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Chapter Eighteen: Fighting a Demon
The large creature gripped Raven's wrist tight as she winced at the pain that flooded her body. "Raven, you are more powerful than I suspected. You may be a half-demon, but demon blood flows through your veins, just like me. I can feel your blood, I can feel your soul, you are evil. Join me, I can teach you to be great, we can live out your father's dream. You were always taught to hold back your true power, but I can help you embrace your demon side. Come with me, Raven." He had a deep voice that sounded like the rumbling of thunder.
"Never," Raven hissed through gritted teeth.
The demon threw back his head and began to laugh maniacally. Briefly stopping his fit of insane laughter, he crouched down to face level with Raven. "I wasn't asking, I was telling. You are coming with me, you have no say in the matter."
The demon didn't see Beast Boy shakily rise behind him. "She said no," Beast Boy growled. Transforming into a ram, Beast Boy hit him hard in the back.
The demon was barely fazed by the hit. "Insolent human, you can't possibly defeat me," he roared. Swinging his arm around he hit Beast Boy, who had changed back into human form. The shadow held on to Raven's arm as all of this went on.
The changeling was sent flying through the air. Beast Boy's rib cage had hurt after fighting Terra, but when the demon hit him Beast Boy's chest was in severe pain.
Raven's eyes watered as she tried to hold back tears. The pain was so great, she didn't think she could endure it much longer. It felt like her insides were on fire and her skin was being torn off her muscles. Struggling to stay conscious, Raven felt all of her energy being sucked out of her body. "Azerath...," Raven whispered, even though it caused her more pain. "Metri-" the creature interrupted Raven, he slapped her hard across the face with his free hand.
"Uh, uh, uh. I don't think so," he said playfully
"Leave Raven alone," Starfire growled from behind the demon.
Letting go of Raven's arm, the figure swivelled around to face the flying Tamaranian. Her eyes were glowing green as she snarled at the demon. Raising her hands, that now glowed the same color as her eyes, she shot several starbolts at him. The starbolts caused a large cloud of dust to appear where he had been standing. Pausing to see if her starbolts were on target, she had to wait for the dust to clear.
The demon was no longer where he had been just moments ago, all Starfire saw was Raven's tired bodily lying off to the side. Looking all around, Starfire saw no sign of the demon. Her eyes changed back to their normal color as she let her guard down. A low evil laugh was then heard behind her.
"Did you truly think you could get rid of me that easily?" Starfire whipped around to face the monster. A fist met with Starfire's face, she was knocked out of the sky. Hitting the ground hard, Starfire lied in a heap on the dirt.
While Starfire had been distracting the demon, Beast Boy struggled to his feet. Wrapping his arms around his chest, he limped towards Raven. He couldn't even imagine how much pain Raven must be in right now. Stopping next to Raven, he got down on his knees and inspected the girl.
Raven was still conscious, but was in excruciating pain. Tears slowly streamed down Raven's cheeks as she clenched her teeth shut. Moving closer to her, Beast Boy gently lifted her so her head was resting on his chest. He held her tight, trying to take away her pain. Quivering in his arms, Raven relaxed a little, leaning against his body.
"Raven it's okay. I'm here now," Beast Boy said softly.
"Beast Boy, I-" Raven turned her head away from Beast Boy. Coughing blood out of her throat and mouth onto the ground next to her.
"Raven," Beast Boy whimpered.
"Beast Boy... I don't know what he did to me... I can't heal myself," she stated with much pain.
"You have to try," Beast Boy commanded, his voice was full of worry.
"No, I can't!" Raven yelled, not sounding angry.
"I'll protect you, Raven. I won't let him take you. I love you and I'll do everything I can to protect you," Beast Boy promised.
Again, Beast Boy could hear that insane laugh behind him. "You must be joking. You can't seriously love her. She is a demon, do you even know what she is capable? Do you have any idea of what she could do to you?"
"I know what she could do, but she would never do anything to me," Beast Boy said, positive that what he had said was true.
"What is stopping her?" the demon asked. He slowly approached them, although he was still far away.
"She's my friend and-"
"Love and friendship mean nothing to demons, they are just words. Words used to manipulate pitiful humans like you."
Beast Boy gently laid Raven back down onto the ground. Standing, Beast Boy turned and faced the demon. "Shut up! Raven isn't a demon!" Beast Boy yelled angrily.
"Beast Boy, no! Your no match for him! He is too powerful!" Raven yelled, trying to warn Beast Boy.
"She is correct, boy," the demon agreed with Raven.
"No, I am going to make him pay for what he did to you!" Beast Boy grunted.
"Please Beast Boy! Listen to me," Raven pleaded.
Growling Beast Boy charged at the shadowy demon. Swinging his hand as if he was wielding a sword, the demon attacked Beast Boy. The demon's fingers easily sliced through the changeling's flesh. Blood seeped out of five slashes on Beast Boy's chest. Standing there with a dumbfounded expression, Beast Boy collapsed onto his knees as blood soaked his shirt and dripped from his lips. Then, he fell flat onto his face and continued to lye there motionlessly.
"What did you do to him?" Raven demanded with worry in her voice.
"He'll live, for now," the demon stood over Beast Boy and stared down at the pathetic green boy. Raven tried to stand, but was unable to move, she wanted to help Beast Boy so badly.
"Don't bother trying to move. Your body is in a temporary state of paralysis," the creature informed her. Even if Raven hadn't been paralyzed, she would have been to exhausted to stand. "It is time for us to leave now," he told Raven.
"No," Raven whispered, too tired to protest.
"You are tired. Rest," the demon whispered in the kindest voice he could manage. The shadow approached her a knelt down beside her. Struggling to stay awake, Raven blinked slowly. "Sleep," he ordered softly in a hushed tone. Raven's eyes fluttered shut as she drifted off into a deep sleep, forgetting her horrible pain.
Robin and Cyborg finally woke up after another 30 minutes. The fall from the window had knocked them out and they had been lying in the same spot for the whole. Robin had woken up first. Pain ran up and down his spine and he instinctively began rub it with his hands. That action only made his back hurt worse, his back had a large bruise covering it from the fall. Groaning the memories of what happened before he was knocked out flooded back into his head. "Terra. Who won?" Robin asked himself looking around. Just then he realized Cyborg was lying next to him. Crawling on his knees, Robin sat next to Cyborg. He tried to shake him awake, but was unsuccessful. Using all of his strength, Robin flipped over his robotic friend. Robin opened the control panel on Cyborg's back and fiddled with many gears, wires, and switches.
Groaning Cyborg rolled over and sat up, rubbing his head with one of his large hands. "What happened?" Cyborg asked confusedly.
"When Terra pushed us out of the window, we fell down here. I think we were knocked out from the fall," Robin explained.
"Where's Starfire? Did they fight " Cyborg asked.
"I am not sure let's have a look around, maybe we can find out what happened," Robin stood up and helped Cyborg up too. "Starfire!" Robin called as the two walked over rocks looking for their friend.
Finally Robin say Starfire's motionless body on the ground. "Starfire," gasped Robin. Running over he fell to his knees beside her. Putting one ear up to her chest, he heard the weak beat of the alien's heart. "She's still alive," Robin announced. Robin pulled Starfire's hair of her face. "She's just unconscious."
"So, she'll be all right?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah," Robin answered more calmly.
"Let's go see if we can find Terra," Cyborg said.
Robin picked up Starfire in his arms, not wanting to leave her there. They climbed over a few more large rocks that stuck out of the sand. Noticing a trail of blood, they followed it around a large rock. There on the ground lied Terra's mangled body, in two pieces. When the two boys saw this they almost immediately threw up. "Oh my god!" Cyborg exclaimed. "What happened? Who do you think did this?" Cyborg had to look away from the sickening sight in front of him. Robin stared at the two halves of Terra expressionlessly.
"I don't know," Robin said. "I don't think Starfire could have done something like this. Suddenly they heard a gurgling, gasping sound.
Walking towards the sound, they spotted a green boy in a small pool of blood. Gasping they both ran over to their green friend. Gently rolling him over onto his back, Cyborg inspected the boy.
Beast Boy was breathing loud, agonizing breathes. When Cyborg flipped him over he saw five long gashes on the changelings chest. Bone popped out of two of the slashes, obviously his broken ribs. "Oh man!" Cyborg said, concerned for his friend's life. "We gotta get him to the medical bay, quickly!" Cyborg lifted the changeling into his arms. The two teens raced for the door to the tower.
After a hour and a half, Cyborg finally finished popping Beast Boy's ribs back into place. Bandaging up Beast Boy's torso tightly, Cyborg looked exhausted. Robin stood on the other side of Beast Boy's bed in the medical bay. Starfire was in the bed behind Robin. "Is he going to be all right?" Robin asked, looking down at the changeling with concern.
"He should be waking up soon," Cyborg informed his leader. Beast Boy's eyes slowly opened as if on cue. Groaning Beast Boy looked around confusedly. "Perfect timing," Cyborg chuckled.
"Where am I?" Beast Boy asked turning his head to look around.
"You're in the medical bay," Cyborg informed his friend.
Gasping, Beast Boy finally remembered what had happened. "Raven!" he yelled as he sat up, ignoring the overwhelming pain in his chest. Robin and Cyborg put a hand on both of his shoulders and shoved him back down onto the bed. "Let me go!" Beast Boy grunted as he struggled to get free. "I have to help Raven!"
"What are you talking about? What happened?" Robin asked the anxious boy.
"There's no time to explain! We have to help Raven!" Beast Boy yelled struggling under their grip.
"Beast Boy, you've been out for the past two hours. We found you in a pool of your own blood," Cyborg told his friend.
He stopped struggling when he heard this. "Two hours?" Beast Boy said softly in shock. "No," Beast Boy whispered. "I'm too late. I couldn't protect her," he whimpered as tears began to stream down his cheeks.
"Beast Boy, what happened?" Robin asked softly, not in his usual demanding tone.
"He took Raven," said Beast Boy softly.
"Raven wasn't here, Beast Boy, she's in Azarath," Cyborg explained to his friend.
"No! Raven saved your lives. She killed Terra and saved my life. Then that demon hurt her. When Star and me tried to stop him he hurt us too. And he said he wanted Raven, he took her with him," Beast Boy summarized the story for them. Tears continued to stream down his face.
"She did all that?" Cyborg asked with disbelief.
"Yeah and now she's gone, because of me," Beast Boy whimpered.
"Why would you say that?" Cyborg asked sitting on the side bed of Beast Boy's bed.
"I told her I would protect her. I told her that I wouldn't let him take her," Beast Boy said guiltily. Cyborg put his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder comfortingly.
A/N: Well there was chapter 18. I hope you liked it. Please review if you've got the time.
ravenmasteroftele: Thank you, it took me a while to write that last chapter.
-EHWIES: Only four? YES! Next time I will reread it and make sure there are no mistakes. Thanks for all of the advice. Sometimes it feels like I am using too many commas, but whatever. Thanks for pointing out all of the mistakes, that really helps me fix mistakes later. I am SO glad you liked that fight scene. Fights are always super hard to write. I don't listen to any of my teachers. Teachers can be so confusing and boring at times. Please tell me if I make mistakes in the future. I fell so proud.
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