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Ch.20 Bait
Raven: Unconscious and unaware of the evil about to take place lay still on a stone platform before the towering statue of the Ghost King himself. Morgan appeared out of thin air and knelt beside her-his eyes took in her radiance.
He began brushing her silky, violet hair with his hand, when he grew bored with this he traced her supple lips and delicate face. He smiled to himself:
"Such a same, really. That something so beautiful must be sacrificed for my cause-still your passing will grant me what I have always desired."
Scourge appeared behind him:
"Take the one named Sam and use her as bait to lure Danny and Danny alone, down to this ceremonial chamber. We can use her to get to him; with her life in peril the boy will surely do what we want him to. His love for her will be his downfall." Morgan instructed.
"Will I be able to kill the boy afterward?" Scourge asked with a sinister grin.
Morgan turned to him, "When the ceremony is complete and our lord and master has finally awaken, you may do with him as you please."
Back Outside:
"Eat this!" Jack hollered firing his guns at everything in sight, Maddie fired flung several grenades into the attacking army.
Robin had already whipped out his staff and was taking on dozens of ghosts at a time, from above Starfire rained deadly star-bolts down onto the lost souls. Beast Boy morphed into a Triceratops and began mowing down dozens of the creatures while Cyborg freely pummeled any specter foolish enough to oppose him. The defeated ghouls fell to the ground and dissolved into a thin layer of fog.
"This won't take long!" Cyborg declared confidently.
While the others were fighting the little dogs, Danny faced-off with Executioner on the rotted rooftops of the abandoned village, quickly dodging Executioner's swings with his axe Danny saw an opening and drove his fist directly into the oversized brute's ribcage. Stunned, but still up and willing to fight, Executioner savagely backhanded Danny causing the halfa to fall the ground below.
"Ooof!" Danny let out a painful gasp of air when he cold, rocky soil.
Danny didn't have time to recover, for he was alerted by a furious cry from above and saw Executioner-axe in front of him leaping down towards him. Thinking quickly Danny went intangible and the ghost's weapon cut into dirt and not flesh. Before Executioner could react Danny pummeled the brute with a vicious series of right hooks and uppercuts. With a furious cry, Danny summoned a great deal of his ghost energy, aimed, and fired.
The force of Danny's blast rocketed Executioner forward and into a nearby cottage. At first there was nothing but silence prior to the enormous blast, when suddenly the debris exploded in all directions and stepping out of the rubble, glowing green with ghostly energy was Executioner. Danny was ready to assume combat when he saw something on the corner of his eye-in the middle of the doorway of the old church stood a familiar figure holding …Sam!
"Sam!" Danny called out.
Gagged, Sam could do little more than kick feebly trying to escape the powerful grasp of the one who held her. Grinning, Scourge stepped back into the gloom of the church.
"If you really want her, come and get her!" He taunted Danny before disappearing with Sam.
"Sam!" Danny shouted again making a run for it.
A beefy fist slammed into his face, with such force it was a miracle Danny's jaw didn't shatter. Dazed Danny fell to the ground, Executioner stood over him, axe raised over his head.
"I have you now." Executioner declared and brought down the axe.
Danny put his arms over his head defensively. Seeing Danny was in trouble Starfire swooped down from above with her arms in front of her.
"You shall not harm my friend!" She cried defiantly.
Charging at full speed Starfire crashed into Executioner with unbelievable force, the sheer power of collision was enough to send the hulking ghost flying into the nearby woods. Starfire offered Danny her hand up.
"Thank you." Danny said taking it.
Starfire giggled, "You are most welcome."
"I saw something in that church." Danny explained pointing to the once sacred building, "A ghost stepped out of the shadows, he had one of my friends in his arms."
Starfire glanced over at the abandoned church.
"You are certain of this?"
"No doubt."
"Than, let us begin our search."
"What about the others?"
Starfire whipped out her communicator, "Robin, come in."
"Kind of busy right now Star!" Robin answered.
"Danny has informed me that he saw one of his friends at the abandoned church, meet us inside."
"We're fighting a war Star!" Robin replied, "You can't expect us to leave the Fenton's out here alone against these odds!"
Jack had overheard the entire conversation, "Rescue our kids." He told Robin.
Robin glanced at him with uncertain eyes and then at the approaching horde of hungry ghouls, "Don't worry about us," Maddie reassured him, "get our kids to safety, we'll deal with the likes of them."
"Alright then," Robin replied into his communicator, "Titans meet Star and the ghost boyinside the old church, Robin over and out."
Across the village the other titans heard their leader's orders and rushed to get to the church. When the titans were gone Maddie and Jack stood with stony scowls at the remaining ghouls. The nearby woods exploded- timber scattered in every direction. Roaring an infuriated Executioner landed in front of his remaining henchmen, hefting his axe the ghost let out a savage war cry-ready to lead his forces to the final strike.
Jack grinned and readied his weapon, "Whose ready to go back to the afterlife?"