Full Summary: SEQUEL TO MEMORIES With a sudden appearance of her father, and the end of the world rapidly approaching, Karigan braces herself for the hard road ahead with the help of Raven. Together, the two fight to withstand their fathers and their Told destiny.
Heeloo everyone and welcome to the first spankin' chappie of 'What is to Come'! I have this horrible habit of creating crappy titles and then changing them a lot…as what is going to happen to this title…though I do like it more than some of the others I thought up… but anydiddlyhoo…sorry for the delay…but since its spring break, I got back to writing after almost a 2 week pause. But what really sucks is that I know what the hell is gonna happen at the end, and I know what is happening at the beginning…but I cant get to the damn middle…! CURSE YOU, O STUPID MIDDLE!…! but always fear, I am here to feast on your cows and brainwash your dogs! BWAHAHAHAHA! But really, enough of my wacko ramblings, and on to the first chapter!
Disclaimer: really, now think about it, if I didn't own them then, im most certainly not gonna own them now…damn legal poo…
I really need to lay off the sugar…I started typing this 3-27-05 at 2 in the frikin morning…and im not at all tired!
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What is to Come
Chapter One: Discarded Past
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As the sun rose and settled into the sky, the light crept through the semi-opened curtains and onto a sleeping figure.
"Damn sun." Karigan groaned, closing the curtains with the wave of her hand. (dontcha hate the sun when it does that? Grr…)
She stared at the ceiling of the room, her room, the room she had lived in for almost a month now, and still couldn't believe Slade was dead. Her mornings were often like this, reflecting on the past and looking to the future. The man that had haunted and hunted her for two years was finally gone.
It had been a peaceful month, only a few small attacks here and there. Karigan grew to love every member of the team like she would family. And with the painful memory of Slade safely tucked away Karigan was able to open her heart up completely and let someone else in. She and Robin's relationship seemed to grow exceptionally better with each passing week, and they had been officially dating for two weeks.
As she lay there, wandering in her dreams and memories, a pang of guilt stabbed at her heart. Karigan had only one secret that might harm the rest of the Titans and herself. Why she hadn't told them after Slade was killed, Karigan didn't know.
She broke out of her reverie when her watch beeped, signaling a new hour. It was 10:00, and Karigan was surprised no one had come to wake her up. So she took a quick shower, threw on a pair of khaki cargos and a red sleeveless shirt and headed downstairs.
The kitchen was in complete chaos, but mornings were usually like this, only earlier. Cyborg and Beast Boy were arguing over what to have for breakfast, and Robin and Star were making it, obviously tired of waiting. Raven was setting the table when Karigan came in.
"How come no one came to wake me up?" she asked, stretching. Raven merely shrugged and sat down to read.
Karigan walked over to Star and Robin, "Need any help?" Robin shook his head.
"If you could try to shut those two up and tell them breakfast is done, we can eat." Karigan nodded and went to stand off to the side, saying nothing. The argument had taken a turn for the worst-Beast Boy was lecturing Cyborg on how it was inhumane to kill and devour innocent, defenseless animals; waving a spatula in his face all the way. What the two didn't notice was that all the pillows from the couch had risen into the air and were levitating dangerously close to their heads. Karigan threw the floating pillow right for Beast Boy's head, and it hit him at full force, knocking him back a little and shutting him up immediately. Cyborg pointed and laughed hysterically at Beast Boy, but he wasn't off the hook either and another pillow came zooming at his head, hitting and catching him by surprise. Karigan burst out laughing at the looks on their faces and told them it was time to eat.
After breakfast was over Robin sentenced Cyborg and Beast Boy to kitchen clean up. The rest of the Titans went their separate ways; Raven began reading once again, Star to watch a segment on the average growth rate of African baboons, and Karigan and Robin mozied upstairs to train. When they arrived at the training room Karigan picked up a hand-held miniature punching bag and Robin began beating it to death. Karigan spoke first as Robin continued punching.
"How come no one came to wake me up this morning?" she asked. The Boy Wonder paused for a moment.
"Truth be told, I don't think any of us got up until at least 9. Even Raven slept in, and BB got up about 20 minutes before you did." Karigan nodded and smirked evilly.
"What?" Robin asked. At that moment Karigan launched a punch at him, which he dodged. (WARNING: fluff stuff up ahead...and i suck at writing fluff...so, you have been warned... . )
"Sneak attack, eh?" he said, smiling. Karigan only shrugged, still smirking.
"You wanted to train..." she faded off. Robin grinned mischievously and tackled her to the floor. Karigan eeped as they fell and she laughed breathlessly as Robin began tickling her.
"No fair!" she gasped between giggles.
"No one said war was fair." he responded, still relentlessly tickling her. Now Karigan simpered wickedly.
"Time to make it fair." she told Robin as he began to float a few feet above her.
"Hey!" he exclaimed, flapping his arms wildly. "Now that's not fair!"
"No one said war was fair." she mocked him mercilessly, waving her hands in front of her like a bird. Robin saw a window of opportunity and grabbed Karigan's wrist, pulling her close to him. His feet touched solid ground as his lips met warm, moist skin. Karigan closed her eyes and enjoyed the kiss, but it was cut short by the alarms sounding and the read alert lights flashing. Karigan pulled away, sighing.
"Damn it, bad guys ruin all the fun." she said, turning to the door. "We should probably go." Robin sighed also.
"I suppose so." he said, following Karigan out of the room.
"Cyborg, report." Robin ordered as soon as they got downstairs
"Some raving lunatic downtown is randomly setting fire to things." Cyborg answered, reading the report. There was one evanescent vibration in the air, a faint smell that tainted Raven's nostrils. She knew it wasn't just any raving lunatic; the smell and vibration were vaguely familiar. They were close to her father's, but then she knew they were different and it clicked.
"Xaphtious." she whispered out loud. Everyone turned to her, puzzled expressions on each of their faces.
"Say what?" Cyborg asked, confused.
"Xaphtious." Raven repeated louder. "Right hand of my father. Sold his soul to gain demonic powers and help my father destroy the world." she explained. The puzzled expressions remained except for Karigan's; she recognized the name. There's Trigon, Grim, Xaphtious, and Bob in the Underworld. Raven met Karigan's eyes-she heard her thoughts. "How'd you know that?" Raven mentally demanded. "Sividia told me, remember?" Karigan replied. "Oh, yeah." Raven lied. When Karigan had told everyone about her coma Raven hadn't been listening, at all.
"Right." Robin said finally. "So we've got a demonic raving lunatic. But nevertheless one that had to be brought down. Titans, lets go!" he added, sprinting for the door. Everyone followed behind, heading downtown.
Jump City was a thriving city of new ideas, technology, people and bad guys. When the Titans reached downtown it lacked everything but the bad guy. Some of the park in the center of the square lay in smoldering ruins, while the rest was burning up in black flames. The whole square was deserted, the fumigation from the acrid smoke and sudden outbreak of violence made everyone flee.
"What, so our bad guy's invisible." Beast Boy piped up, turning his head every which way, still looking.
"Either that or chicken." Cyborg responded, turning his arm into the sonic cannon. "The guy's probably got some sneak attack up his sleeve because he's too much of a coward to face us up front." Karigan scanned the surrounding area and the skies, just in case. IN the sky above them all, Karigan glimpsed a moving black dot. As it got closer she realized it was a ball of charcoal colored flames. Robin saw it also and warned everyone else.
"Titans, scatter!" They all did that, but a little too late. The fireball crashed into the ground right where everyone had previously been standing a second before. The force form the impact blasted all the Titans (except Raven and Starfire) off their feet. Slowly, the Titans recomposed, wary of their craven attacker
"Please, why is this villain performing the 'Attack of the Sneaks'? Does he not wish to fight us?" Starfire asked, starbolt at the ready. No one had an answer for her.
"Dude, this is getting ridiculous. I'm starting to feel like I've done something wrong instead of the other way around." Cyborg spoke up, whirling around at the slightest sound.
Karigan walked up to Raven, "Xaphtious can't turn invisible, can he?" Raven shook her head.
"He can fade to a shadow, but not completely invisible."
"Hmph. Thanks for the warning." Karigan responded, turning to the racket Cyborg was making.
"Another sneak attack, eh?" he shouted, randomly firing his sonic cannon in the air. At that moment a shadow leapt at Robin.
"Look out!" Karigan shouted, launching her own flame ball at the shadow. Xaphtious easily dodged her missiles and lunged for Beast Boy, who changed into an eagle and soared into the air.
"Aim at the shadow." Karigan told everyone, but the shadow had disappeared again. "Damn." she cursed under her breath. "Show yourself, you damnable waste of a demon." she shouted angrily. There was no answer, but then again, she didn't expect any. Raven knew Xaphtious wasn't gone, his vibration signature still hummed in the air. The half-demon brought her clasped hands to the middle of her eyes and separated them. A black, but transparent rectangle of power stretched between her parted hands. It was like sunglasses, only a faded demon could be spotted by looking through the aura. Raven scanned the area, but found no sign of Xaphtious.
Someone shouted, "Behind you!" before she was tackled to the ground.
"Hello, Xaphtious." Raven said icily so only he could hear her. "Still kissing my dad's ass? What does he want this time?" she asked, struggling to get up.
"It seems you are not the half-demon in this city." Xaphtious whispered hoarsely before Raven encased him with her powers. Raven floated to her feet and stood next to Robin.
"You ok?" he asked, pulling out a couple of freeze disks. She nodded and looked back at Xaphtious, who was struggling against his bonds.
"You foolish girl," He spat, breaking free from Raven's powers. "Stronger demons couldn't hold me, so what makes you think you can?"
Karigan's heart skipped a beat – she knew that voice. It had changed little since the last time she had heard it. But Karigan couldn't quite place it; the voice only had a blurry face, and no known body. She needed to see his face; she needed him to reveal himself.
"Coward," she said venomously, accusingly. "If you're so great a demon, tell me, why do you cower in and hide?" she asked, knowing he was backed into a corner. A throaty chuckle emitted from the dark shadow in front of them.
"You want to see me then? That is fine." Xaphtious replied, beginning to take solid shape and color.
The newly revealed demon had a basic human appearance. His hair was cropped short, spiked and pitch black. He was only about the same height as Starfire, (I dunno…5'9 or something like that?) and wore a long, black hooded robe. The one thing Karigan did not remember about this creature was his eyes. They were lidless and blacker than the darkest corners of the abyss, with emotion behind them, just a never-ending void of night. Now it clicked, the once blurred person in her head had a face. She mentally called out to Raven. I've found another thing that triggers my anger, she said, her eyes now as red as the blood that ran through her, my father.
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OoO so you likey the first chappie? I hope so, because I thought it wasn't as good. But then again, the only flippin part I had was when Karigan said that Xaphtious was her dad…I need to stop doing that…. But anydiddlyhoo…expect another update really soon cuz im on spring break until the 4th! Booyah! Please review, until whenever-krakr out!