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"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."
CHAPTER 11:
Chaotic Times
So the choice was simple but still the means to the end weren't clear. The choice had been made but the travel to the destination was hindered. The choice between light and darkness had been made but now what was the plan?
How can one born of man destroy that which is evil. To choose light and foresake darkness is a choice that is foolishly made, for no man can choose the light and no man can choose the darkness. The two entities are forces that will forever reside within the spirit and soul of man. When man tries to choose, it is as though scales are shifting. One side is light the other darkness. Just because the scale is heavier towards the side of light doesn't mean that the darkness in the other has disappeared. Man simply, at an instance in time, follows the light... but when that instance ends the scale balances out and once again that very man has the capacity to do great evil.
Chaotic Symphony
Raven stood up and faced Lucifer.
"What do you want?" She growled out ready to attack at anytime. Lucifer felt her apprehension and sighed.
"I am merely trying to understand your stupidity. I may have brought hatred, anger and jealousy to the realm of man but... but unfaithfulness and deciet was what man created himself." Lucifer looked out the window of the Titan Tower and smiled.
"Raven, this world will be wiped clean... I shall wipe the entire universe clean... no more demons... no more Gods... no more mortals... all shall be cleansed... this is where you come in." Lucifer grinned as he faced her.
"Whatever your game is I won't fall for it." Raven spit out.
Lucifer regarded her and laughed.
"You are very proud young demon... but tell me were you so proud when Nameless struck you?" Lucifer whispered and Raven's demonic eyes began to form. Just before Raven could attack him he froze her body in mid air.
"You forget that you are born of evil... evil which I control... every being that has darkness inside of them no matter how large or minute I can control them. So that means you are no exception." Lucifer growled as he tossed Raven onto her bed.
"Let me go." Raven whispered out as Lucifer approached her. He grinned as he began to feel the air in the room change. He looked at Raven and shook his head.
"You lust after me don't you demon?" Lucifer's questioned shocked Raven to the core. She thought about it for a few moments before she finally accepted it.
"Yes..." She whispered as she began to cry softly. Lucifer laughed and then sat on her bed.
"I know you do... that is the one flaw you have always possessed..." Lucifer whispered as he then stood up to his feet and grinned.
"I got what I came here for..." Lucifer grinned as he stood up. Raven was confused as she looked around her room and then to herself. Lucifer noticed her shock and laughed.
"Old memories little demon... that's what I came here for." Lucifer disappeared and left Raven confused and shocked. She held herself as she cried
"What's wrong with me!" She screamed aloud.
Nameless had ceased looking for Lucifer deciding that he best save his energy rather than exert it looking for his prey. Nameless had been relaxing ona desert island serveral hundred miles from Titan's Tower.
"I can never go back there..." Nameless thought as he looked into the distance. "I also thought that I wouldn't have to see you for some time." Nameless turned to look at Bast who grinned and bowed.
"Lucifer's been doing some traveling. I believe he was at Titan Tower, with your precious Raven." Bast growled the other woman's name out. Nameless shot towards her and rammed her into the sand.
"She is not my precious anything... If you ever insinuate something like that again I will have your skull as a cup to drink your blood." Nameless growled as Bast hurriedly nodded.
"Sorry forgive... wait... what kind of good guy says that?" Bast grinned and Nameless shook his head. He had been having a lot of weird and violent thoughts as of late.
"Bast leave..." Nameless walked away from her and she stood to her feet.
"I want to talk to you." Nameless sighed in fustration.
"What you've seen more visions? Let me guess you want to tell me what my children look like?" He growled as Bast laughed softly and this caught Nameless off-guard. He stared at her and she stopped laughing.
"What!" Bast frowned
"I didn't think you could be capable of such a ...a ..."
"A girly laugh? I am a female... if you ever looked at me long enough you'd figure that out." Bast smirked and Nameless once again returned to his plan of ignoring her. Bast sighed and came to his side.
"Anyways, I don't 'see' the future more like the future's events are read to me. I simply replay the message to you. If you do go against Lucifer I will aid you. I lend my service if you want them." Bast spoke softly and began to turn away.
"Why do you want me? Just for my physical appearance, if so this body will fade..." Nameless spoke and Bast turned
"I want you because you are capable of getting rid of Lucifer... I was created by him and I want nothing more than to be free from his control. If he wants my presence he will simply force me to him. I want to have free will... something I envy the mortal beings for having and not appreciating." Bast spoke, "I want to show you my gratefulness by giving you what Raven can and will not... undivided love and attention." Bast walked up to him and grabbed the back of his neck and kissed him deeply.
Nameless was shocked and stunned. So much was running through his mind at that moment and at the same time all he could think of was what was happening.
Bast released his lips and stepped back in horror. Nameless regarded her with a strange look as she gasped and shook her head. She had felt his past and his future.
"No wonder... I... you...forgive me... I didn't ... you dont... he knows." Bast babbled on as she looked at Nameless as a realization set in.
"You must concentrate on defeating Lucifer... if you fail nothing will stop him, only you have the ability to stop him. I must go, Nameless please forgive me for my actions." Bast vanished leaving a very confused warrior in her wake.
Raven had gathered herself before facing the others. She knew they would have questions but instead she ignored them and continued on with her daily routine of getting herbal tea and reading a book.
Beast Boy and Terra were noticing Raven's aloofness and decided to try and cheer her up. Both had tried a joke and both had failed. Terra even tried the direct approach of asking what was wrong, only to be blown off by an annoyed goth.
"BB, Terra let her be y'all. She's really down about this." Cyborg had pulled the two titans aside and after a little coaxing they finally agreed to let Raven be.
Van and Isis had both been meditating during the entire event and saw no reason to intervien. Isis, moreso, than Van because of the response Raven had given her earlier.
"She must be heart broken." Van spoke and Isis sighed.
"You think?" Each word dripped with sarcasm.
"Okay, maybe its obvious... but I wonder... could Lucifer actually have contacted Nameless in his coma? I mean that shouldn't be possible, so maybe we can rule that option out." Van started as Isis held a hand up.
"Don't be so gullible. I don't truly understand all that is going on but I think Lucifer has something to do with this. Nameless, from what I heard from Athena and Michael, was somewhat of a softy. His actions as of late display very contrasting ideas. Possible he knows more than we do or possible he has lost his inner battle to the darkness. Either way I say we must be prepared to face him if need be. Nameless is the most dangerous one of us all. We can't afford to underestimate him, if he has become our enemy then we must do all that is in our power to be ready for a battle against him." Isis stood up from her meditation position and walked to the exit of the tower.
"Come on Van we have some patrolling to do." Van nodded and followed after waving good-bye to each of the Titans.
"So our dear sister has decided to betray us?" Ares stood at the rim of a volcano as Nephyths, Anubis, Set, and Minerva floated in the air before him.
"Ares, she is blatantly trying to get rid of us. Lucifer knows but he chooses to do nothing." Set growled as Anubis landed next to Ares. In a deep voice he spoke.
"Bast and Lucifer know what we do not. Bast can predict the future to a certain extent, she knows that Nameless is powerful and that is the reason she wants to side with him. Throughout history light has overcome darkness, it only makes since that Lucifer shall be destroyed. We know that Nameless is strong but he can't defeat me, let alone all of us... his weakness is still the halfling demon. WE get to her and he shall fall." Anubis spoke as Set agreed.
"Anubis don't be a fool... we harm her and Nameless will destroy us swiftly." Ares laughed as each of the other demonic gods sighed in fustration except Anubis.
"Surely you don't think I would be that foolish, brother. We get her to fight for us. That will be his downfall, Lucifer may fall to that fool, but she will not. He is still human and those feelings of love are too dominate within his kind. He shall be blinded by his feelings for the woman and he won't fight to his fullest." Anubis's idea satisfied Ares who grinned.
"So brother how will we get her to fight for us?" Ares questioned and Anubis sighed.
"That is where my creativity fails."
"I believe we should pay her a visit, we can decide what to do once we see the situation." Minerva spoke up.
"Then what shall we do about Bast? We can't let her go unpunished." Set turned to his siblings.
"Myself and Minerva shall rid ourselves of her." Nephyths declared as Minerva agreed.
"We'll handle her. We'll return soon brothers." Minerva and Nephyths vanished as Set, Anubis and Ares prepared for their encounter with Raven.
Bast had never realized or even thought to think that Nameless was... it wasn't believable. She looked around the beach in which she had decided to sit on.
"Ah... dear Bast... how are you?" Nephyths laughed as she and Minerva appeared. Bast knew that their presence wasn't to see how she was doing. Bast stood up and prepared for the worst.
"Sisters, what is it that you want?" Bast glared at both her sisters.
"If you're such a pyschic, you would know why we're here." Minerva grinned as Bast growled back at her.
"If you want Nameless then you're going to have to go through me." Minerva and Nephyths laughed.
"That's fine sister, Ares and the other don't really care what we do to you as long as you're out the way." Nephyths laughed as she and Minerva attacked. Bast was shocked from what they had said and that caused her to be to slow to block Nephyths's first attack. Minerva, being the better fighter, continued after Nephyths's attack to resume the rest of the fighting.
"Sister you should know that between the three of us I am the best fighter, why don't you just surrender and let destruction cleanse your foolish spirit." Minerva laughed as she sent a huge shockwaveat Bastthat slammed her into the ocean. Minerva floated above the water and waited for her sister to rise.
Bast blasted out of the water and slammed her fist into Minerva's cheek sending her flying into the sky.
Nephyths saw this and blasted a large black ball of enrgy at her sister that exploded before it connected with Bast. The explosion caused Bast to shield herself but Nephyths appeared behind her and nailed her in the back with a kick that was enhanced with black glowing energy. Bast flew into the sand on the beach and made a large ditch with her body. Minerva appeared several meters above Bast and sent a blackl ightening-like beam at her. The ground exploded with dark energy and fire.
Minerva was joined in the sky by Nephyths who laughed at the destruction. Bast laid in the sand that now appeared to be shards of glass. Minerva sent another lightening-like beam at her sister but the attack never exploded as it had did before.
"What is the meaing of this! Bast is in no condition to stand let alone block my strongest attack!" Minerva whispered to Nephyths.
"I was curious as to what was going on and look what I find." Nameless held both the Chaos and the Vainslay above his head in an 'X' shape as smoke rose from them.
"How could you have blocked my attack?" Minerva was furious. Nameless looked to his side to see Bast's battered body. He looked back to Minerva and Nephyths.
"What was the meaning of this?"
"Simple, she has been consorting with you against us... she had to be put in her place. I think its your turn Nameless. I'm gonna make you pay for what you did to me earlier." Nephyths growled as she and Minerva began to ready another attack. Nameless sheathed the Chaos Blade and switched the Vainslay to his right hand.
"I would have never thought that you would betray your own kind." Nameless floated into the air a few meters away from the two.
"She betrayed us when she with held information and began to choose you over us... that kind of deciet can't go unnoticed." Minerva growled as Nameless stayed silent. He looked down to Bast and closed his eyes before sighing.
"So you weren't just trying to trick me, uh Bast... your intensions were genuine..." Nameless looked back at Minerva and Nephyths.
"Leave now or I shall destroy you... my battle isn't with any of you but Lucifer only." Nameless spke before he floated back down to Bast and sheathed the Vainslay. He walked over to her injured body and knelt beside her.
"What? How dare you just write us off like that!" Nephyths growled as she landed behind him followed by Minerva. Nameless ignored them and continued to examine Bast.
After a few minutes her eyes began to crack open slowly and she tried to speak.
"Silence, you haven't the energy for words. Just nod or shake your head to my questions." Nameless whispered as Bast nodded.
"NAMELESS!" Minerva yelled furiously. Nameless turned slightly and shook his head.
"Quiet you fools... leave or you shall never see tomorrow." Namelessspoke softy and slowlyas he lifted Bast's body up and helped her to her feet. Nephyths attacked but Nameless had seen it coming and in one swift motion he spun himself and Bast in a circle all the while unsheathing the Chaos blade. Before Nephyths knew what had happened she was sliced horizontally in half.
Minerva gasped and she watched her sister's two hales fall to the ground. Nameless then sat Bast back to the ground and looked at his work.
"If you know what's best you will leave ... it is too late in the evening for anymore demon gods to die."
Minerva only looked at Nameless and then made eye contact with Bast.
"So you will side with the murderer of your sister!" Minerva asked in a whisper. Bast looked at Nephyths's remains and then to Minerva.
"I have pledged my alligiance to him and him alone. I have no sister ... only enemies." Bast stated. Minerva shook her head and glared at Nameless.
"I shall one day look upon your corpse and smile... you will pay for my sisters death." Minerva began but Nameless raised his hand.
"This is war and if you choose to fight then you forfeit any right to life. Your sister went against someone superior and she paid the price. War isn't for cowards or the weak... Nephyths was given the edge of my blade... something that will eventually happen to you if I ever see you again. Now leave." Nameless's voice was calm and fluid. Minerva stared at him momentarily before he waved his hand in a 'shooing' manner at her as he turned away from her. Minerva vanished.
"So are you going to live or die?" Nameless questioned as Bast regained some of her strength.
"I hope the former... why did you save me? I thought you weren't interested in me?" Bast laughed but stopped as pain corsed through her body. Nameless thought for a moment and then looked around as he answered.
"You said that your offer would stand for all eternity..." He looked to Bast who had her mouth slightly open.
"You mean that you want to take me up on that offer?" Bast smiled softly but Nameless only sighed
"No... " Nameless snapped as Bast looked away. "I mean no disrespect... you are attractive in everyway but I don't feel any sexual attraction towards you. I meant to take up your offer of 'forever being on my side' as you say." Bast looked up and laughed.
"Do you see the state I'm in?" Bast smirked as Nameless only looked at her then around at the scenery.
"Fine..." He spoke as he held up a hand and a dark red light shot out of his hand and into her body. Bast gasped as power surged through her body as the energy came back to her sore body.
"There. Come on, I tire of standing in such an open space... it just like putting a target on our backs begging to be attacked. Come I have a shelter that will suit us until I face Lucifer." Nameless held his hand open to Bast who ignored it and stood up.
"If I need help to stand then I don't need to be by your side." Bast grinned. As Nameless took to the sky.
"Bast if you're gonna be sarcastic I'll let you stay, I have no times for jokes... if you fight for me you fight seriously." Nameless turned to her and Bast immediately wiped the grin off her face.
When the two reached their destination the sky began to turn even darker red.
"What's going on?" Nameless looked to Bast who looked around and gasped.
"Lucifer has regained a large amount of energy... he's opening hell's gates. In a few moments demons and devils will be covering this realm like moth's to a flame." Bast spoke as the ground began to shake.
"And that?" Nameless questioned.
"The portal must be opening around this area... tell me something is there anything significant about this area?" Bast asked as Nameless looked down.
"What's wrong... is there or isn't there anything special about this area!"
"This is the site where my parents set up for their last performance... this is where they were killed." Nameless growled as his anger got to him and the Etherealite appeared. Angela looked at Bast and then to her master Nameless.
"Nameless, how come we can't communicate with you!" Angela growled as Nameless merely shook his head.
"No time, just lend me strength. I need it for now. I have to stop these beasts." Nameless unsheathed both the Chaos and the Vainslay. He looked to Bast and nodded.
"I know nothing of what comes so be prepared for anything." She whispered as the ground stopped shaking. Everything had became quiet, the wind itself didn't blow. Nameless took a few steps foward and then he felt it, a strong presence.
Raven had returned to her room and sat on the floor. She had to clear her mind but she wouldn't dare go into meditation. Lucifer had threatened her life if she ever meditated and so she knew that trying would simple lead to her demise.
"I'm going to go crazy! I must meditate... I can't even keep my mind focused! There's too much happening!" Raven screamed as a lamp exploded. Her powers were starting to slip out of control.
As she started to lay back on the floor she heard sounds. She stood to her feet and looked around her room once again.
"Lucifer?" She whispered as a laugh was heard.
"Raven Arella Roth... daughter of Arella Roth and the foolish Demon King Trigon." A man appeared and sat on Raven's bed.
"Who are you?" Raven bit out as the man laughed.
"I am Ares... not Lucifer... how are you Raven?" Ares spoke as another figure appeared.
"So Ares you decided to pay Raven a visit?"" Anubis spoke as he bowed to Raven.
"I am Anubis, Miss Raven, Ares's brother. How are you?" Anubis remained in his kneel-position. Raven looked at both of them and growled.
"Go away." Raven whispered.
"Oh, dear Raven... don't push us away... we wish to be near you and to help you get back what you want... and by that I mean the fool Nameless." Ares growled out the name.
"What do you mean by that?" Raven asked
"Nameless has become a rogue warrior. He won't fight fo rthe darkness and he won't fight for the light. He chooses to fight only for himself. he has also sided with our rogue sister, Bast. They are 'who knows where' doing 'who knows what'." Ares grinned as Raven's brow furrowed.
"What who's Bast!" Raven growled. She was experiencing extreme jealousy at the moment.
"She is our sister as Ares stated before. Lucifer created us to be the opposites of the six Gods created by the Creator. Bast is the near-exact double of Freya. She is the only one of us that shares the exact bodily features with the opposing God whom we were created to kill. Minerva, Athena's opposite, told us how he killed our third sister, Nephyths. We wanted to keep the two seperate but when we tried to destroy Bast, Nameless appeared and killed Nephyths before Bast could be stopped. We need your aid, we want you to hold Nameless off until we can destroy our traitorous sister. Will you help us?" Anubis asked.
"Of course. I won't let anyone trick Robin anymore." Raven growled
Sorry for the long update period. I'm thinking about maybe two or three more chapters. They'll possibly be longer or I may just draw out the chapters who knows.
The quote I used above is my thoughts on how we as humans try to be 'good', I doubt any of us could ever live a life without 'sin' so that's just a little insight to how I see people, that way I don't expect too much from someone.
I hope you all enjoyed that installment. Look for the next update to take place sometime by this Thursday. I want to keep my readers happy and I know updates do that. I may start another story but not a Teen Titan one... Most likely a war-type story it'll have romance cuz ever story should have romance... that's how life is. Even the ugliest of ducklings are loved by someone. I can relate with that story quite well... my 7th grade picture is a huge contrast to my 12th grade picture... HUGE contrast.
Just had to add that in... anyways thanks again to all my reviewing friends and associates. I hope that each of you decide to review this chapter as well and I hope to find a few new reviewers. If not oh well I'm still good. I want to thank my reviewers once again, because without your input I wouldn't know if anyone even liked this story. You all have motivated me to continue this fic and I thank you again.
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