A/N: Okay, here's the next chapter. Hope you like it. Review in the end plz, thx.

Disclaimer: Same as in Chapter 9.

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Chapter 10

The cave was now silent. The ritual was successful, but only one member of the group was awake. He was the one who came up with the idea, the one who managed to lure the other two teens into his trap, and he was the only one who truly knew the full extent of what they had done. Shade looked at the girls lying on the cold ground of the cave.

"You have done well. Too bad we're not on the same side. It would be fun fighting by your side. But…that's just how things have worked out." he smiled coldly. Terra slowly started to wake up, but she still seemed to be exhausted. She looked around confused, but smiled at the darkling as she saw him.

"Shade!" she almost jumped at him with happiness. However the demon didn't show any sign of enthusiasm for the girl's recovering. This puzzled Terra.

"What, is there something wrong? What about the ritual?" she asked him, afraid that they might have failed.

"It was completed. Now our victory is assured." he answered, without looking at the young demon girl. Instead he was looking at the other girl, who still lay unconscious on the ground.

"So what's wrong?" Terra asked with a worried voice. Shade didn't answer. He came closer to the Titan, who was still on the ground and he kneeled close to her. He started observing her face as if he saw a new and beautiful flower, that no one has ever seen before.

"What do you propose we should do with her?" Shade asked Terra. She thought about the possibilities and gave the expected answer.

"Kill her! You promised that after she helped us I would get a chance to kill her!" she said with anger. Shade nodded and stood up.

"Yes, that's what I said. But…I think that we need to slightly change our plans in order to ensure that nothing will come between us and our victory." Shade whispered and came close to Terra. He looked at her and Terra got frightened by what she knew would follow.

Same time, Titans tower

Morning had finally arrived as the first sunbeams hit the monumental T shaped building on the island. The green shapeshifter was already awake and walked into the common room to make himself some breakfast. He was barely able to stand. He hadn't slept one second during the night and his eyes were red after so much crying. As he was preparing his meal he noticed that Starfire and Robin were sitting on the couch. Both of them asleep. He didn't want to wake them up, so after he cooked his tofu he walked back to his room with his breakfast, to eat it alone. Yet as he entered his room a feeling of emptiness suddenly filled him, and he realized what had he forgotten to do. He forgot to make a tea for Raven. Although she wasn't there, he knew that he should have made a tea for her. He looked at the food on his plate and somehowit seemed disgusting. Suddenly he didn't feel hungry anymore. He put down the plate with the tofu on his bed and quickly went back to the kitchen to make a tea for his love. He knew that she wasn't here with them so she could drink it, but he still felt the urge to do it. For her, so he wouldn't give up on the hope, that she was still alive.

Back in the cave

The first thing Raven felt was cold. It was cold, and she was lying on something hard and uncomfortable. She opened her eyes and looked around in the cave. The candles were gone and the demons that forced her to use her powers to strengthen them were gone as well. Raven sat up and looked at herself. She seemed to be okay and her powers were normal as well. Suddenly she heard someone crying. Raven stood up and went in the direction of the sounds. The sobs were too familiar. It was Terra. Raven arrived in some sort of a hall within the cave and in the center stood Shade, Terra kneeled on the ground, her left hand on her face and she was crying heavily.

"YOU LIAR! THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU HAD PROMISED!" she yelled at the darkling. He chuckled with an amused voice.

"Please, don't tell me you really thought I would love you! You're so naïve, I can hardly believe you survived until now! You're pathetic!" he said and forcefully kicked Terra in the stomach. The teen girl collapsed and was trying to catch her breath.

"Look at yourself. You're weak and easily manipulated! You're nothing without me!" he said with an emotionless, cold voice. Terra looked at him with teary eyes, while she was still trying to stand up after the previous blow.

"But…but you said…that you would love me. That you would be with me forever!" she pleaded. Shade laughed at the miserable girl.

"Love you? You're not worthy of my love. Unlike her!" Shade yelled and suddenly pointed at Raven. She was shocked. Shade hadn't looked at her during the time she stood in the shadow, spying at them and now he was pointing right in her direction. Terra looked at her, and then once again looked at Shade.

"Please, let me prove, that I'm the better one! Please, give me a chance! I love you!" she was breaking down.

"You're wrong. You don't love me, and you never could. You have my soul within yourself. And I can't love. The attraction that you thought to be love was simply the attraction of my soul, as you had the same one." Shade explained. Terra finally stood up, but still had to struggle a lot to stand. Raven saw that the girl was in a horrible condition and she was sure that Terra was beaten a lot before she hadstarted listening to their conversation.

"No! I really love you! I swore that I would stand by you, no matter what!" Terra tried to convince the demon boy. But he just smiled at her and gently wiped one of the many tears rolling down Terra's face.

"Good. Well, in that case I hope you won't mind taking back something that is mine." Shade said and Terra fell on her knees. She screamed in pain and grabbed the place on her chest where the scar had been.

"What…what are you doing?" she asked through gritted teeth before once again screaming loudly. Raven was absolutely shocked and couldn't even move.

"You have my soul within yourself. And since we'd finished with what I planned to do, I think you won't be needing it anymore." Shade said and a black stream of cloud started to seep from underneath Terra's dark cloak. The stream flew into Shade's hands.

"No, please, don't…" Terra was fighting for the last remains of her life.

"It's over. You've done what was expected of you. Now leave!" Shade shouted.

"Raven, help…" Terra wanted to say something, but in the middle of the sentence she fell on the ground. Raven finally snapped out of staring at them and ran to Terra.The girl'sappearance had changed back to normal. She had long blonde hair, without black parts now, and her eyes were blue again. But none of that mattered now. She was dead.

"Well, finally that's done. And now let's move onto you, my dear." Shade said maliciously and smiled at Raven. She immediately prepared for the battle.

"So you want to kill me as well?" she asked.

"No." he replied quickly. Raven was surprised and looked at him with a confused look.

"Her death was the only one necessary for the time being." he explained.

"What did you do to her?" Raven asked with hatred in her voice. She shrugged and smiled evilly.

"Nothing. I just said some things that were not exactly true. I've had this physical form even in the time of her travels. I followed her all the time. She was my key to coming back to this world. And I lied when I said that I'd love her. But her every choice was made without forcing her!" he said proudly.

"But why did you kill her?" Raven asked.

"Her powers were dangerous, and even with our soul bond there was a danger of her using these powers to avert the coming…fireworks. And I won't kill you, since you're not as strong as she was. You can't stop me now. No one can." The darkling said. Raven still didn't know what were the 'fireworks' he spoke of.

"What is it that no one can stop?" Raven asked. Shade came close to her and smiled at the confused girl.

"You really want to know? Alright, I'll tell you."

Some minutes later, Titans tower

Beast Boy just finished making the tea. Robin and Starfire had already woken up, Cyborg was already switching TV channels to see if there was anything interesting. The only one missing was Raven. The room was silent, as no one wanted to speak about her or Terra. Beast Boy sighed and felt huge sadness taking him over again.

"Where are you Rae?" he whispered to himself. No one heard it.

Suddenly a black portal opened in the middle of the room. Everyone watched with shock as Raven levitated out from the portal that closed immediately as she exited it. Beast Boy's face instantly lit up and he ran to Raven.

"Rae, you're back! I've missed you so much!" he was shouting and hugged the dark girl. However he was surprised that instead of hugging him back she pushed him away from herself. This shocked the other Titans as well.

"Not now, I have something to do!" she said and wanted to leave the room. Beast Boy immediately stepped in front of her, blocking her way.

"What's wrong Raven?" he was worried about her. The other Titans also came close.

"Yes friend Raven, please explain to us what is the reason of your unusually usual behaviour!" Starfire asked her friend. Raven just looked at her friends who surrounded her. They saw her sad face hidden underneath the shadows of her hood and her empty look.

"Let me go! I must go back to my room!" she was acting weird, but the Titans decided to let her go to her room. Raven ran through the corridors and after she entered the room she immediately closed it behind herself and leaned against the cold steel. A tear ran down her pale face.

"What have I done?" she asked herself and collapsed.

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A/N: Oh, I'm sooooo tired! I'm going to sleep now. Good night! Anyway, hope you liked it. Don't worry if it's confusing, everything will become clear after the next chapter(s). I don't know how am I going to write the next chapter(s), so maybe the nextone will be the last. But there will surelybe a sequel to this, named: Until the end. This one is sure, it will contain the end of the entire story. Well, until then, reviews plz!