Hey everyone, sorry its been so long since I've updated... I've had to do so many college projects and my computer wanted to crash so I've been busy and waiting for my computer to return. There won't be that many updates between now and aug 18 because I have semester finals ( summer program) but before I start the fall semester Aug 29 I hope to have at least gotten to the final chapter and the reason for the below quote.
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To me its strange, not because my friend is white but because of the pose that goes along with the phrase... one word... scary...
Anyways enjoy part 10.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Coach Carter 2004
CHAPTER 10:
Dispute
Raven sat in her room struggling to fight the tears that threatened to fall. She was hurt my than any physical damage could ever hope to do. Robin, the love of her life, struck her... she was furious and at the same time felt as though it was all her fault. What had she done wrong?
Raven thought constantly about what had happened. As she thought a knock shook her. Isis walked in and bowed.
"Raven... are you alright? I was sent by Isiria to check on you. Nameless did strike you with much fury... I am shocked he would do such a thing... frankly I am confused. Maybe you understand the situation better than I?" Isis sat next to Raven who only regarded the fighter with minimal interest.
"I know nothing. Please leave me be..." Raven pulled her cloak and hood around herself and turned from Isis. The warrior looked away in fustration and then excused herself.
Lucifer had witnessed the entire event. From his distant location he had watched the entire scene and wondered what was going through Nameless's mind at the moment.
"I had never meant for the boy to snap like that... I wonder now what path this will lead us down? Nameless... Nameless... Nameless... I wonder what will happen now... I never foresaw this problem... Bast!" The Freya copy walked in and grinned to herself. Lucifer knew that his creation had her own agenda... somehow he knew that Bast had somehow found out about the event.
"Yes, great one?" Bast asked as she bowed her hair falling ahead of her as she did so.
"I assume you have found out about the events of today?"
"Yes, mi'lord... Minerva and Nephyths also have tooken an interest in my... " Bast froze at her foolish slip.
"What is the meaning of 'my'? Do you really think that you can actually control him?" Lucifer grinned as he sat on his throan. Bast looked up at her creator and then gave a confused look.
"He is nothing more than..."
"Fool... You dare refer to the only one capable of my demise as 'nothing more'. He is everything... the wrong move and all could be lost and ... gained. Nameless is a very dangerous opponent, more now than ever... I think that he may be manifesting faster than I expected. If you dare... go ahead... have him... if you can, that is." Bast looked at Lucifer with a wicked grin.
"He's mine... I'm sure of it." With that she disappeared and Lucifer only shook his head as he growled.
"That fool doesn't even know what she's getting into. Oh well one less inconvience." Lucifer sighed as he sat still regaining his strength.
Nameless hovered above a mountain-top as he overlooked the valley. He knew what had to be done... no longer would he serve a god or a creator. He would protect the mortal realm... Etheria and the abyss from which Lucifer came from, all of it... none of it mattered. They were all worthless, Freya, Isiria the other gods... they needed warriors to fight for them. That made Nameless angry... they were supposedly all-powerful beings, but they need mortals to fight their battles... despicable.
As Nameless began to fly down from the mountain he was interrupted by Nephyths and Minerva.
"Well if it isn't the fakes... let me guess you two wish to fall to my blades?" Minerva raised her hand and Nephyths shook her head.
"We want nothing more than your attention... Nameless." Minerva agreed and both demonic Goddesses approached the warrior. Nameless floated in his spot as both women came to him.
"Tell us, Nameless, what is it that you wish?" Nephyths asked as she placed her slim hand on his chest.
Bast appeared instantly to interrupted the moment.
"He is mine and mine alone.." Bast grabbed Nephyths by her shoulder and pulled her away. Nameless growled under his breathe.
The fools believe I actually believe that I care for any of them... amusing... almost.
"Bast, you must learn to share... I would hate to force you to share." Minerva grinned as Bast readied herself.
Nameless had seen enough. He would have let this continue on but their very presence was sickening to him. Just as Minerva was about to strike Nameless appeared in front of Bast and delivered a crushing blow to her abdomen.
Minerva doubled over and fell toward the mountain terrain below. Nephyths looked at what had happened as Bast only grinned in triumph.
"I told you... mine." She grinned as Nameless turned to her and gripped her shoulder with a powerful force. Bast's shoulder began to throb with pain as the death grip of Nameless held in place.
"I want nothing to do with a copy... you aren't even worthy of the end of my blades." Nameless growled as he roughly pushed Bast back. She winced as she grabbed her aching shoulder and faced him.
"What has happened to the fool that is so love stricken? How did you become so much stronger? You shouldn't have been able to harm me!" Bast growled as Nameless turned to her and laughed.
"I'm better than any of you... you're pathetic... your puny little brain couldn't even begin to grasp my potential... go back to your precious Lucifer, before I decide to wipe you from existence you abominations." Nameless grinned as he vanished.
He reappeared in a bustling city that was carrying on with their daily lives as though nothing was happening.
"There is so much danger out there but none of them seem to care... I wish I could be ignorant to reality. It would make things so much easier." Nameless caught a glimpse of a young couple arguing below and made his way down to them. He floated into a nearby alley to listen.
"Jake what happened was a mistake... You can't be upset with a decision I made years ago, let it go... I love you now!" The woman cried to man man aptly named Jake. Nameless looked at the young man as he continued to glow with anger.
"He was my fucking rival Tiff... how could you have been with him at all! You were one of my best friend back in school and now I find out that you were fucking him!" Nameless was momentarily shokced... this guy was in the same boat as he... what would he do? Nameless had made his choice and he knew that this choice was the best one... however what would Jake do? Would he choose the higher road and move on or would he allow himself to be second-best?
"Tiff, I love you... but..." Nameless smirked he knew the outcome, the worthless woman would have her heart broken just like he had. Nameless waited for the breakdown that this 'Tiff' would eventually have.
"Jake... no! That was the past! I don't want anything to do with it! My past doesn't define my future... I want to be with you and you alone... don't do this to me... to us..." Nameless laughed at her words, what a lie... she just developed her feelings for him and now she doesn't want his long standing feelings he has for her to fade... selfish.
"Tiff... I can't leave you... I love you too much to ruin our future because of the past... I'm sorry I ever brought it up..." Jake hugged Tiff and Nameless teleported away with a disgusted look upon his brow.
"So everyone believes that there is a chance for love even for the most despicable creatures. I will not let myself become another love sick fool... I have a mission." Nameless spoke as Bast appeared before him.
"You do have a mission but let me ask you something... who set you on this mission in the first place? The Gods... so in a way you're still they're lap dog." Bast grinned as she bowed before him, before raising her head to him. "Nameless I wish to serve and to love you... I expect none of it to be returned but I just want to be there when you become great... which you shall..." Bast smiled as Nameless's glare lessoned.
"Speak your piece Bast and begone."
"I am a foreseer of sorts dear Nameless... I understand at this very pivotal moment in history that you have two choices to make and each of these two choices come to two other choices that will shape the future... would you be interested?" Bast asked as she knelt in front of him.
"Very well, tell me what you wish." Nameless allowed Bast to rise and then she began.
"You have two choices at this moment... continue on the path the Gods have chosen for you or side with Lucifer and destroy all that abuse you. If you choose Lucifer's side you will then have another choice to make. To aid Lucifer or to destroy him and take up his cause yourself. The first will result in your reunion with Raven and darkness forever. The creator will be destroyed and Lucifer shall recreate time with your advice. The second choice is to kill Lucifer and take up his cause. This will lead to many great affairs with myself, Minerva, and Nephthys. You will also enslave Freya, Isiria, Athena and Raven so that you can have your way with them. You will strike down, Set, Anubis, Ares, Odin, Michael, Gabriel and all opposition, but... the Creator will come to confine you to your abyss for all of the eternity... but you shall challenge him and become victorious. You shall recreate reality to your liking and all shall be as you please." Bast spoke as she looked to Nameless and grinned slightly.
"Okay, now what if I choose to continue on the path the Gods have chosen?"
"Well, if you chose the path you will have two options. Go back and love Raven or decide to fightLucifer not for love but for the sake of your fellow mortals. If you choose to love Raven then you shall be happy and your love for her will never fade, you will be slain by the great Lucifer maybe you'll return to destroy Lucifer and the rest of us. You and Raven shall live out your mortal lives forever in love but this shall happen only in Etheria away from your friends. Your children shall never forget you and neither will their children... but when your children die and their children die... you will be forgotten. All of your strife will be forgotten and the Creator will be seen as the savior. The other choice will lead to everything remaining the same... you shall destroy Lucifer completely and absolutely ... the lives of trillions upon trillions will be saved. The Creator and the other gods shall never forget how bravely you fought and for all eternity every living being shall know your name. You will be hailed as the greatest ever to walk this realm, stories of your heroics shall be retold until time itself is no longer about, but..." Bast stopped and looked at him. "You shall be destroyed along with Lucifer during your battle. You will save everyone and everything but you shall lose your life in the process. Nameless shall be no more... Lucifer's demise and your fame is accompanied by your doom... so which path will you choose? Destruction with the gods or complete and unrivaled control of everything by defying those same gods and doing what you want? I see the decision as a simple one... join us... join me... and you will have not only my mind, body and soul, but the universe as well." Bast grinned as she bowed to him again.
"You are more of a snake than I anticipated Bast... I don't care for you or your body. As for control of everything I don't want that either too much of a hassel, let gods and devils decide who controls what... I will decide to be your enemy... but I will not destroy you or any of the other fake gods. I am beyond you. I, unlike you, don't require power." Nameless growled as Bast grinned.
"But you do want to be remembered, right? If so then chose against me, fight for the Angels and swear off your love, then no being shall ever forget Nameless." Bast grinned as Nameless only grabbed her by her throat and then pulled her closer.
"Nameless..." Bast gasped but Nameless only gripped harder.
"What is it you want? Why do you come back even though each time you come closer to death?" Nameless questioned as he released her. Bast caught her throat and recomposed herself.
"I want you... you alone... my offer still stands and will stand for all eternity or as long as either of us exist. If you want me I'll be yours and yours alone. I shall never leave you for another... I won't betray you. If you give me the oppurtunity I will serve you... I swear. No matter which future you choose." Bast bowed as Nameless thought for a moment.
"I don't need a servant. Servants are for Gods and Devils... I am neither... leave Bast I no longer desire your presence... if you say you are committed to me as strongly as you say you are then you will respect my decision." Bast nodded and vanished.
Nameless stood still for a moment had what Bast said been true?
"But you do want to be remembered, right?" Nameless closed his eyes as he thought. Why did he join Batman in the first place as Robin? Yes in a way it was for revenge but when that left him, what kept him going as a sidekick? To help others? That had to be the reason... but then, why did he leave being Batman's sidekick?
"Maybe her words were right. I do want to be remembered... in my own secret way this is about others remembering my name... maybe I'm right to think that way... I will have sacrificed so much for everyone it isn't right that the Creator take all the credit for something I do..." Nameless shook such selfishness from his head.
"What am I saying... I'm starting to sound like Lucifer... but if what Lucifer said is true, then everything is a lie and if the Creator really did stop meddling in the affairs of mortals that means that the power I have wasn't a gift from him, but the manifestation of... of my anger... my despair and my sorrow. Yes... I fight to never be forgotten but I will also fight for what is right... not everyone deserves annihilation." Nameless took to the sky in search of Lucifer, he was going to end this chaos that the beast had inflicted upon his planet.
Titan Tower was dark. There seemed to be a foreboding force that lingered around the island that was home to the Titans. Raven had become a cross between upset, depressed and angered, while the other Titans had begun their training in hopes of controlling their new found powers.
Freya, Isiria, Athena, Michael, Gabriel and Odin had returned to Etheria, sensing that whatever had happened to Nameless was something only the Creator could cure. The Gods all went to him in hopes of finding answers to what has changed the once obedient warrior to a rouge fighter.
Back at the tower, or above the tower, Van and Isis sparred against each other to curb their restlessness. There hadn't been any signs of demon or devil. Van had thought sense Lucifer's awakening the planet be overwhelmed with beasts but it appeared Lucifer told them to stand down as if waiting for something. This idea was what made Van nervous and anxious. To make matters worse, the strongest of the three warriors had vanished and has yet to return.
"Isis, I can't do this anymore." Van sighed as Isis stopped herself, mid-attack. She gave him a calculating stare and then agreed.
"You can't be so worked up over Namelesss's dissappearence. I'm sure its just a phase... you boys do go through them from time to time... or its his nerves... or maybe its Raven... I do remember hearing that she was the reason he became what he is now and that takes a lot of emotion... he must have been feeling totally heart broken to have unleashed that kind of power." Unknown to either warrior, Raven had heard everything on her way to the roof to meditate. She sighed as she thought back to the events between herself and Slade.
"I did not love him... it was just sexual intercourse and nothing more..." Raven thought aloud as she decided against making her presence known by opening the roof door, instead she walked down the stairs to the workout room.
As Raven began to meditate she heard a laugh and then something fall. She looked around the darkened room at the exercise equipment that hid themselves in theshadows. Raven shook off her stupor and restarted her focus.
"Cute... real cute..." Raven's eyes snapped open at the unfamiliar voice and looked around but saw nothing.
"I can promise that if you meditate now I'll have to enter your sick little mind and warp it into even more of a sickening place." The voice laughed as Raven's eyes began to glow black and she readied herself.
"Show yourself or else."
"Or Else? What kind of foolish question is that to ask the supreme ruler of darkness and destruction, hummm, Raven? Or should I say spawn of Trigon?" Raven looked as a Blonde headed man appeared.
"You must be..." Raven stutters.
"Yes, I'm Lucifer."
Sorry it took so long on the next update but these college projects are killin me. I swear each class gives out four projects that are all due within a month! Un-freakin-believable.
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