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Chapter Twenty-one
Descending into the Darkness
They took Kiore to the nearest hospital and hoped that whoever took them in wouldn't ask too many questions. They all stood around her bed while a host of machines kept her alive. In order to stop Kiore from murdering everyone and eventually killing herself Lee was forced to put her in a deep coma. He stared down at her broodingly. Raven, finally able to walk, closed her eyes in remorse.
"I wish I was there. I could've helped." Beast Boy rubbed her shoulders.
"It's alright Rae." Lee stood by Kiore's side and rubbed her hand gingerly.
"What are we to do now," Starfire asked Robin. Lee set her hand down and strode up to his leader.
"I am unsure about the rest of you, but I'm going to find that third marker. Then I'm going to get the eye, and I'm going to kill Osiris." With a definitive stare Lee swiftly left the room leaving them staring after him with troubled looks.
ELSEWHERE…………..
Osiris stood by himself before a large window in a dimly lit room. Now and again he would glanced skyward toward the stars, observing their positioning. 'The stars are in alignment,' he thought. 'Soon Mr. Grayson and his companions will fulfill their purpose.' A few meek knocks were heard on his door and a man stepped inside.
"I beg your forgiveness for the intrusion my lord," he said on one knee.
"Speak," he replied shortly. The man gripped his Isis medallion in silent prayer that he would walk out of this room alive.
"Meric's body, as you requested." Upon it's mentioning a gurney with a covered cadaver was wheeled in and set in the middle of the room.
"Leave us." All too happy to leave Osiris' presence he swiftly left the room and close the door behind him. Osiris walked up beside the bed and pulled the white sheet down to reveal Meric's pale face. His dulled out eyes stared straight up at the ceiling. Osiris ran his gloved hand through Meric's hair. "I know you can hear me in the underworld you now reside in. You have failed me Meric. And yet even death you are still useful to me." He pulled away the sheet completely exposing Meric's body to the air. "This vessel I live in now is failing me. Therefore you shall provide me with one last service. After all…" He lay his hands on Meric's head. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
REJOINING OUR HEROES……………..
A piece of rusted metal crunched under Cyborg's foot. He scratched the back of his neck and scanned the environment. All around them, as far as the eye could see, was rubble. Each of them spread out looking and picking around in the vast citywide landscape that was nothing but wreckage. Raven stood up and dusted her hands off.
"Realistically speaking, how are we really going to find a tiny little artifact in twenty square miles of debris?"
"Now what kind of an attitude is that Raven," asked Beast Boy with a grin. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"I'm only suggesting that we be a little realistic about this. I mean how big an area do you think this is?"
Lee's voice then popped up on her comm. link. "Approximately twenty-three square miles." Raven nodded coarsely.
"Thank you Lee," she replied in comm. device. Several meters away Robin was bent over sifting through a pile of ash and eventually came to a large rock. Starfire threw away a piece of old metal and walked up behind him.
"Do you believe you have found something?" Robin bit his lip.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to take a look. Star could you give me hand?" She happily obliged and lifted the heavy boulder away. Disappointed that he saw only a dent in the earth Robin gave her a nod and she let the rock fall back to the ground. Robin cast a incredulous look around at the deserted landscape. He called back Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy. "Where's Lee," he asked when they returned.
"On the far side in some half collapsed department store," answered Cyborg. Robin nodded and stood in silent pensiveness. Finally he looked around at them and shrugged his shoulders.
"To be perfectly honest with all of you, I'm starting to agree with Raven."
"Really," she asked, a little surprised.
"This place is huge, and for all we know what we're looking for could be no bigger then a coin."
"So what are you saying," asked Beast Boy.
"That maybe if we can't find it, maybe they won't be able to either and the Eye will stay hidden." Starfire shook her head doubtfully.
"Forgive me Robin, but I believe it would be foolish to assume that Osiris will simply give up if we are unable to locate it." Robin ran a hand through his hair. "In all truth it might in fact encourage him to search even further if he knows we longer do so."
"Star has a point Rob," said Cyborg. Robin agreed with a befuddled nod, wondering how someone with his experience with the Order could have thought something like that.
"Well I'm open to suggestions."
Beast Boy furrowed his brow in thought. "You think maybe if we brought the markers that we have together they'll somehow lead us to the last one?" They all seemed a bit skeptical at first.
"What've we got to loose," said Raven. Robin pulled out his com link.
"Lee?"
Lee stepped over what appeared to be a forgotten and blackened body. He reached for his own communicator. "Go ahead."
"Have you found anything?"
"I have not. My search continues."
"Alright, we're gonna try something but keep at it."
"Understood," he answered obediently. Robin tucked his communicator away and rejoined the others. Starfire held the little arrow head while Cyborg grasped the small gold ring with the symbols around the edge. The two slowly brought them closer together not entirely sure what if anything would happen. To their astonishment the two objects began to emit a soft glow and tugged Starfire and Cyborg in a certain direction. Robin, Raven, and Beast Boy glanced at each other. Raven arched an eye brow and smirked.
"Well, follow the leader."
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Lee passed under a charred archway while moving his eyes about in various spots. Since they left Kiore in the hospital he had been a little quiet then usual. He stopped and looked around anxiously as a terrible feeling in the pit of his stomach began to rise. He unsheathed his sword and spun around. Out of the shaded darkness stepped Shadow. Lee ground his teeth ever so lightly.
"The sortie creator," he whisper.
"The dead man," returned Shadow. Lee took a single step forward before noticing the other triad members closing in around him. Lee tightened his grip on his sword. He nodded around at each of them.
"Alright, which one of you wants to go first?" Pyro, the red robed man lit up his hands with ready fireballs. Lee held up his sword at the ready.
"YO!" A blue sonic blast knocked Pyro back next to Shadow and the blue robed man regrouped with them. Cyborg and the rest of the Titans entered the scene and stood beside their samurai friend. "Now the field's even." Though grateful, Lee stepped ahead of them.
"You all may fight the other two, Shadow is mine." He said pointing his sword at the man in black. Robin smirked and extended his staff.
"You heard the man. TITANS GO!" Raven and Starfire took to battling The man in blue, so named Hydro. Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy charged forward at Pyro. As starbolts, bird-a-rangs, sonic blasts, and large green animals flew about the scene Lee slowly advanced toward Shadow. Shadow himself held no facial expressions, only stood waiting for Lee to finally get close enough to fight on his level. Kiore's dulled out eyes still fresh in his mind Lee held his sword in both hands and charged forward. He swiped at shadow only to cut into the open air when Shadow morphed into black vapor and reappeared behind him. He punched Lee hard in the back and before he hit the ground grabbed him by the waist and threw him into a nearby wall.
Off to the side Starfire Hydro ran in a sprint trying to outrun Starfire's eye beams. He rolled to the side, formed a ball of water between his hands and threw beneath her. At once a whirling column of water rose up and incased her. Starfire clasped a hand to her throat unable to breath. Though Hydro seemed to claim victory against Starfire he failed to notice, until the last second, a piece of wall in black energy pelting toward him. It smacked him hard dead on and he flew backwards and his back cracked against a metal pole. His eyes went wide and fell to the ground motionless. The water spout died down ad Starfire sailed back to the ground.
"You okay," asked Raven. Starfire coughed up the last remnants of the water and nodded. Raven glanced over and saw Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy crouching behind a large pile of rubble while Pyro bombarded them with waves of flame. Robin held three disks between his fingers, let them loose and they spread white foam all over Pyro. His flames died down and he frantically began trying to get the flame retardant off him. His weapons gone Cyborg and Beast Boy took action. Pyro was thrown back by Cyborg's cannon and then knocked back into a ditch by rhino Beast Boy. Robin looked down at him and deduced Pyro had landed in just the right way, due to the fact that his neck was bent in an odd form.
Lee meanwhile continued to fight to death with Shadow. His navy blue robes had been torn here and there during the fight and a small stream of blood ran down his head. Shadow shot black smoke his way and Lee rolled forward to dodge it. Upon coming out of the roll he lunged forward and ran Shadow through. Utterly surprised by this, Shadow's expressionless face transformed into a confused one. Lee's eyes twitched from anger and let the fallen villain slide off his blade and to the ground. The others walked up as Lee wiped his sword clean.
"I thought he was made of smoke or something," said Beast Boy.
"The other two must've needed to still be alive for that I guess," replied Robin. "And you can calm down now Lee." Lee took a couple of deep breaths and sheathed his sword.
"I do not mean to loose my temper. I am glad you found me when you did."
"Well believe it or not Lee," said Robin gesturing to Cyborg and Starfire. "They're the ones that lead us to you." They brought out the glowing pieces and found they had stopped pulled them.
"I believe we are within a few meters of the last marker," said Starfire. Robin looked around and nodded.
"Fan out." Beast Boy transformed into a dog and took to digging as many holes as possible. He quickly ran his paws through the dry earth until he hit something. He changed back to his human form.
"Hey guys, over here! I think I found something!" They all abandoned what they were each doing and ran up to Beast Boy. Raven finished the job by forcing a few feet of the dirt out of the ground and into a pile next to the hole. Without really thinking about it they all began sifting through it. Cyborg blindly felt around until he grasped something solid.
"Hold up guys." He pulled out what he held and they saw a wooden box in Cyborg's hands. They crowded around him eagerly and he opened it. Inside sat a gold cross. They all gazed down at it wondrously. Each side was exactly the same length and at the end of each point was the letters N, S, E, and W. Cyborg smiled down at it. "And bingo was his namo."
"Who is bingo, "asked Starfire.
"Never mind, let's put em' together."
"Is that what we're supposed to do," asked Lee. "That seems a little too simple to be correct."
"So was letting the other two pieces show us the way," said Robin. Lee considered it for a moment then nodded in agreement. Cyborg set the cross inside the gold ring and to their surprise is locked in place. He looked back at Starfire and she handed him the arrow head. The moment he set it on the cross it began to spin, faster and faster. One or two of them began to feel dizzy from trying to follow it and it suddenly stopped. They all recoiled with a start. The arrow head pointed somewhere between the N and W.
"What does it mean," asked Raven. Robin studied it for a moment and moved the whole thing a few inches counter clockwise. When he did the point turned backwards so that is was still pointing in the original direction.
"North by Northwest," breathed Robin.
"What," asked Beast Boy. Robin picked it up and held it out in front of him.
"It's basically a large compass. It'll point in the right direction and we just need to follow it. When we get close I'm sure it will give off some kind of reaction to tell us we gone far enough."
"Sounds like a plan," said Raven with her arms folded.
"Yeah, as weird as that all sounds," said Beast Boy smiling.
TWO DAYS LATER……………
Whether one could or would believe it or not they indeed followed the way the large compass pointed. Over the next few days they traveled over a distance of two thousand miles. From Russia's frozen landscape, back across Rome, to the sandy deserts of (you guessed it) Giza, Egypt. Robin hid away their guide while they walked through the bustling town of Cairo, not actually having arrived at Giza. Raven and Starfire did their best not to be noticed as they were the only females within hundreds of miles that were not dressed in the culture's known attire. One man shot out from the crowd and began pressing them with what he called fine fabrics, lustful jewelry, and other quality imports.
"Not interested," deadpanned Raven. With a short jolt of her powers he pushed the salesman back into the crowd. With a grin of amusement Robin led them on but stopped when he felt a small jerk under his cape. They others crowded around him and he brought out the compass. Instead of pointing in its original direction, it now pointed at the picture on a tourist post card. Robin picked up the card and got the vender's attention. He then spoke in a few words the others could not understand and the vender replied in the same speech. With a bow of thanks Robin set the picture back down and continued walking. Starfire quickly caught up with him.
"Robin, was that the language of these people."
"Not necessarily, he was a Muslim. A little bit of Farsi Arabic goes a long way." Form behind Beast Boy rolled his eyes.
"Show off."
"Robin-San," called Lee. Robin looked back at him while still walking. "Might I inquire as to where we are now going?" Robin turned back around.
"The guys said that the place on the post card was what was left of the Temple of Amun Ra. The thing says we need to go there so that's where we're going."
"And you know how to get there," asked Raven. Robin opened his mouth but only moved his head about.
"I have a good idea where it is."
"Good enough for me," said Cyborg joining him up front.
"Yeah how hard can a freaking temple be to find," added Beast Boy.
"I do not believe it will be long before we reach it," said Lee with an excited smile.
"Ummm, pardon me." They all stopped and turned at Starfire's call. She and Raven stood together and she seemed to be afraid to speak her next thought. "Would it not be easier if we simply requested the proper directions from the indigenous people here?" They all looked at each other than at Starfire and Raven as if they were nuts.
"Star, we can find by ourselves just fine." Said Robin pointing off in the distance.
"Yeah and besides who wants to go that trouble," asked Beast Boy with a shrug.
"Oh I don't know Beast Boy," said Raven. "Maybe someone who wants to go the right way."
"We are going the right way Rae," said Cyborg.
"Pausing for knowledge we already have would only slow us down," spoke Lee factually. With that the four boys continued walking. Starfire and Raven stood with their arms crossed and slightly irked looks.
"Raven?"
"Yes Star?"
"Why is it Earth men absolutely refuse to inquire for the proper directions?" Raven shrugged her shoulders and patted Starfire on the back.
"I don't know Star; it's a mystery that will baffle us all for centuries to come. But most of the time I think its becuase they're just plain stupid." Starfire giggled s they continued on.
"Yes, its does seem most, as you say, blockheaded."
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They walked well into the night and finally came to the remnants of the old temple as seen in the photo. As they took a look around the ruins Raven sat and sarcastically filed her nails.
"You know, we could have been here hours ago, but no, we had to rely on your infallible sense of direction." Robin let out an irritated sigh and twisted his head over at her.
"You wanna give us a hand Raven." Raven pitched away her file and stretched her arms with a yawn.
"Well I supposed if I have to." Earning yet another amused chortle from Starfire Raven joined the search for anything unusual. Cyborg's shoulder lit moved along the crumbling stones helping him discover anything amiss. Starfire moved along the edge of a section of wall with one hand lighting her way and the other brushing off sand to better make out the writing. Her sweeping hand brushed against something protruding out from the wall and when she cleaned it off completely saw the symbolic representation of an eye.
"Robin! Friends! I have discovered something." They immediately gathered around her and she pointed out her discovery. Robin lightly touched it.
"It's the symbol for Ra."
"Well that makes sense," said Cyborg. "I mean this is one of Ra's temples isn't it?" Robin however shook his head.
"Yeah but what's curious about it is that it's on a section of wall that seems to depict some kind of conflict with another god of the time."
"Osiris?"
"Most likely." Robin then noticed that out of all the other pictograms on the wall Ra's symbol protruded out the farthest. Acting on a complete hunch Robin pushed in the hieroglyph and they heard and felt a rumbling. Our heroes instinctively moved farther away from the ruins and saw a stone slab in what was the floor slide away and reveal a secret entrance. Once again their guide pinned for them to enter and they did apprehensively. They walked down a flight of stairs that seemed to descend for miles. Neither Cyborg's light nor Starfire's hands could shine all the way down the long staircase. Once they finally reached the bottom Robin removed a midsized flash light and found what he was looking for, a torch. He removed it from the wall. Lit it with a match and set back on its wall holder. The amount of light from it, Cyborg, and Starfire provided some illumination but not enough to satisfy him.
"Let me," said Raven. "Azerath…Metrion…Zinthos." The remaining matches in Robin's possession suddenly lit and each found themselves a torch to ignite. At once the hall lit up brightly, with the only darkness being back up the long staircase. The hall itself was fairly plain for the most part. The ceiling was supported with stone archways that ran down to the floor and a single door led deeper into the caverns. At once the compass Robin held flickered and then broke apart into its three pieces.
"I guess we're here," he said looking down at them. Beast Boy gazed around at the large room they now stood in.
"Wow, I can't believe we've actually made it this far." A voice behind them then said.
"Yes, most impressive." They all spun around and the last man they expected to see walked out of the darkness.
"Meric!" Robin had his staff at the ready and the other Titans soon followed suit. He shook his head.
"No, you see only Meric's body. But I am not he; I am one who would claim what is his." Robin narrowed his eyes in wonder.
"Osiris?"
"The very same." Robin's mouth gradually sank open. "I will not attempt to explain it to you. Your feeble minds could not possibly comprehend what I would be telling you." The Titans stood resolute still. "But here we are, finally, in the place where a few American soldiers buried the most powerful device known to man."
"What if we suddenly decide it's ours now," threatened Robin.
"Your fate would be the same as all others who sought the eye for themselves. I am its master, therefore its yields its powers to me alone. Surely even mere mortals like yourselves can understand that."
"Well your one against six, so I wouldn't be spouting off insults if I were," said Cyborg.
"Outnumbered am I?" As if on cue they saw a seemingly endless line of his zealots stream down from the staircase and line the walls one either side of them. The hall was then filled with the clicks and snaps of weapons being cocked. "When I realized even the triad could not take the markers from you I decided the best way to find my treasure was to allow you to find it first. You have all lived up to my expectations admirably. And soon my great quest will be completed."
"What quest," growled Robin. Osiris tiled his head at Robin, as though unsure of why he didn't tremble as others did before him.
"Many millennia ago, I ruled the underworld along side my beloved Isis. However I become sickened with the inhabitants Ra ruled over. His world had become one of chaotic death, famine, disease, and war. I knew right then I could more than adequately rebuild life on this world for the better. So with the help of the god of darkness, Sokar, I created the Eye of Osiris. Before I could act however Ra saw my plan and stole my love and the eye from me. Isis was banished to the underworld and I forced to live among the mortals of earth until the end of all eternity." Cyborg and Beast Boy glanced at each other. "That's a very long time."
"Indeed," said Lee with a tightening grip on the hilt of his sword.
"Since then it seems Ra has kept me from ever ascending back to the existence I once held."
"Guess we should be root'n for him," said Cyborg.
"You mistake his actions against me for compassion for your species. Ra had absolutely no regard for the lives of mortals, simply the fact that they would have worshiped another. He had as much contempt for you animals as I do your pitiful little band."
"If you are powerless, what hope do you have of achieving this feat you speak of," inquired Starfire.
"As I said, I don't expect you to understand. But the power of my treasure will return my full powers to me. The Order of Isis has been in existence for thousands of years. Everything we have done throughout history has been leading up to the time when I will rise again and finally cleanse the world of the impure beasts that now trample and dirty it. Eons ago I was rudely interrupted. Well I have returned to finish the job I should have five thousand years ago. And this time no god of the sun nor a reckless group of vigilantes will stand in my way!" At once all those loyal to Osiris raised their arms and stood ready for their next order. The Titans darted their eyes around at the lines of automatic rifles pointed at them. Robin however smirked.
"Well its looks like we've reached an impasse. You could have mowed us all down by now but you haven't. I think I know why, you need us don't you?" Osiris narrowed his eyes. "For some reason you can go farther into the caverns, so you want us to go through it for you. Well you can drop dead, because there's no way in hell we'll bring that back for you."
"Once properly motivated, you will do as I command."
"I doubt it, shooting any of us isn't going to get you anywhere." Osiris sighed.
"Unfortunately for you Mr. Grayson, I must disagree." He motioned to a zealot beside him and the masked man pulled out a pistol and fired. Starfire's eyes went wide and her breath caught. Raven, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Lee all turned in horror. Robin held a hand to his stomach and when he pulled it away saw a growing red stain mark his uniform. He let a few staggered breaths and began to fall backwards. The world now moving in slow motion Starfire ran forward, her arms outstretched and desperately yearning to catch him. In her panicky movements however she missed him and he fell down on the hard stone floor. They crowded around Robin, Raven kneeling over him and frantically trying to administer her healing properties. Starfire supported his head in her lap and gently stroked his hair.
"Robin, please….d-don't leave us." His face twitched when Starfire's tears fell from her cheeks. She bent lower and kissed him in the forehead. "Don't leave me." Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Lee could only sit and watch fearfully from not knowing if Raven made any progress what so ever. A small trickle of blood seeped out of Robin's mouth. Her teeth gritted Raven bore her glowing hands down on him harder.
"Come on Robin, don't you be giving up."
"S-Starfire…" Robin quietly choked out her name causing a painful spasm to course through him. She took his hand. "Don't…give it…to him."
"Robin please do not speak this way. You will be fine, Raven will heal you. You are going to be fine," she allowing new tears to escape her. He gripped her hand tighter.
"Don't give it to him…Star. Don't give it…don't giv………" Eyes so wide it's not even measurable Raven's glowing hands faded and she stared down at them. Starfire moved around to properly face him.
"Robin? Robin!" He mouthed one last thing then his breathing quieted and his pupils went wide. Starfire sat staring down at him for the longest of moments, as if not even realizing the reality of the situation. She then grasped his shoulders and began shaking him madly. "ROBIN!" Raven stumbled backwards with a parted mouth. Never, she had never lost someone in need of her help. Starfire gripped his shirt in a tight grasp, unwilling to accept him as he was now. She lay him back down and with an animalistic growl she charged straight for Osiris. He caught her fist in mid flight and pushed back down to the floor. Cyborg and Lee helped her up but she tore her arms away from them. They all reared up for another assault but remembered the myriad of arms being pointed at them.
"You can do very little for him if your dead also."
"What can we do, YOU KILLED HIM." Shouted Cyborg.
"His soul remains on a threshold between life and actual eternal death. However, it will not linger there for long."
"W-What are you saying," asked a tear stricken Starfire.
"The power of my treasure can save him if you act fast, but only when you bring it back to me will I even consider reviving him." Starfire stared at him with pure hatred, she never hated anyone not even their worst enemies. But so far, none of them had ever done anything like this. "You have now moved from an impasse to a decision. Do as I say and Robin will live, or do not and he will be lost forever." Starfire breathed heavily and wiped her eyes for the third time. She joined the others in a huddle and laced her hands together.
"Friends, I rarely ask you of any tremendous favors. But please, I now ask-"
"We're with you Star," said Cyborg confidently. She looked up and received an intrepid nod from each of them. They began to move but saw that Starfire wasn't following them. They looked back and saw she was transfixed by Robin's motionless form. She then felt Raven's hand slip into hers and give her a consoling squeeze.
"Come on Star, there isn't much time." Starfire sent Osiris one last look of detestation and walked with Raven. And though they were now grimly one short, the Titans entered the lone passageway and faded into the shrouding darkness.
Man even I have to berate myself for stopping there. You have every right to yell and scream at me. Next chapter will be along as soon as possible.
