Death of a Friend

"What the Hell!" Cyborg shouted. They had just arrived at the library to find, what appeared to be a Grim Reaper in Raven's cloak.

"Well, well. Look who decided to show up. The great and mighty Teen Titans." Hatred said mockingly and then let out a laugh that sent chills down the Titan's spines.

"Raven?" Beastboy asked. He wasn't sure whether or not it was Raven. He was hoping, no, praying that thing wasn't Raven, but his prayers would go unanswered.

"Raven is no more, only Hatred is left."

"What are you? Who are you? You can't be our friend Raven! What have you done with friend Raven?" Starfire asked so rapidly that Hatred had no chance to butt in.

"I am Raven or a part of her you stupid girl. But enough explaining, Die Bastards!" Hatred screamed as she charged the Titans.

"Titans Go!" Cyborg yelled as the Titans dodged Hatred's first strike. Starfire quickly countered with her starbolts and Beastboy was just about to join the fray when Cyborg grabbed him by the shoulder.

"What are you doing, Starfire needs our help?" Beastboy asked.

"Hold up just a second. I need you to hold off her for a little while."

"How long?" Was all he asked.

"About five minutes."

"Alright." Beastboy said as he rushed into battle. His trust in Cyborg showed a little of what maturity he had.

"Don't get killed, Bro." Cyborg muttered as he prepared to charge his cannon. Now, this wasn't just any cannon. It was a PBG or Particle Beam Generator. A very destructive cannon that had only one limit, the power of the user's body. This cannon ionizes the air around it to create a nearly ultimated power source. It just took a long time to charge. Actually, he could fire a beam the power of his sonic cannon in mere seconds, but the beam he was charging for was capable of taking out about three city blocks. It had only one downfall. The blast he was charging for was treading the fine line of his body's containment limits. If it surpassed it, it would literately blow up in his face. Defiantly, not a good thing, but a risk he had to take.

The next five minutes consisted of Beastboy running circles around Hatred and Starfire providing cover when needed. They weren't capable of doing any real damage. But they were pissing her off, that was for damn sure. They had her brilliantly distracted until Cyborg called Starfire.

"Starfire, bring her to me."

"Ok!" Starfire replied as she summoned a huge starbolt and fired it right at Hatred. It hit Hatred with a force that would of shattered a mountain. The force of the explosion sent Hatred flying back into the walls of the library.

Now Hatred was super pissed. Sure it was annoying that she had been able to kill them yet but now she was pissed. They were going to pay in very gruesome ways now. When she rose to her feet, she saw Starfire and Beastboy flying away from the library.

"What running away so soon? Just as I was going to have my fun." Hatred taunted the Titans but they were now to far away to hear her. She quickly took to the air to follow them. Any other time Hatred would of realized it was a trap, but Starfire wasn't completely stupid. Her last starbolt had a purpose. It was to make Hatred so mad that she didn't think straight. And it worked. Hatred flew right into Cyborg trap. Hatred only had enough time to scream in terror as the searing beam from Cyborg's cannon engulfed her.

Cyborg had just finished charging his cannon as Starfire and Beastboy arrived with a pissed Hatred on their tails. He aimed the cannon right at her and yelled "Boyah" as he fired the cannon. It worked perfectly as everything within the beam's radius was incinerated. Well, it almost worked perfectly. Warning bells went off in his head as the beam breached containment and his arm completely disintegrated. The remaining energy discharged in his face destroying the entire right side of his body. Beastboy saw what was happening and only one thought went through his head. Protect Star. He quickly jump between Starfire and the explosion and morphed into a huge armored dinosaur just as the explosion reached them.
Once the smoke had cleared, Starfire freed herself from debris. The place looked like a nuke went off. She was standing in the middle of a huge crater. She started look around for her friends and found a battered Beastboy laying face down on the ground with a boulder laying on his leg. His entire backside was badly burned and he was near death. Starfire quickly removed the boulder and reached down to his face and put her on his throat. He had a pulse, a weak one, but he had one. Starfire didn't dare touch him for fear of hurting him further.

"HAHAHAHAHA" There was that laugh again. The one that sent chills down her spine. But it couldn't be. She had taken the full force of the blast. Starfire turned around to see Hatred standing behind her.

"No! How did you survive that?" Starfire asked with a ghostly white face like she had seen a dead person.

"Actually, I'm kinda surprised I survived that myself. I guess your little friends sacrifice was in vain." Hatred said pointing at the broken Beastboy.

That was the last straw. Starfire snapped. She charged full out at Hatred. But Hatred had anticipated Star's move and lowered the bladed end of her staff towards the ground and brought it up into Starfire's abdomen just as Star was going strike. "HAHAHAHA! Nice try bitch." Hatred said with a chuckle. Only on titan remained. And he sure as hell couldn't stop her.

Starfire felt the intense pain as the cold blade sliced through her body. She felt the energy draining from her body. She started feeling intensely hot as her body started turning bright red like a sun does at the end of its life. Starfire looked at the ground one last time and said "I sorry I failed, my friends." As her world disintegrated into nothing.
Robin arrived just in time to Starfire stabbed by Hatred. He could only watch as she started glowing red and morph into a small, red sun. Hatred's expression turned from delight in her kill to sheer panic as Starfire supernovaed in her face instead of turning to ashes. The explosion was tremendous. Robin had no time to grieve as several objects hit the ground near him, damn near hitting him. One was a charred little book. "Dammit!" He yelled. One last piece of the puzzle was gone. He turned around to see Hatred recovering from Starfire's supernova. He had to think of something quick. He looked around and found Raven's gift stuck in the ground. He walked over to the sword and pulled it from the ground. "Raven, I have a pretty good idea what you wanted me to do with this sword. Lets just hope it works."
Well, here you go. I know I will probably get plenty of flames for killing the Titans. Stay tuned though. Next chapter is the final fight between Hatred and Robin. This time it is for all the marbles. On to the reviews.

Disclaimer: By the way. I do not own the Teen Titans. Would I be writing here if I did?

Now on to the Reviews.

Magick Moon: Well, I hope this chapter cleared things up just a bit.

liddy ICOP: This story starts after the episode "Birthmark" if that helps any.

Raven42431: Why thank you. I try. Hopefully you will still like it after this chapter.

Sorry, for the death and cussing but it is necessary. Well, maybe not the cussing but come on. They are 18-20 years old. Next chapter will reveal the true body count. Some Titans might have survived.