra pushes up on her knees, "Tired…"

"Stop fighting me and let me in control a while. I can outlast your weakened state longer." Terra shifts her eyes, "Trust… you?" Akaige sighs, "Oh come on, what choices do you have, really?"

Terra is quiet… then her eyes glow purple and she stands grinning her fangs, the black veins pump stronger, "Good…" she speaks with a darker tone.

…Slade…

Slade lies with his body under some rubble, his eye lazily looks up to a figure standing with her blade held high over his head, "Slade…" Slade looks up with not fear more anger, he was stuck under the stone and had no way to stop this… worse, he couldn't… "Any last requests?"

Slade looks at his soon to be killer's eyes, such hate, and he had plenty knowledge why. He failed her, the vows to love her and keep her… to let his son… damn… "Addie," Addie looks on with a scrunched nose, "Could you stop them, and save Raven?"

Addie looks stunned, her eyes shaking she asks, "Why?"

"Because, I love her." Addie's right eye twitches before swinging her blade down hard… inches from Slade's bad eye. Slade waits, she cries screaming "You bastard! Why didn't you love me?"

"What?" Slade smirks, "I always loved you Addie do you know what it was like without you?"

Addie looks at him, "Our sons…" Slade looks on and nods, "It's true; I made my mistake as a father, a husband even. However, I never mistaken my role as a lover. I did hold you dearly, almost as much as I do Raven now."

Silence. Addie looks at him and sighs, "I hate you…" she moves some rubble to which Slade smirks, "If it makes you feel better, I'm not totally thrilled with you either."

…Raven…

Raven rises up the rubble tossing it; Pakku smashes the fist with artificial speed into the stones laughing before catching the last largest one with his left. That stone splinters into many smaller ones with pointed, jagged ends. Raven watches as the stone daggers seem to come in on her and so she pushed up her palms holding them back. The two sides seem to push between the two. Raven's stones would glow black while Pakku's would glow red. The two forces seemed to mix on some stones making them crumble to dust. Raven feels a shift of one stone and snaps to catch it inches from her eye, Pakku snidely asks, "Did you have to stop that one? You'd be just like your hubby!"

Raven glares at him, "Shut it!" she flings that same stone fast to Pakku who catches it in his metal arm crushing it, "Naw, no fun there sweetheart!" Pakku glares his brows, "You know it's natural you fell for Slade. I mean, aside from the fact I forced you to," Raven shifts to loose her control and have stones barrel on her before she crushed them mentally inches from herself, "The fact you yearn to replace your father makes you a prime candidate for such a relationship!"

Raven snaps, "What the hell are you talking about?" Pakku shifts his palm, the stones all seem to crackle and break.

Pakku floats up vertically crossing his arms, "Psychological studies show girls with poor father relationships are prone to attraction for older men. Why do you think this plan was devised so well? It plays on your mental weaknesses! You feel alone, abandoned," Raven looks at her feet, "Ever since a girl you knew the truth of whom you are, what you are! The monster you hide inside you, its awesome power the only gift father ever gave you." Raven clenches her fists lowering her head letting tears streak her cheeks to the ground. "Face it, the only reason you even like Slade," Pakku floats back down pointing his index at her, "Is because you want to replace your shitty life with Trigon!"

Raven screams up her body burning, her dresses back rips open. Pakku grins as she forges the blackened wings. Raven flies forward with the wings streaking sparkling purple energy with her movement. Launching a punch Raven misses Pakku who flies over her screaming, "Now!"

Blood raises his arms, firing darts that strike Raven all over her frame, the eyes stop burning as she falls on her knees with the world going totally dead to her. "No…"

Pakku floats over grabbing her chin with his metal arm, "Sorry lit…" he gets a strong punch to the groin, Pakku screams high up making a tremor over the roof as Raven smirks before falling unconscious. Pakku falls on his side rolling back and forth, "Damn… that hurt…"

Blood has a blush, "I bet… since you feel 100 times normal pain."

Pakku looks up with a twitch and in a fetal position, "Oh… I forgot!" his sarcasm makes Blood look away annoyed.

Eer and Ignigknot keep firing as Frylock was pinned, "Shake! Help Raven!"

"Yeah…" Shake looks to the side, "Um… about that."

Meatwad looks up, "Master Shake, what do we do?"

"Oh I know! Meatwad, go over and distract that werewolf thing with your "I'm yummy in the tummy" dance!"

Frylock screams, "Shake, he's a vegetarian and that doesn't help!"

Shake screams, "Well, he might not know he's a vegetarian!"

Eer and Ignigknot hear their guns sputter, no more ammo. Frylock floats over with bolts in his eyes, "Eer…" Ignigknot runs screaming "Fight them in the sake of the moon!"

Eer runs screaming "Screw that, you do it!"

Frylock sighs falling over, "Man, I'm beat." Shake was going to say something as a six eyed head pops onto his face, "Ah! Facehuggers!"

Pakka jumps off to look over seeing the high kicked foot of Robin, "Crap… now they have Cyborg."

Cyborg with Beast Boy and Robin all stand with red eyes, soon Starfire floats down the same way. Blackfire floats over asking "What now Mr. Pakkurath?"

Pakku grins with the unconscious Raven, Brother Blood laughs saying, "We don't seem to need those weaklings, finish them off!"

Ravager screams with his last punch reeling Wintergreen to the ground, his force outdid the weaker foe but Wintergreen was not so weak. Ravager huffs, and puffs several times before removing his mask, "Damn… that was tough."

Wintergreen looks up; his eyes seem to focus, "DeFarge? Why did you attack your own brother?"

Wade DeFarge, half brother of Slade Wilson, smirks as he tosses the mask, "You ever wonder about that contract from Slade and Addie's son, Jericho? The one where the brat was captured and his throat was slit?" Wintergreen raises a brow, "I had a thing for Addie old man, I had the hots for her the day I saw that nice walk in her step." Wade stomps a foot down inches from the tired Wintergreen, "Then Slade… that bastard older brother of mine!" Wade grabs Wintergreen by the collar and flings him up in the air, scrunching his fists with the collar making it tighten, "Like before, he was the most decorated, the most respected," Wade tosses Wintergreen down clenching his fists, "Hell; they chose him over me for the experiment! Why? I was a "Psychological Risk". Then Addie, she took him over me, ME!" Wade grins, "But I knew his dirty little secret, the fact he wasn't just some military drop-out, but he was a killer, a mercenary." Wintergreen looks wide eyed on the maddeningly crazed face, "Yeah… I had to show her what he TRULY was, WHO he truly was."

"Monster!" Wintergreen spits out in blood, "You had your own nephew's throat cut out for revenge! For a woman! You betrayed your brother, for his own wife?"

Wade shrugs, "Caesar did many a mad thing for Cleopatra, as have the most renowned of men. It's a thing about women, ya know?" Wade kicks the ribs of Wintergreen, "However, now a days I'm sick of being her lapdog, doing her work. I'm thinking a bigger, better picture! Time to move on to some real things of importance!"

Wade fashions to his side, grabbing a device that drops with a faint charge to it, "Time to fry old man."

Wade raises the whip to have it soon disappear behind him, Wade turns and his eye twitches to Slade and Addie, "Fuc…"

Slade leaps in with a kick, Wade is flung off as Slade now lands to look at Wintergreen, "Wintergreen, what happened?"

Wintergreen smirks, "Slade… Wilson, my friend." He grabs his face, "It was Wade, he hired that Jackal mercenary to capture Jericho, to show who you were to Addie."

Addie was standing just as shocked as Wade stood up, smiling he adds dryly "Yeah, but if I knew how high-maintenance she was you could have had her."

Addie shifts her feet, "You… bastard!" she makes a dash but Wade turns and tosses a small orb that explodes with light. Ravager grabs his mask and puts it on yelling, "Burn, all of you will burn soon!"

Addie rubs her eyes as Slade lays up Wintergreen, "Come on, we have to hurry up!"

Slade runs off with Addie to not see the purple hooded figure landing. He raises a hand to Wintergreen, Wintergreen looks up to have his eyes glow red.

Wade stammers at Pakku's feet, "Trouble's coming!"

Pakkurath smiles, "Yes, I know. It's part of the plan."

Blood sighs, "You certainly have a wicked mind." Pakkurath scoffs, "This wasn't my plan originally. I'm not evil enough to do these things…" he thinks on the one he stole this plan from, Akaige, and his face becomes disgusted. "Trigon better keep to our bargain."

Slade steps forward with the axe, "Wade! I have something for you!"

Addie raises her sword, "Me too Wade, I owe you double!"

Pakku chuckles as three soggy figures were tromping over shyly, "Where have you three been?" the H.I.V.E. kids glare before spurting water in his face. Pakkurath growls before turning back on Slade, "Well, with these brats and you, we should have no trouble getting Slade." Pakku whispers, "Alive, I want him alive."

Slade sees the titans, "Great…" noticing their eyes he could tell they were possessed but Slade only smirks cockily "Addie, you take those brats, I'll take these brats!"

Addie shrugs as he gave her the H.I.V.E. kids and Blackfire. Addie and Slade strafe away from each other as the two groups broke apart. Gizmo screams with his metal legs clacking before Addie turns and flashes under them. Gizmo raises a brow as his legs seemed to buckle, then he falls down with them sliced apart, "Crud… I loose more legs that way." He sweats as the shadow grabs him now tossing him over at the ducking Mammoth. Mammoth launches his punches but Addie dodges, she smacks the butt of the sword into Mammoth's temple making him tumble a bit while grabbing his eyes, distracted she slides between his legs and jumps up to swing full force the butt of the sword to the back of the skull. Mammoth falls on his knees now before screaming and turning back, Addie was gone and only the purple bolts were left coming in on him. Blackfire was just firing, she didn't like this girl after the first attacks! Starbolts blasting like mad, Blackfire trails behind Addie missing after the hits on a now dazed Mammoth.

Jinx tosses her hexes that Addie blocks with her sword's blade; the magical item reflects the hexes towards Blackfire who screams as she's jolted in pink energy. Jinx blinks as the last thing she knows happens is she's kicked in the stomach then head. Pakku applauds before she glares, "Nice job, for a vigilante. You're helping the man that hurt you?"

Addie smiles, "No, I'm helping the man I once loved."

"Ah." Pakku glares, "Then you die with him as well."

The hooded figure lands behind Addie, she turns around and her eyes catch the face, "What are you…?" a gun is heard, Addie falls forward into the figure's arms before letting her head sag, Wade DeFarge blows on the gun he has saying, "Okay, just that brother of mine to deal with!"

Slade took no time on the titans; he didn't use words over them as they were under a spell or something. He merely overpowered Beast Boy and Starfire, hacked Cyborg, and slapped Robin around a little seeing as he was the hardest. Turning on the gunshot he sees Addie falling in the arms of the robed figure, "Addie?" he runs towards her with his axe glowing in flame, his rage grew in its force. The figure drops her, glaring the smile Slade ignores this and swings, he misses the figure as it had floated away from him, Slade strikes a figure behind him, "…?"

The white outfit was turning blood red, a slash over the weakened elderly chest, "Wintergreen?"

Wintergreen looks up, his eyes are not red, and he has been left go of the control, "I guess… it was only a matter… of time…" Wintergreen falls on his knees, then his chest murmuring these words causing Slade to stand shocked, "What… do you mean?"

Wintergreen was gone in no time at all, he was beaten down before this and that strike finished him. Slade looks at his old friend, one who stood at his side through all this damn idiocy and… it was his hand that… "No…" Slade falls on his knees, eyes closing, "I failed them all… everyone…"

"Yes you have." Pakkurath sighs, taking the axe in his metal arm he flips it over his shoulder, "So weak, and pathetic Slade. You never knew Trigon planned you to be his errand boy from birth did you?"

Slade is still there his head lowered, his mind takes all those he's failed this day, every day, all days… Blood walks over to grin, "Slade? Do you remember the contract on the Titans? The one Grant took?" Slade does not answer, "That was the H.I.V.E. Slade, they originally orcastrated the plan to put you in league with the titans and the Church Of Blood could have begun, but your son took the contract instead making it worthless to us! Luckily," Blood sighs in relief, "His murder caused you to actually take up that contract. If you hadn't all of this would have never happened."

Slade looks wide eyed on his knees, "I… am to blame?"

Wade walks over to the opposite side of Slade, "That's right brother! I never would have bothered with those kids of yours if you didn't take Addie! Of course… those kids wouldn't even exist…" Wade blushes before a cough, "Anyway… You're the reason this crap happens Slade, you know, if you never hooked up with Raven I think she may have been safe. Addie, Grant, and even your friend Wintergreen may have been better off without you!"

Slade seems to slump a little, Pakkurath grins as he raises his mechanical arm, it projects a long needle, "Slade, I want to free you of this pain. Your blood, give it to me."

Slade's eye seems to slink, "My blood?"

The memory of Akaige, the immortal's blood, Slade's rejuvenate powers… "Yes!" Slade grabs for the sword and swipes the needle; Pakku blinks before fluttering back and away, "I won't give into you! This might have been in some ways my fault!" Slade strikes the sword's blunt end against his forearm in a crouching stance, "However, you're the ones here hurting these people, not me! I'm the one who's trying to stop the end of the world, not the other way around!"

Pakkurath is confused, "Why? The plan said…" Pakku screams, "Rats, I'll have to make him know his place!" the robed figure steps up with his fists shaking, "What's your… Shi…" Pakku is clocked over the face hard, falling on his side Pakku watches the robed figure now grab his coat and toss him over again. Slade is confused, "What?"

The robbed figure now stumbles back, his head shaking he grabs and fumbles on one knee. Pakku smiles saying "The spirits of Azar may be weakened every so often Jericho but in the end, they own you!"

Slade seems to look puzzled, "Jericho?" he shakes his head, "You didn't… you wouldn't!"

Pakku floats up, "It was part of the plan Slade. Trigon needed you under his foot at all times, and that son is the way." Jericho looks up, turning at Slade he dashes forward, Slade looks as Jericho stammers at Slade and removes his hood, the blonde haired teen with sideburns looks pleadingly at Slade, asking something as is throat was damaged he could not. Slade watches Jericho's eyes look on the sword, Slade cringes, "You… you can't be asking…"

Pakku looks in awe, "Is he actually…?"

Jericho grabs Slade's arm, a pleading grip of the wrist Slade wriggles out and shakes his head no. Jericho stands, his eyes twitch before glowing red, and the titans are now standing up. Slade looks at his hand, the titans, Jericho, and then Raven who is drugged, "…I have… No choice!" Slade lunges himself forward, a moment there is a strange sound, Jericho's eyes go blue, human, and he smiles weakly as he is being hugged from his father for once. Slade has his eyes closed tightly until the body he holds is limp; he slowly falls on his knees as his son did the same.

Pakku looks away, disgusted, "I should have known… Akaige's plan is so much like him!"

Slade looks up with his hate, "Akaige? I thought this was your plan!"

Pakku smirks, "No, Akaige devised it for Trigon. However, Akaige later decided not to use the plan for some reason. I don't know why it seems like a perfect plan."

Slade shifts on his heel screaming "I don't care who made this plan, you made me loose my friend, my son, and two women I love! I'm going to rip you to shreds!" Slade grabs up the sword to attack but he's constricted by chains. Pakku smirks as he sees Wrath has Slade, "About time something good happens."

Slade was about to scream when the chains loosened. Pakku glares on Wrath who has let the chains go but his eyes seem to be squinting, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Not what," the voice speaks behind Wrath, a chill nips the air it seems as Wrath lifts off the ground with three protrusions from the chest, "Whom the hell, is a more proper term my son."

Pakku shakes slightly with a flutter backwards, his view heats on Wrath who is now being raised overhead the blonde haired Terra, "You… you possessed her? That's cheating!"

Akaige stretches his claw wide making Wrath scream before being turned into black mists, Akaige lowers his claw back to his side before asking "When did I ever say I didn't cheat? You do what it takes to get the job done!"

Pakku growls lowly, "No… I won't let him take her away from me again!" Akaige hears this, his eyes slink, "This is for that woman isn't it? You made a deal with Trigon to save her, such a foolish mistake."

Pakku ignores his father hearing someone coughing. Pakku turns to Addie who is stirring? "I thought you shot her!" Wade nods and Pakku thinks, "Wait, Slade gave Addie a blood fusion didn't he? Perhaps that transfusion gave her his regenerative powers!" Pakku glares a sadistic grin, "Guess what Akaige! I found a way around this whole mess!" Pakku raises his left hand covering him and the others, along with Addie in black mist. Slade tries to stop this but they were gone, "Addie! Raven!"

Akaige sighs, "He thinks I didn't know about Addie? It was one of my original choices. Hell, using Slade was just cover for her." Akaige feels a grip around his collar; Slade slams Terra and Akaige into the air screaming "Where are they taking her?"

Akaige rolls his eyes, "Oh come on Slade are you that upset? The Church Of Blood." Slade was going to ask where that was but Akaige points up his claw, "The dilapidated church in the hell fires, remember? That one Raven was being held?" Slade drops Akaige, "This was your plan originally right? What's next?"

Akaige stands up brushing off some dirt from the shoulders, then his eyes start shaking, "Damn, Terra not now!"

Terra shows her human eyes, glaring on Slade she snaps "Why should I help you anyway?"

Slade glares at Terra, "Because, after killing me you kind of owe me!"

Akaige snaps, "Terra, this is a little more important than your petty squabble!" Terra sighs, "I know, the world is in danger." Akaige screams, "Who cares about your world! I have a reputation to freaking keep!"

Slade growls before turning away from them. "I can't handle this! I lost so much in just a few hours. What the hell am I supposed to do?"

Akaige takes control and crosses his arms, "Well Slade, if you 'love' Raven then you should save her right?" Slade looks back worried, "I can save her, right?"

Akaige smirks to Slade, "I'm counting on it!" the titans have all awoken, and Aqua Teens. Pakk sees Terra with the arm and eyes, "Akaige!"

Akaige looks over and snarls, "The other son, the less admirable one!"

Beast Boy walks over, "Terra!" he grabs her face and tries to kiss her but his face falls back with a three fingered welt, "Sweet Kage! Keep that freak away from me!"

Slade looks at the group, "We don't have time! Raven is in danger, we have to save her!" Slade pricks the sword out of the roof, "I have to save her!"

Note: Not very romantic, or much any else but tragic sad stuff. Still, you read the freaking comics Slade is downright the world's doormat, yet he still kicks some serious butt. Nothing else to say except expect some really interesting twists in the next chapter. Maybe I should have made this two chapters or something with all the events in it.