After the last chapter I'm feeling a little… how should I put this… dirty. So to wash that all away how about some nice old carnage and all around mayhem. No? Okay, how about some more Beast Boy and Raven romance mixed with all out war? I thought so. All right here goes the next chapter.
Disclaimer: Do I really have to say this again? All right, fine, I do not own Teen Titans. They belong to Warner Brothers who owns CN. And CN is moronic for canceling TT and JLU. So send those e-mails and letters and get the petitions flowing people.
Chapter 7: A Smaller God
Raven wandered through the fields and such that made up her mind. The one thought that consistently crossed her… mind was, Where is everyone? She had searched almost every recess of her mind and still she could not even find Happy. As she passed over a rolling hill she saw a group of cloaked figures standing with their backs to her. Thinking that she had finally found her emotions she ran down the hill to meet up with them. However, when they heard her and turned around, their faces had no features what so ever. As Raven gasped in surprise and fright one of them reached their hands out to her. She felt a something begin to pull and down, looked to the ground and saw a black, empty void. Raven used her powers to throw the one away but the others reached their hands out and the pulling grew stronger. Sudden feelings of dread and despair began to envelope her as old memories came flooding back. She saw Gizmo as he laughed cruelly and she felt the horrible pain from when the HIVE had violated her. All of a sudden the horrible memories were replaced with other, happier, ones. She saw Beast Boy offering her tofu, Beast Boy standing outside her door comforting her after the Malchior incident, and Beast Boy's tooth filled, kind smile.
"RAVEN!" Her eyes snapped open just as a green rhino slammed into the group of black-garbed figures. The ones that weren't taken down by the initial attack were taken care of by the green-cloaked emotion known as Bravery. Raven collapsed to the ground as the void beneath her closed. Beast Boy ran over to her crouched down. "Raven, are you okay?" he asked. She nodded and Beast Boy stood and offered her his hand.
"What were those things?" Raven asked as she accepted his hand. Beast Boy lifted up and said,
"Shock troops. Now that we've taken them down more will be on the way. We need to move quick. Those things are nothin' compared to The Darkness." Beast Boy motioned for her to follow him and the three of them flew off into the sky.
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As the figures disappeared into the horizon another black-cloaked Raven watched them flay way. This was the true Darkness and it knew that soon, the final battle would take place. "Without friends no one would choose to live. Though she had all other goods." It whispered being disappearing in a puff of dark smoke.
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Raven looked over at Beast Boy. She had not noticed in the haste to leave, but he wasn't fully transformed. Instead of being a complete bird he had huge feathered wings sprouting from his back. Raven smiled in spite of herself, He looks like a gorgeous green angel…WAIT! Did I just think he was gorgeous? Then it dawned on her, what she felt around him was not just simple friendship, it was… love. Beast Boy looked over and saw her smiling. He returned the smile with a lopsided grin and said,
"It's a recent development. I didn't have enough time to completely transform once so I just did the wings. I kinda like it." Beast Boy looked down and pointed," Hey, we're home!" Raven looked down and saw a makeshift camp. Milling around in the camp were all of Raven's emotions. Some were obviously guarding the camp and other, such as Wisdom and Intelligence, were standing around a table talking. Raven followed as Beast Boy and Bravery landed at the table. Wisdom looked over at them and gestured down.
"The Darkness is continuing to spread." Raven looked down and saw that a black material was slowly spreading across a map. She shook her head and said with a great certainty,
"It can't be Darkness. I locked her away years ago. There's no way she could have gotten out." The others looked at her questioningly. That was when she remembered Rage. She had locked her away too, and she came back in the form of Trigon. Wisdom looked at her and explained,
"The Darkness got out when you were raped." When Raven looked at her horrified and Wisdom said, "We told him already." Raven looked over at Beast Boy worriedly until she saw the look of sheer determination on his face. She had only seen that look once before, and that was when Robin had figured out why Starfire was really supposed to be married. Beast Boy looked around at all of them and said,
"I guess the only way to stop it is to kill it." The others shook their heads. Intelligence looked at him and said sadly,
"There is no way to kill it. It's invincible, I'm sorry. We will have to think of something else." Knowledge turned her head in anger as she heard an amused snort. To her surprise it was Wisdom that had made the rude gesture. She was smiling like she knew a deep secret.
"There is a way to kill it." She pointed down to the map. "Right here is a weapon that can destroy the Darkness absolutely. However, only Beast Boy may go and get it. It is his quest alone." They all knew better than to question Wisdom, so they listened as she and Beast Boy explained the plan. Beast Boy would go and get the weapon while Raven and all the emotions attacked the center of the spreading wave. Once there they were to distract the Darkness until Beast Boy arrived. After the briefing, preparations began.
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Half an hour later Raven walked over to Beast Boy as he stared across the horizon. When she followed his gaze she could see the black void coming closer quickly. Beast Boy looked over to her and began to speak but was cut off when Raven pulled him into a deep kiss. They held each other for what seemed like eternity. To them, all time had stopped. When they finally pulled away from the kiss, Raven said,
"Be careful. I don't want to see you hurt again because of me. I… I love you too much. Beast Boy looked into Raven's eyes. Emerald met violet and he spoke in a tone that emitted deep love and determination.
"I love you too. Sorry for the cliché. You don't have to worry about me. I'll be fine." And with that he took off into the sky. Raven looked over down at the camp and shouted,
"IT'S TIME!" As the emotions filed charged out of the camp Raven stole one final glance over to the fading form of Beast Boy. As if knowing that she was looking he formed the shape of a heart as he flew. Raven smiled and a tear slid down her cheek.
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When the Darkness noticed the emotions surging towards her she sped the void forward and ordered her mindless troops forward. The two sides met in a clash of magic energy.
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Beast Boy landed at the mouth of a very evil looking cave. "Jeez, talk about foreshadowing dude." He mumbled. Cautiously he entered the cave and looked around. There didn't seem to be any immediate danger, but he kept his guard up nonetheless. After following several long tunnels he saw a bright light ahead. Forgetting everything he had heard about not following the light, he continued forward. When he entered the room with the light he saw a katana floating in midair. Slowly he stepped forward and grasped the sword by its hilt. He pulled it from its position, gripped the katana with both hands and examined its blade. As he was doing so the light in the room went out. When Beast Boy turned around there was a huff of breath followed by a puff of fire. Through light the fire gave he saw Malchior The Dragon.
"Holy sh…" Was all he managed to get out before the dragon whipped his tail around and shot it towards him.
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Meanwhile the battle for Raven's mind was raging. The emotions continuously flung the shock troopers around and tried their best to push the void back as well. Raven herself as beset by the most troops. They came at her from all sides and she managed each time to throw them away. Raven looked to the emotions and saw that they were getting tired from the continuous fighting. She also had to admit that, no matter how hard she tried not to be, she was tired as well. Please Beast Boy, get here soon, she thought. Suddenly Raven felt herself get thrown backwards. When she looked up she saw the True Darkness looming over her.
"How beautiful is sleep?" It asked. "Sleep and its brother Death." Raven tried to concentrate as the energy surrounding it reached down to embrace her. The energy flickered back when a shout rose above the sound of battle.
"HEY!" Beast Boy shouted, "Why don't try me again lady?" While all the troops stood confused Beast Boy flew over them and slashed down at the Darkness. Instead of delivering a killing blow the attack only cut its shoulder. However when he landed, Beast Boy swung the katana around and stabbed it in the chest. As the Darkness opened its mouth to scream, light poured from the wound and shot out of its mouth. When the light cleared, it was lying on the ground and Beast Boy was walking over to Raven. She stood up and smacked Beast Boy in the back off the head. Then she smiled and kissed him.
"What took you so long?" She asked. Beast Boy pointed over to the top of a hill. On the hill was Malchior's severed head.
"I ran into a little trouble. It was nothin' I couldn't ha…" Before he could finish his sentence he gasped and looked down to his chest. Slowly and black claw was piercing its way through him. A look of extreme pain flashed across his face before he disappeared. When he did The Darkness fell back down. The black void that had covered most of Raven's mind disappeared. Raven stood shocked. Again time had frozen. But this time joy did not fill her heart. Instead she felt overwhelming sadness. All around her, her emotions began to cry softly. Timid however, walked up to Raven.
"Go back quickly. He may have gone back to his body." Raven looked over at her. Then a looked of hope crossed her features and she ran off as fast as she could to the exit.
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When Raven got back to her room she immediately dashed out. As quickly as her tired legs would carry her she ran to the infirmary. When she got there and opened the door, she arrived just in time to see Cyborg pull the white bed shirts over Beast Boy's still form.
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Oh I'm so evil! Could Beast Boy truly be dead? How after all he and Raven had discovered could it all be over? Tune in next time to see. Every BbxRae fic I read mentions the eyes, so I thought it only fitting to do the same. See ya'!