Another chapter done! Thank you for reading my story. On with the tale!
Mr. D 91 thank you for catching my mistake! I just wanted to correct it. If you look back at chapter 23, I corrected it. That goes to everyone. The villain that Raven was fighting was a red head. I'm sorry for all the confusion!
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The titans wondered why the attacks stopped. They then looked around, trying to find out what had happened. They held their ground and waited for any sign of trouble. They waited and found none.
"Titans!" they head Starfire yell. "Get rid of the smoke!" and they did what they were told. Nightingale got on her hover bike and circled around them. Alkaline and Starfire were fanning the smoke with bill boards that Starfire ripped from buildings. Light was trying her best to kill the fires that were causing the smoke.
When the smoke cleared, they saw the demonic form of Raven. The other girls didn't know it was Raven but Starfire remembered the day Raven showed her that she had transformed. 'She's still transforming... but even though she's in her demonic form, she looks absolutely magnificent.' Starfire thought in her head. Raven was covered in blood and she was surrounded by three bodies whom were also covered in blood.
"It killed them!" stated Nightingale.
"No...they are very much alive. A little bruised but alive." Raven said.
"Raven..." Starfire said. The other girls stared at Starfire.
"What do you mean, 'Raven'?" asked Light.
"According to data Raven is a half demon. This is her demonic form I'm guessin." Alkaline stated. The titans saw Starfire approaching Raven in her demonic form. Nightingale ran and got in her way.
"What the hell are you doing? That thing is dangerous." Nightingale stated. The other two just stood there, dumbfounded as they tried to process the information in their heads.
"She won't hurt me..." Starfire said as she brushed past Nightingale.
"What are you stupid? That thing will kill you." Nightingale said. Starfire was about to say something but then she was interrupted.
"I think Starfire is old enough to make her own decisions." Raven said.
"Stay out of it." Nightingale said as she looked at Raven in disgust. Raven hadn't had the time to cool down from the insults that came from the now unconscious and bloody Tracy villain. So Raven was still very angry and she was angered even more by Nightingale's disrespect towards her and Starfire. She used her unbelievable speed and ran towards Nightingale. She held Nightingale by her throat and slammed her into a wall.
Starfire blinked and suddenly both Raven and Nightingale were gone. She saw her other team mates pointing to a wall on her left. She saw Raven holding Nightingale up against the wall, her hand on Nightingale's throat.
"Ever head of a little thing called respect and letting others make up their own minds?" Raven asked Nightingale. Her voice was cold.
"Let me go." Nightingale said as she put her hands on Ravens, desperately trying to make the Raven loosen her grip on Nightingale's throat.
"What are you gonna do if I dont?" Raven asked. She kept a tight grip on the other girls throat. "I could slit your throat and kill you but I won't..." Raven said. Instead she pressed her claws on Nightingale's neck and dragged her finger. Raven created a wound and blood started to drip from the young girls neck.
"Raven no, don't hurt her!" Starfire yelled as she saw the blood dripping from Nightingale's throat. Raven leaned in. Nightingale could feel Raven's breath on her ear.
"You should know you're place by now..." Raven whispered in a threatening tone. She then let go of the girl, causing the young brunette decendant of Robin to drop down on the ground. Nightingale touched her neck and inspected her wound. The wound wasn't deep but she was bleeding a lot. Raven walked away from Nightingale and walked towards Starfire.
"I told you she was dangerous." Nightingale told Starfire. Starfire disregarded Nightingale and said nothing. She gazed at Raven with amazement and surprise. Raven stopped walking and stared back at Starfire. Nightingale got up and approached Starfire. "Let's go Star." Nightingale put her hand on Starfire's wrist and pulled her away from Raven. 'I'll be damned if I let that thing hurt Starfire!' Nightingale thought in her head.
Starfire remained silent. So many thoughts invaded her head. 'What was that? That display of power and speed... it was incredible.' Starfire thought in her head. 'Raven as changed so much. She seems to be so angry... just like when she left.' Starfire thought as she remembered the day Raven left her. Starfire remembered ow Raven just threw her out of the room and how she cried and bled until she fell asleep. She felt herself being pulled away by Nightingale. Starfire broke from her thoughts and looked deep into Raven's eyes and she pulled away from Nightingale.
"Star.." Nightingale said. She stared at Starfire with a surprised and very confused look on her face. Starfire continued to gaze at Raven. Raven stared back at her. Raven's black eyes bore into Starfire's emerald ones. "How do you know she won't hurt you? She hates you doesn't she?" Nightingale said.
"No she doesn't..." Starfire replied. "Right Raven? You don't hate me.." Starfire asked the creature in front of her. 'She can't hate me...' Starfire said. 'I don't know what I'd do if she did.' Starfire admitted to herself. Raven remained silent.
"I do hate you." was what Raven wanted to reply. It was what Raven wanted to feel. But as she looked at Starfire, she felt her self calming down. She felt her anger slipping away from her. Her anger for the girl who said that she would never have a chance with Starfire. The anger she felt for Robin's descendant. Even the anger she felt for Starfire was disappearing. The longer Raven looked at Starfire, the more at peace she felt. 'Only Starfire could do this to me...' Raven admitted to herself. 'But I should be angry... she betrayed me.' Raven reasoned.
"I..." Raven was at a loss of words. She was fighting with herself. 'Should I forgive her? What if she hurts me again?' Raven thought. 'I don't think I'll be able to handle that.' Raven admitted to herself.
"She'll hurt you Star!" Nightingale yelled. "Are you willing to risk it?" Nightingale reasoned. "You're gonna get burned." Nightingale continued to rant.
Starfire did not answer Nightingale. She just stared at Raven. 'She's changed... yet she's still the same.' Starfire told herself. 'She's filled with so much anger.' Starfire thought about Nightingale's question. She then realized something. 'Even though she's filled with so much anger, I know deep down she's still the same Raven I fell in love with... she's just angry and confused. So yes I'm willing to risk it. If it means she'll be mine, I'll risk anything.'
Nightingale tried again. She walked towards Starfire and grabbed her by the shoulder. Starfire turned towards her, breaking away from Raven's gaze. Starfire looked at Nightingale and saw that the other girls brown eyes were pleading with her. 'I thought I could give her up... but I can't.' Nightingale thought in her head. 'Especially not to her.' Nightingale told herself. 'She's unworthy of Stafire.' Nightingale continued to tell herself.
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