Taloni's eyes widened with hope when she saw orbs of green light knock two of the knights backward. Robin went straight for the Elder knight, who evaded his flying kick and grabbed him by his ankle and smashed him into a near by table. Beast Boy slammed down his Kangaroo feet onto the knight who held the staff controlling the vines. The staff fell and the end smashed on the stone floor. The vines uncoiled and Taloni fell hard to the floor. Raven levitated straight towards Taloni and knelt down to help her up.
" I've got you, your safe now." Raven said as she held up Taloni's frail blue frame.
" Thank you, Aserathian." Whispered Taloni, Raven's eyes grew larger as the face of the siren looked up though her long silver strands.
" How...how did you know?" said Raven, but she did not get her answer. At that moment The Elder knight swung the heavy blood red staff and knocked Raven away. Taloni edged up the stonewall, still too weak from the loss of blood and the shackles on her arms to defend herself. She raised her hand out in front of her. The Knight drew back the staff and held it level at her chest.
" No...please" Taloni whispered.
" Yes...the time it NOW!" The Knight thrust the staff forward.
" NO!" Raven yelled, but it was too late. Taloni screamed as the staff penetrated her chest. Light shined out from the wound. Her eyes filled with light. The Staff glowed brighter and brighter as it drained the life from the Siren. Raven tried to attack but her magic was blocked by a shield which encompassed the knight and the siren. Beast boy desperately rammed the shield as a ram, but it would not give. All the Titans could do was watch as Taloni's gentle soul was torn from her body. To be fused with a soul that barely withstood the complete saturation of greed, hate, and malice. Taloni's lifeless body slid to the ground when the last of her life was sapped from it. The Knight's staff glowed like bright star as he stepped from the shield.
" You...You used the Staff of Hades..." Cried Raven, her disbelief of what had just occurred had started to fade and anger took its place. Beast Boy had rushed to Taloni's side knelt down. He lifted her from the ground and held her limp body.
" Come on...wake up..." Beast Boy whispered, although he knew full well she would not.
The knight lifted the staff high above his head.
" All the power of the Sirens, it is finally mine." Cried the Knight. The light washed over him, and as the light hit his face the deep scars fleshed out, and in seconds were healed.
Cyborg jumped forward and aimed his sonic cannon at The Knight.
" Yeah well you are gonna give em' back!" Cyborg let loose his sonic cannon's force. But the shot was useless for it simply bounced off the light bathed Knight. Starfire left loose a barrage of starbolts but they had the same effect. Beast Boy starred down into Taloni's face, her once kind eyes were closed and he prayed they would open again.
" No...No...NO! I CAN"T LET THIS HAPPEN!" Cried Beast Boy. He gently set Taloni's body down on the floor and started towards The knight.
" I will not let you get away with this!" said Beast Boy as he stepped over a fallen knight and made his way to The Elder Knight. The knight turned to face Beast Boy. The knights skin had begun to absorb the light. As his skin took it in it turned a deep red.
Robin had recovered and had jumped towards The Knight. The Knight smiled at Robin, but stopped smiling when his kick hit him in the chest and sent him flying backwards.
" What..." gasped the knight, grabbing his chest and still feeling the force of Robin boot on his ribs.
" Robin how did you attack him?" cried Cyborg, amazed that Robin had succeeded where he had failed. Robin landed and stood up. He had felt his foot pass through the shield. But why?
"If Robin can hit him, than so can I!" Thought Beast Boy and so he ran towards The Knight. The Knight had stood back up and saw Beast Boy charging towards him. Beast Boy leapt forward and grabbed hold of the Staff. Beast Boy instantly felt as if he was being electrocuted. Then suddenly his skin began to absorb the light but it did not turn Blood red, but rather a beautiful silver whitet.
" What... What are you doing! LET GO BOY!" Cried out the Knight, But he was soon silenced but another voice, a whisper that only he and Beast Boy could hear.
" A good heart, a heros heart, can undo the deeds done by the Staff of the Dark Lord of the Underworld." Taloni's voice faded but her meaning was clear to Beast Boy. He held tight with both hands and starred into the Knights eyes. The Blood red skin of the knight began to be drawn out and Beast Boy's skin glowed more and more silver. Soon all light had vanished and The Knight's hands slid from the staff. Beast Boy stood holding the staff all his skin turned to a bright shining silver. He looked around and saw all the Titans starring at him. He walked over to Taloni who lay on the stone floor. He stood over her not sure what to do.
" Uhhh I...I.." Beast Boy Looked at the staff and looked at Taloni.
Raven called from across the room. She couldn't believe that Beast Boy had just done what he'd done.
" Beast Boy You must rejoin her soul with her body quickly, You must Stab her again with the staff!" She cried.
" I am not gonna stab her!" Cried back Beast Boy
" Beast Boy do it now or she will be lost forever" Called Raven.
" Ok! If it will save her." Beast boy pulled the Staff back and pushed into her chest. Taloni's back arched and her body became rigid. The light left Beast Boy's body and flowed down the Staff into her's. Once all the light entered her body Beast Boy pulled the staff out with a jerk. The wounds closed as the last light was sealed away into her body. She settle back down on the ground. Beast Boy tossed the Staff aside and knelt down beside her. She lay motionless, her face sunken and bruised.
" Come on, come on!" Said Beast Boy. He sat on the floor, her body in his lap. Raven, Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg had moved closer, and stood around Taloni and Beast Boy. Starfire knelt and picked up the fallen siren's hand.
" I fear we may have been too late" She said, and closed her eyes. But Starfire's green eyes soon opened wide when she felt her hand tighten.
" Maybe too late is actually just in time" Taloni whispered in a soft voice, her eyes opened and she looked up to see Beast Boy's fanged grin.
" Yes!" Shouted Beast Boy. Grins appeared on all the Titans faces. Raven turned away and smiled to herself.
" You got pretty beat up...we will take you back to the tower and fix you up good as new." Said Cyborg. Beast Boy helped Taloni to her feet. She smiled weakly, took one step and fainted. Beast Boy caught her and held her up.
" She is gonna need a lot of rest, she has been through what I don't believe anyone has ever survived." said Raven. Cyborg bent down and picked Taloni up and carried her in his mechanical arms. The Titans left, Robin called the authorities on the T-communicator. They headed back to the tower, but returned with one more. One who was not clear of danger yet, for her fight for her life had just begun..