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Chapter 11: Pathetic really.

As Beast Boy was coming down from the air and towards the creature, His anger was reminding him of what had happened. The emotions of Raven lay dead all over the battlefield because of some stupid mishap. An unconscious Raven was in the demon's grasp. The demon smiling with glee at what he had done. How the demon had tried to kill Raven in her sleep. This thing wasn't going to harm Raven. Beast Boy was going to stop him. And as his gorilla form brought its fist down onto the creature's head, he was only hoping to drive that thing into the ground.

Of course, the creature wasn't going to go down that easily. Lifting up his upper right arm, he shot forth a mass of black energy that shot upwards and wrapped around Beast Boy. He was stopped dead in the air as the substance engulfed him. He was then thrown away into a wall on the upper floor of the shopping center. Making contact, it left a huge crater where he hit and then he slid down to the ground to the ground.

"Just as hopeless as this one," the demon stated as he lifted up raven's body. He then flung it to the side, where it rolled around on the floor like a rag doll before lying face up on the ground.

"What have you done to her?" Robin yelled at the creature.

"What I have done would be considered nothing. Not like what I will do to you!" the demon yelled. He then fired off a black energy beam from his hand right at the three Titans

"Titans, Go!" Robin yelled as the three jumped out of the way of the beam, which exploded as it hit its target zone.

Cyborg slid across the ground to avoid the shot and readied his Sonic Cannon. Taking aim, he fired off the weapon's blue beam at the creature's midsection. The creature dropped one of his arms suddenly and deflected the blast away from him.

"Can't break through a strong defense," the demon stated as it turned towards Cyborg.

"Not until I break it!" he yelled as he fired off three more beams from his weapon. They too were deflected into the air by the creature's arms and only resulted in the demon laughing its head off. Cyborg then fired off one a shot to the head aimed for the head. The creature knocked aside the beam with one of his upper arms, sending it off in another direction.

"Still can't put up a good fight since our last battle," the demon stated as he then put together the hands of his lower arms and placed them out in front of him. He then fired from his combined palms an energy beam at the cybernetic warrior. Cyborg was taken off guard by how fast the beam was and it knocked him into the far wall, along with the beam knocking off a good portion of his chest armor.

Robin then went in with his boo staff out and swinging it in an arc at the creature. The demon blocked one of the blows and then the overhead swing that followed the last attack. Robin then tried a barrage of thrusts. The demon blocked these attacks with just his palm. Robin then went in for two more sings with his staff. The creature blocked one and on the second he grabbed the staff around the middle.

Bringing his face in close to Robin's, he said, "The boy wonder. You're not so much of a wonder you know."

Cringing at the rancid breath that erupted from the beast's mouth, Robin asked," What do you want?"

"To see you suffer," the demon replied. Using his lower hand, he plowed it into Robin's face and sent the kid flying away until he landed right into the ground, a bloody gash now over his left eye from the punch. The demon then snapped the boo staff he was still holding with as simple snap of his fingers.

Starfire was over where raven was, leaning over her and just about to get her out of there. She then flew up into the air as a black energy disk sailed past where she had been standing.

"Can't have you move her just yet, my dear. Not until I am through with her," the demon stated as he looked up at the alien.

"You will not have such a pleasure," Starfire yelled as she charged her hands up and fired off a few starbolts. The demon fired from his upper arms dark energy orbs. They hit the starbolts dead on and exploded the starbolts upon impact. Star halted her assault upon seeing her attacks weren't working, but not without dodging a few more of the projectiles the demon was launching at her. She then flew behind the demon at prepared herself for a massive starbolts blast. However, it was when she was charging up that she saw the demon's second face. And it was ready for her.

"I see you!" the face with the frozen frown yelled as a black energy beam erupted from its mouth. It went flying right towards Starfire and she screamed as it hit her body. She was knocked out cold and she plummeted to the ground. All of a sudden, Robin leaped out to where she was about to hit and caught her in her arms.

As he knelt to the ground and held her, the demon turned the front half of him towards Robin and asked," Isn't attacking an enemy from behind deemed cowardly?"

Robin took one hand off of Starfire and went to his utility belt, pulling out three birderangs. He tossed them at the demon quickly. However it caught them with three of its hands and crushed them to powder. Behind him, Cyborg managed to recover from his unconsciousness, still holding the spot where most of his armor had been chipped off, and opened up the missile launchers on his shoulders. Out shot twelve small missiles that went straight for the creature. The other face the creature shot out energy beams from its eyes that intercepted the missiles and exploded them before reaching the intended target. Starfire recovered from the blast and retaliated by launching a massive starbolt at the front of the being being. He just calmly raised a round black energy shield up in front of him and the blast just exploded on that.

"His defenses are formidable. He can defend himself from all sides," Starfire commented.

"If he can see," Robin stated as he drew out a small round ball. He threw it at the ground in front of the demon and it covered the area around him with smoke.

"Now!" Robin yelled.

At this command, Robin threw an explosive disk towards where the creature was, followed up with an energy beam from Star's eyes and a shot from Cyborg's Sonic Cannon. The three attacks struck at the same time and a massive explosion erupted from where they had hit. When it cleared, they saw that all that was there was most of the floor paneling destroyed and a huge scorch mark.

"Is it over?' Cyborg asked as he and the others looked on at the spot where the blast had hit.

Just then, out of the ground there came a black vortex. And out from the vortex came the demon; his arms folded in front of him and his grin even wider then before.

"Are you done yet? I can't believe how sad this battle is. You humans can barely-"

He was cut short as a screech was emitted from the air. He looked up only to then twist his body back and forth in pain and scream painfully. This was because a green falcon and soared from the air and was now clawing and peaking at his face. One of the talons had hit his upper left eye and crimson blood was shooting out of it.

(Never though these things could bleed like us,) Bb thought as he caught the blood out of the corner of the falcon's eye. (Bastard hit me harder then I thought. If I didn't wake up sooner, I wouldn't have been able to take him off guard.)

The demon then grabbed BB off of his face and threw him into the air. BB flapped his wings to recover from being thrown and landed perfectly on the ground. He then transformed into a raptor and let out a scream from the prehistoric creature's mouth. The demon turned his face towards BB, showing off the black space with hanging red flesh that had been where BB had gotten his eye. Even though that stupid frozen grin was still there, it had suddenly curved into something more sinister and the eyes were full of hatred and malice. BB then charged at the creature, claws ready to try and slash into it. But the demon suddenly ran forward and slashed into BB. Beast Boy could feel the hot claws entering his skin, puncturing his flesh, and then the hot blood against his morph's skin. He staggered a few more feet down the line before falling over. He transformed into his human mood in order for the wound to heal, but a tear appeared in his clothing and his wound suddenly reopened in the exact same place with the blood pouring out in another steady stream.

"Beast Boy!" Cyborg yelled as he began to run over to his fallen comrade.

"Enough!" The creature suddenly yelled. He then raised his lower arms and upper right arm at Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg respectively. This time, out emerged red balls instead of black ones. They hit their targets dead on and the Titans were knocked backwards into the mall stores, the windows shattering and shelves crashing as they did so. Seeming satisfied, He then turned his injured face towards Beast Boy, who was kneeling and the other to press down on his wound to try to halt the bleeding.

"Don't try transforming. The wound I apply to you will open up and bleed unless proper treatment is given. I was going to use it on Raven, but you hurt me. I will not let a human who has damaged the pure flesh of demons live on this Earth! When hell has come, I will do things to you that will make this seem merciful. By the way, don't worry about the others. Raven will die when the time has come. The others I have left a little parting gift. I hope that your last minutes be slow and painful."

"You bastard!" Bb yelled, but reeled over as he felt the pain surge through his body at an even stronger pace. The demon laughed at his suffering and then disappeared into the ground into an open black vortex.

After this had happened, Raven was finally regaining her consciousness. She opened her eyes, but the world was blurry at first and on its side.

(Was it a dream?) She asked herself. She put down her left hand to get up, but cringed at the pain she felt. Her wrist was broken. She was still in her own hell. There was the damaged landscape. There were her dead emotions. But there was now something even worst. There was Beast Boy, kneeling on the ground and blood pouring from his side.

"Beast Boy!" Raven yelled as she got up with her uninjured hand and ran over to him.

"Raven. Thank God you're okay," BB said through clenched teeth.

"Can't say the same for you," she said as she bent down and moved his hands from his wound. (Damn it. This just had to happen,) she thought as she saw how serious the wound was. And yet she believed it to be her fault. He came to save her. He was hurt. He could of-

She went back to his wound and placed her uninjured hand over it. A blue aura flowed from her hand and washed over his wound. In no time, the wound had patched back up and Beast Boy could feel slightly stronger now.

"Raven, I-"

"Be careful. You lost a lot of blood. Where are the others?"

All it took was the bloodcurdling screams of the other Titans to make Raven's hell become even worse.

What has befallen the Titans? Will the demon be stopped? Chapter 12 is coming soon!