Praise be to all things for I have returned! Sorry felt like saying that then realized it was really lame. First thanks to all the totally awesome people who reviewed you are all the coolest people ever. Next I have to say that this is the beginning of the end (excuse the cliché) for this story. It's not the last chapter but I am slowly bringing it to an end. I'm thinking of a new story called "Magic" and I am going to put a preview of it on my profile soon. Panic! At the Disco is a cool band!
Disclaimer: I do swear that I do not now nor have I ever owned teen titans despite all my hopes and dreams.
Chapter 9: Oh That We Could all Have the Power To Go Into Other Peoples Heads
Robin stared up in shock at his alien friend floating above him. Her normal cheery smile twisted into a smirk that could have given Raven a run for her money. "Star what's…?" He was interrupted by Raven letting out another agonized shriek from where she lay on his lap. "Raven!" He gasped suddenly remembering the broken girl lying by him. He looked down at her just as her violet eyes fluttered open and stared blurrily at him. "Robin …that's not…Star's not…IT"S HIM" She gasped at him before shutting her mouth with a snap and closing her eyes for a moment. She ground her teeth against each other and swallowed her scream. They needed to get away from here. "Robin it's Trigon, Somehow he's possessed Star and he..." A bright red flair illuminated the corridor where the bewildered titans stood, momentarily blinding them. The light reseeded back into the redhead's skin and she gave a look of mock sadness "Is feeling very left out of the conversation"
Cyborg was the first to react. Raising his arm he shot his sonic cannon out at the creature in Star. "Cy NO, it's still Star!" Robin yelled too late as the Blue beam erased towards the girl. Star lazily threw her hand out at him and his beam stopped inches from her skin. "Hmm, that might have hurt a bit. What do you think?" Another hand motion and the sonic blast was hurling itself back at the robot teen. IT crashed into Cyborg sending him flying back into the wall, chipping pieces of his armor off. Beastboy tensed preparing to charge. "Don't even think about it insect" The demon turned his blazing eyes on the changeling who found himself suddenly frozen, his limbs not responding to his command.
"As for you, lover-boy, I think I'll let you watch my daughters final stand against me. Note I say final." Robin found himself dragged away from Raven who lay unmoving on the ground; his body was pushed against the wall which morphed to hold him leaving only his head free. "Now my daughter I bid you…" "Goodbye!" Raven roared flinging herself off the ground and lashing out with white fire towards the thing in her friend. The Demon growled as it found itself encaged in an orb of white light. It reached out a hand for the edges of its prison and recoiled back as its hand was burned by white fire.
"Raven how?" Robin gasped looking in awe at the purple haired girl now standing feet planted firmly on the ground glaring up at the demon. Then it hit him. She hadn't been knocked out back there, she had been healing herself. Her broken hand was fixed though slightly red and she still had multiple bruises over her body but she could stand and even better, she could fight. "Robin I can't stop him" Raven said through clenched teeth. Robin recoiled in shock. "What do you mean? You did it last time" Raven never looked away but spoke to him quickly. "Last time he wasn't in Starfire. If I went for him now we would never see Star again" Robin stared dumbstruck, Star had her downsides but even the idea of never seeing his friend again was unthinkable. "Then what can we do" He asked steeling himself. "I can't push him out of her since she let him in, only Star can get rid of him" Robins heart plummeted as she said this. He looked into the gleaming red eyes and knew Star wasn't there. "Then we're done"
"Don't say that!" Black fire crackled off Raven in waves, breaking the pieces of wall that held him. "Last time we faced him you kept telling me there was always hope, now it's my turn to tell you." Ravens face was set in grim determination as she said this and Robin took heart. "What do you need" Robin said calmly. A small smile lit Ravens face for a minute before it fell back into its stony concentration. "When I probed her mind I saw that there is still a little bit of Star left but it's fading fast. If I can reach out to her maybe we have a chance, but I'll need time and while I do it I can't hold him" She looked at him meaningfully. "Don't worry we got your back Rae" Cyborg said as he came limping forward. "Me too" Beastboy said through clenched lips before black fire lanced over him, freeing his limbs. "Then lets get started" Raven said walking slowly back towards the wall and erecting a shield of black energy around herself.
As soon as it was up the white ball containing the demon exploded in flames as the creature let loose its fury on the hallway. Robin set his jaw "Titans GO!"
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Behind her barrier the sounds of the battle ensuing where dimmed almost to nothing. Raven sat in the air levitating and took a deep breath. Now or never. She spoke calmly "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS" and she threw herself and the demons mind.
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Seeping into Trigons consciousness as discreetly as she could she wasted no time in searching for the familiar being she had felt last time she was here. There. She flew through the flaming darkness for what seemed like hours before coming to a small spark of green light. It was nothing more then a softly glowing ball of light drifting through the mind. "Star" Raven whispered to it. "Go away" came the abrupt response. "Let me die here my time is over" Stars voice seemed far away. "No Star we need you" Raven called desperately. "NO you don't" The voice was angry now "NO ONE NEEDS ME ANYMORE YOU HAVE ROBIN BEASTBOY AND CYBORG ARE BEST FRIENDS WHO DO I HAVE? NO ONE! I AM ALONE I AM NOTHING! NOW LET ME GO IN PEACE". On the last word the voice grew soft again and Raven sensed her friend drifting. "Star that's not the way it works your still our friend we still need you. Just because Robin doesn't feel THAT way for you doesn't mean he doesn't love you." Raven was pleading now desperate to save her friend "Raven don't you understand" Star said softly "I can't fight him, he's taken over he's won" Starfire wasn't angry anymore her voice was calm and sad. "NO Star I won't let you say that, this is YOUR mind, YOUR body HE is not welcome here. You have to try" Raven beseeched her. The orb wavered, dimmed, and then glowed brighter, an explosion of green illuminating the dark. "I will try"
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They were losing. The Titans had fought with everything they had. Cyborg drained his power cell, Robin used every move and weapon he had, Beastboy had changed so fast you could barely see what he was. But in the end the demon was just too powerful. The lay scattered around the remains of the hallway now, as he grinned at the from their friends body. "Fools, your games are over now is the end" He raised her hand…and stopped. Instead of a flaming red orb a bright starbolt hung suspended from his hand. He started shaking threw up his head and roared "NO I RULE HERE YOU CAN NOT MAKE ME LEAVE" a voice from behind the titans answered him "Yes she can" Raven said simply her voice tiered but strong. "Yes I CAN" this voice came from stars mouth and as it escaped the starbolt grew encompassing the demons body. A roar fell from it before it was caught up in the green brilliance that filled the hallway, the floor, the entire tower.
The light reseeded and Stars limp form stood steaming in the center of it. "It's over" Stars voice said before she crumpled to the ground.
Wow long chapter eh? Before anyone asks no I didn't mean Beastboy and Cyborg are homosexual I meant that they were good friends. Sorry to all of you who thought Robin would save the day but I just couldn't think of a way I could make him save them. The thing with Raven healing herself was sort of weird but I thought of it and thought that that would be the best way to bring her back. I've decided like halfway through the story that my next chapter will be the last. Please review PEACE.