Disclaimer:
I do not own the teen titans.

Summary:
"And the only time she touches the ground is when that little bird… dies."
What happens when a certain bird falls to prey? Will she once again take flight? Or disappear into the night?

Raven centered fiction.

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CHAPTER TEN

Black Fury - Soul, take thy risk.

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RECAP:
"Who are you!" She was furious, to say the least. Someone had just knocked her back into a metal beam. Of course she was going to get angry.

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Raven grunted and ran a hand through her hair, instantly changing it to a light blonde color. She blinked, brown eyes staring at the stranger. If she was going to be seen by civilians from below, she might as well be disguised.

The man smirked, he was dressed in a black battlesuit. His hair dead black, brushed backed. He looked to be in his early twenties.

He covered his chest with a hand, mock frown upon his face, "Oh, that hurts.." He smirked once again, "..dear sister.."

Raven glared. She knew this was possible. All those bastard spawn children of her dear father.. Of course, she was one of them, she wasn't going to deny that.

"What do you want.. brother." She spat 'brother' as if it was poison, she dare not want to know his name. Her hands clenched at her sides, ready to attack.

"Just a small family... reunion. The name's Markus by the way." He bowed with the cocky smirk plastered on his face.

Raven continued to glare, it usually was not her intention to attack without being attacked first. But he did.. knock her into the beam.

She ran fast, using her telekenetic powered hands, she plowed both fists into his chest, resulting him flying into th ocean waters with a loud splash.

"That's for knocking me back!" She yelled, flying high above toward where he fell.

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Starfire gasped as she watched someone fall into the waters. "Friend Robin! There is-"

The alarm went off. Robin typed a few commands, "There's a disturbance at the bridge, titans go!"

Starfire, realizing that was what she might have saw, nodded, and flew, not before dropping silkie off in her room.

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Raven levitate above the waters, her arms folded against her chest, her face in a scowl. A burst of water flew upwards as Markus revealed himself.

He shook his head, letting the water escape. "That wasn't very nice. I'd take that as a no to the invitation?" He grinned.

Raven swung her arms down, a black mist forming into two identical swords at her sides. "No way in Hell am I up for a party." She growled. The wind picked up, whether it was Mother Nature or Raven's Fury, no one could tell.

"We're not exactly in Hell, dear sister, maybe when we actually get there, you can decide." He unsheathed his own sword from his back. "Need directions?"

He rushed forward swinging high, aiming for her head. Raven formed an x with her swords and easily blocked it. Markus pressed down, metal against metal screamed as Raven was losing the battle of strength.

Raven grunted, and swung her swords to her right, forcing his sword down. She quickly did a roundhouse to his face and flew higher in the air.

A cannon beam flew toward her, she sidestepped in the air just in time, "What was that for!" She turned her head to find Robin, Cyborg and Hotspot on the bridge, Beastboy and Starfire had taken to the sky.

Raven turned her head to look for Markus, 'Fuck.' He was nowhere to be found.

She was suddenly blasted back by a heavy force, Markus levitated in the air, a smirk in place. Raven stopped her decent, and glared.

Still holding her swords, she pointed one at the titans, her eyes still trained on her brother.

"This isn't your fight! Stay out of it!" She yelled loudly.

"Oh, dude, she sounds mad." Beastboy landed next to Robin.

"..I do not know which is the enemy Friend Robin.."

"Uh, man, what do you wanna do?"

Hotspot, of course, never said anything. He just looked at Robin.

Robin frowned, he opened his mouth to say something. But was interrupted by another yell.

"MARKUS!" Raven screamed and quickly flew towards the abandoned warehouses by the shore. Markus flew quickly after her, his sword still in his hand.

"Starfire, Beastboy, Take Cyborg and Hotspot, I'll get there by my r-cycle. TITANS GO!"

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Raven grunted while she struggled to get up from the ground. Markus had hit her fast while she flew, she had fallen to the ground in a diagnol way, making a makeshift crater and tail.

Fortunately, she had fallen into one of the many spacious abandoned warehouse parking lots.

Markus landed nearby, just as Raven stood up, both swords still gripped in her hands. She glared at him.

"Of course sister, if you don't want to come willingly, I can just kill you and meet you in Hell." The ever cocky smirk still on his face. He added, as an afterthought, "I think I like that better."

The titans had just arrived, the flying duo dropping off their counterparts and taking the air once again. Robin walking from his cycle. They took stance. Everyone readying with weapons and starbolts.

"Who are you!" Robin yelled, he could see a young woman standing next to a crater, he had assumed she made. And he watched the back of Markus turn towards him.

"Leave them out of this! This is between you and me! I told you to stay out of it!" Rave yelled at Markus, then at Robin. She growled when Markus turned his back.

Raven found this has an oppening and quickly teleported, reappearing infront of Markus, she drew her hands together and combined her swords into one, making it wider. She raised it to strike his neck, but Markus had turned at the last second and blocked it.

"Sister.." He seethed, drawing closer to her, "That's low.. just like daddy dearest, no?" He smiled at her narrowed eyes.

Raven growled, she lifted her sword from his block, and swiped at his abdomen. Markus stepped back, having only the tip slash him. Resulting in ebony blood seeping from his clothes.

"TITANS GO!" They all ran and flew towards the pair. Markus raised his hands outward and let his head fall back, emitting a large growl. Large power surged through him, creating a blast to where he was. Raven flew back, but laded on her feet, skidding a bit.

The titans were also flown back from the blast. They regrouped and stood by Robin.

"Dude.. That hurt.."

"Friend Robin.. What is the plan?"

She only got a grunt in response as she turned her eyes to where his was on. She gasped.

"Oh.. man.." Was the only thing Cyborg said as he looked at his forearm, calculating something.

"How many.." Robin growled, his eyes still set infront of him.

"Rob.. I'm counting about.. A hundred and fifty."

Raven looked infront of her, she scowled at her brother's doing. "Demons! Can't handle your sister, Markus?" She screamed, levitating so that she could see him.

Markus let his eyes wander to her, grin in place. The horde of demons standing still, all between Markus, the titans, and Raven.

"Just didn't want children interferring in our games, dear sister." He flew up, eye to eye with her.

The titans watched the siblings disappear high into the sky, only the streams of black in the sky could you tell they were there.

"Okay titans, we obviously can't jail these.." Robin thought of a word,

"Demons." Hotspot provided, earning looks, since he rarely spoke.

Robin nodded, "Yeah.. demons. So just.. Umm.. Kill." He never really assigned his team to kill. So it was a first. He never killed himself, come to think of it.

Everyone nodded, grim faces adorning their features.

"Okay, TITANS GO!"

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It was a good.. twenty minutes before Raven found herself back on ground, her eyes searching the demons.

"Markus! SHOW YOURSELF! You coward!" She had just thrust her sword fully into his side, but she had been kicked to the abdomen and lost track of him.

Raven decaptitated a demon as it neared her. She growled once again, seeing as she attracted more. With her sword in her right hand, she let her left hand fall to her side, and a black mist surrounded it, forming an odd looking metal gun.

She quickly shot a demon to her right, who was running at her. It stopped immediately, a penny sized hole on his forhead, and dropped to the ground.

"Markus!" She yelled for his name once again, as she threw her hand under her right arm, and let out two shots, downing two demons. Raven quickly, swung her sword infront of her, cutting the top of a head. If you could even call it that. Some of these demons had horns.. or worse yet, no face.

Raven lowered her body, as to escape the blood that would have flown to her face.

She jumped, taking flight. Raven looked around, to look for her brother when her eyes fell upon the titans. They all looked tired, and two thirds of the demons still remained.

Raven watched as large demon, twice the size of herself, walked toward Robin's back, who was too busy fighting infront of him to notice. The demon held up his axe, ready to strike him.

She scowled, couldn't the titans take care of themselves! Raven teleported, reappearing infront of the demon, who was confused at the sudden appearance at the woman.

"Learn to watch your back! Geez!" She yelled as jumped quickly as to be eye level with the demon, and thrusted her sword into his neck, also firing a shot right into his forehead at the same time. Taking her sword back out of his neck, she landed, roundhoused his chest, seeing as he was going to fall forward.

Robin had turned when she yelled, and watched her attack the demon. He now witnessed as the demon fell backwards.

"Your back!" Raven yelled at him, as she fired a few more shots at nearing demons, and swung her sword, heads just.. flying everywhere.

Robin, startled out of his shock, turned around just in time, to block a fist.

Raven, finally seeing her brother, in the midst of demons ahead of her, he looked as if he was healing himself. Slowly, it seems.

She ran forward, and suddenly tripped, she growled, and swung her swords at the surrounding legs. The demons, having found themselves without legs, fell toward the ground, with nothing to support them. Raven stood quickly, dozen of shots fired from her gun as she killed those around her.

Raven ran once again, swinging her sword at heads, and firing off her gun. She jumped to a demon, using him as leverage, and swiftly cut off his head before jumping higher into the air. Her back faced towards the ground, she flew over them, as she fired her ebony gun at unsuspecting heads.

She sure was happy that Slade made her into sharpshooter, stupid assassination offers.. Of course, she never took the deals. But Slade had made sure she was ready just incase.

Raven landed rolling in a small clearance of demons. She crouched, her eyes narrowed infront of her, sword and gun ready at her sides. Markus had stood up when she landed. His wound still there, but not as big.

She straightened herself in a stand. Demons came to attack her, but Markus waved them off. They commanded and went to the titans instead. There was still a good 70 of demons. But the titans were quickly taking care of that, now that they knew the weakness, the head.

"Markus."

"Raven."

"Bastard."

"Bitch."

Raven narrowed her eyes at that. He only smirked. Markus picked up his sword that was discarded by his feet. Raven let her gun disolve and let her sword widen.

Both were bruised, bleeding, and tired. But full of adrenaline, surely.

The siblings rushed toward each other, swords drawn at their side, ready to strike. Raven swung hard, hoping to decapitate him. He leaned his head back, but let out a small pained scream, when the top of his left shoulder was sliced off.

Raven lifted her left leg to kick him, but Markus caught it with his right hand, grinning. He lifted his sword high.

'Shit! He's going to cut off my leg!' Raven thought urgently. She dropped to the floor, making him stumble forward with the sudden weight, her leg still tightly in his hand. She growled, then supported herself with her hands, to get closer to him, both legs now on his chest. Raven kicked him hard, making him fall to the ground.

Unfortunately, both had dropped their swords. They both looked at the other for a startled second before grabbing their swords and standing up. Mere inches from eachother.

A 'Booyah' was heard, a 'Congratulations Friends!', and a 'Good job team' was heard as the titans finished off the last of the demons.

Yet.. through those words, if you listened closely, you could hear metal being pushed through flesh and blood. A quick intake of breath. And a whisper.

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Authors Note: -dodges rotten vegetables- Sorry sorry! I know, I know, crappy chap right? Well, I just felt like an update. I'm, as you can read, not good at descriptive writing and fight scenes. But I love them to death. I got a huge imagination just waiting to burst out and eat somebody.

Anyways, cliffie. Rawr. I like cliffies. They're so.. evil. Muahaha. ANYWAYS, ANYWAYS, ANYWAYS;

Reviews are awesome, really, constructive criticism is always welcome. This is like.. one of my first fictions, so I need it.

Suggestions and ideas are always welcome, unlike some people, I don't have the story planned out anymore, my ideas kinda died a few chapters before. Oh, and, I wrote this on OpenOffice first, and it automatically corrects spelling as I type it. And I usually still do spell check after, but I didn't feel like it, so forgive for any typos.

Heh, hearts,
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