A/N: Well, here it is, the chapter where everything is answered! So just R&R please ) And special thanks to silverxpearls, sweetnevermore, emiieroxs, terrasucks4ever, el queso de malicioso, and roniloveyou for reviewing! SoR
Eleven
Rage Released
Raven's POV
"Rise Trigon!" Enchantra cried as a tired Beast Boy and I charged through the door of the Tower.
"NO! Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" I cried, sending a chunk of earth flying at Enchantra. She turned around from her spell and put her hand up, her eyes glowing purple. The earth shattered and she gritted her teeth.
Rage seethed within me. She was the cause of everything. "You!" I roared. "You are the reason for everything that happened! You got into our ranks, turned us against each other, and all the while played the innocent little girl. All so you could revive Trigon!" I screeched.
'Must feed on her soul!' Rage screamed.
"Why, Enchantra?" Beast Boy asked me.
A sneer crossed her face. "Never call me that you son of a bitch!" she hissed, her eyes glowing not purple, but red. She clenched her hand into a fist and thrust it out. Beast Boy moaned with main and fell to his knees. "My name is Malefica! And I am the greatest servant of the Master Trigon!"
"I'm going to kill you!" I roared and readied myself.
"Don't make me laugh… after all the trouble I've gone through, you think I'm going to let you just win?" she laughed.
"You made Star, Cy and Titans East disappear!" I sneered.
"Yes… getting rid of Titans East was a necessary maneuver… for you see, they held something of interest to me!" she thrust her fist into the air.
"Dear Azar," I whispered. "The Ring of Trigon!"
"Correct… I'm surprised you didn't figure it out before. Let me explain to you what I've done…"
"Are they dead?"
"No… why would I make them disappear when I could send them to different realms to live out the rest of their lives as slaves?" she laughed again.
"Monster!" I hissed.
"Now, Raven, let's not be calling names… after all don't forget what your destiny is.
"Now as I was saying… since you're really no threat anymore," she smiled and paused as Beast Boy struggled to his feet. "Everyone you have encountered in the past few days have been part of our plan. Master Trigon told me that I must work my way into Slade's inner circle… so I did. I altered his memory with my magic… yes Raven, I control more than the matter around me… I control EVERTHING… I made him think I was his daughter, but I was disappointed to find that his only plan was to destroy you Titans… so we set up this plan to draw you all near. Slade was a fool, he thought he could take you all on, but lucky for me only Starfire and Robin showed up. I controlled Slade and made him destroy Robin. That boy wonder would only get in the way ofmy plans… he's far too smart for his own good."
"YOU! You destroyed Robin!" Beast Boy cried. "Not Slade, you!"
"Correct… then I worked my way into your ranks by destroying Slade… but at the same time I worked my way into your minds. Starfire and Cyborg were easier… they had just suffered huge romantic downfalls," she grinned maliciously. She had taken advantage of their depression… how dare she! "I made them turn on you… on me! I knew the two of you would defend me while I prepared everything. But I had to further prove myself… so I drew Red X to the funeral and got rid of him. I knew you two had accepted me. That night I was able to take control of an elite team… Terra, Brother Blood, Gizmo and Jinx…"
"So you could steal the Book of the Dead!" I said sharply.
"Correct. I thought I might be foiled then, considering the Book of the Dead is an artifact of Azarath."
"It was sent to earth years ago to protect people like you from animating homunculi and reviving the dead… Oh my God. The homunculi!"
"Don't get ahead of yourself… I filled your and Stafire's heads with hate, and made you fight… then I got into Beast Boy's feeble soul and made him fall in love with me!"
"You did what!" Beast Boy demanded.
"Yes, and I made you kiss me…"
"And then you drew me to your room just as it happened so you could frame Beast Boy!"
"Exactly, and then I kept him in love with me, and I broke your poor heart. Haha that was quite enjoyable," she savored the looks of rage on our faces. "Then I comforted you to make friends with you after that annoying Tamaranian had come snooping! She almost ruined everything when she saw me talking to Trigon through the book…"
"So you sent her to another realm!" Beast Boy shouted.
"Indeed I did… and while I maintained my hold of all of your minds I seduced Cyborg… and drew Beast Boy to find us kissing… but I drove their minds to extreme infatuation… making them abandon reason and fight each other."
"Witch!" I screamed.
She smirked. "But Cyborg saw me speaking with Trigon, and on the night I had prepared for the homunculi to retrieve the Bones of Azar for me… with The Ring of Trigon, The Book of the Dead and The Bones of Azar I would be able to resurrect my master! But Cyborg attempted to destroy me…"
"So you destroyed him," I said sharply as tears of rage formed in my eyes. "Sent him to another realm…"
"Indeed… and now it is too late for either of you. Imagine what a surprise it was for me when I discovered that I would have to bring Master Trigon back on the next full moon, when the presence of Azar in the universe is the greatest… and that the next full moon was tonight… your birthday, Raven."
"I won't let you!" I screamed. "Azara—"
Too late. Malefica put her hand out and a wave of invisible magic catapulted towards us. I was knocked off my feet and crashed into Beast Boy. I felt warm blood running on my head.
"By the power of the full moon!" Malefica incanted. "By the will of The Ring of Trigon! By the magic of The Book of the Dead! By the darkness of The Bones of Azar! Step into this world, Lord Trigon!" she screamed. The night sky was bathed in blood red light and the moon glowed brighter than everything else… and as Malefica thrust her ringed hand into the air red lightning from the moon struck it. The Bones levitated and glowed an evil red, and The Book at her feet shook violently. The sky ripped open and my eyes beheld a horrible realm of bones and lava. A huge claw pulled the hole to an enormous rift in the sky, pulling us into the portal with great force, but I held… I had to.
My heart stopped for a moment.
Trigon stepped slowly into earth once more. The sea and air recoiled around my father as he stepped forward, standing behind Malefica. His four red eyes glowed with evil power and his mouth was twisted into a sneer.
He spoke and shivers ran down my spine. "You have done well, Malefica!"
"Thank you master Trigon…"
I struggled to my feet. "No," I whispered.
"Aah, my daughter!" Trigon hissed and brought his hand up.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" I cried, just in time to deflect a ball of fire that was lobbed at me. "I won't allow you to go any farther, Trigon," I hissed. "We're going to kill you both now!"
"Come, my servant. We will infuse our powers and we will be INVINCIBLE!" Trigon cried and he roared. His howl crushed the air and his body flowed into Malefica. The witch fell to her knees as a disgusting scarlet aura pulsated around her. She screamed and closed her eyes. Her blond hair turned pale white and when she opened her eyes there were four slanted, crimson Azarathian eyes. She slowly got up, the scarlet aura still surrounding her.
In a voice as wicked as sin, it spoke: "Now, we are one!"
Beast Boy's POV
I couldn't believe it… this Malefica had made me love her, she had made me destroy my feelings for Raven and turned us against each other. I was going to kill her… him… it.
"I will destroy you!" I cried, tears of rage falling from my face… and I leapt forward as a huge T-Rex… ten times bigger than the small but ugly thing beneath me. It grinned.
Raven's POV
"Beast Boy, no!" I cried as he charged. The thing that was neither Malefica nor Trigon but still both of them laughed. It put its hand up and fire and purple magic wrapped around Beast Boy. I watched in horror as Beast Boy roared in agony and was contorted and flung into the ground. He moaned as he took his human form once more… he was terribly hurt and blood covered him.
I turned around to the thing… and gritted my teeth.
Within me I heard chains snap.
Rage had been released.
A/N: The next chapter is the 'big battle' if you will lol. Well I hope that answered all your questions and if not leave them in a review and I'll incorporate it into either an author's note or the story… but I think I explained everything…
