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Chapter Twenty Two: Nightmares
"I was looking forward to killing, I never thought I would hear you say those words. I am very pleased with you, Raven. Maybe you will make a good demon after all," Slasher said.
Raven was too ashamed of her decision to look up at the demon and she had no words to say now.
"I will teach you to not feel anything at all. I will make you a cold, heart less killer. You will no longer be burdened by those useless human emotions."
She didn't want to hear one of Slasher's long lectures. "What will I be doing?" Raven asked emotionlessly as she stared down at her lap.
"After I can fully trust you, I will have you do a few easy jobs. Once you get better I will move you on to harder tasks."
"What kind of jobs? What do you do?"
"I am a freelance exterminator."
"What you mean is you're a demon hit-man?"
"I suppose you could call me that," Slasher paused. "I kill humans for a profit. Most of my clients ask me to eliminate large groups of humans."
Raven wore a look of disgust and hate on her face as she looked up at him. "You're a monster," Raven scowled.
"I am what you are, Raven, we are the same."
"I am nothing like you, I don't kill people," she hissed, raising her voice.
"You killed Terra," Slasher replied slyly.
"That was different, I had to kill her. What I did wasn't for pleasure."
"Wasn't it? I know how much you enjoyed ending her life. Killing her was a kind of high for you," Slasher paused, waiting for Raven to defend herself. She said nothing, she had nothing to say. "I know what killing felt like for you, I feel that way every time I destroy. The feeling is wonderful, Raven."
"You're sick," Raven growled.
"Am I? Humans are mere shells, they feel nothing. They could never feel the pain you feel. Their lives do not matter. Humans serve no purpose, they are just drifting between these fake lives and the paradise that is the afterlife. Why not save them from their emptiness and send them to that paradise now?" Refusing to believe his lies, Raven looked away from the demon.
Leaning down to eye level with her, Slasher gently grabbed her jaw with one of his huge hands, but held back his powers trying not to hurt her. Forcing her to turn her head, Raven was only inches away from the creature. She stared into the black abyss beneath his hood and became lost with in it. The air seemed to get colder and denser as she looked into the black void, Raven shivered slightly.
"We kill, Raven, and we enjoy it. You should not care for human lives, they are sheep."
Clamping her eyes closed, Raven refused to listen to him. Slasher let go of Raven's jaw and stood up straight.
"You can try to block my words out, Raven, but sooner or later they will break through. When they do, you will break, I am sure of it." Shutting the huge door behind himself, Slasher never forgot to lock the door.
Another two days had passed, with no clues or leads to the whereabouts of Raven. The Titans were slowing losing hope.
Beast Boy hadn't eaten for the past four days and had barely slept. The others were worried about him. He had changed completely, he rarely spoke and was almost always sitting up on the roof with his legs dangling off the edge staring down at the city. Everyday Beast Boy got a little worse as he lost more and more hope of finding Raven. All of the Titans were sad, but Beast Boy was clearly the one most affected.
Yet again Beast Boy attempted to sleep, he was to exhausted to function properly. Laying on the top bunk of his bed, Beast Boy stared up at the ceiling. Almost immediately his eyes drifted shut and sleep overcame him.
Once more the same nightmare plagued his dreams.
-Beast Boy's Nightmare-
In the middle of a dark room on the cold metal floor sat Beast Boy. Raven laid on her back in Beast Boy's arms, her head was resting on his arm. Both of them looked older, not much older, maybe only a couple of years.
On the floor surrounding the couple was a large pool of blood that they were sitting. Tears were streaming down Beast Boy's face as he looked down at Raven in his arms. Even in her current situation she was calm, a small smile graced her lips and she seemed to be in no pain. Every time he had this dream he could never see any wounds on Raven.
"I can't think of any place I would rather be right now than here in your arms," Raven struggled out, although she felt at peace, it was hard to speak. "Beast Boy, please know I died happily, in you arms."
Her words always made him cry harder. "Raven," he whimpered. "Please don't leave me. You can't die, not now. I need you."
"You don't need me. After this you need to move on with your life, for me," Raven said. Coughing, Raven knew her time was almost up, she had to make this quick. "Garfield, I... I love you, more than you will ever know. Dying is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I would do anything to be with you, but it just can't be. I will miss you, Gar," she said with that small smile on her lips.
Mustering all of her strength, she reached her hand up behind his head and sat up slightly as he leaned down over her. Giving him a weak kiss she felt her life slowly slipping from her. After a few seconds she broke the kiss.
Looking happily up at Beast Boy, he sat back as tears poured from his eyes. Then, her heart stopped beating as her spirit passed out of her. Her body fell limp in Beast Boy's arms. Gripping her corpse tighter, he held her lifeless body close. "Raven?" he whimpered as he shook her body slightly trying to wake her, her head bounced up and down with his movements.
"Raven!" he said louder, shaking her harder.
"Raven!" he shouted to the heavens. Leaning over her, Beast Boy cried as he rested his head against her stomach.
-End of Dream-
He always woke up crying. Every time the nightmare only lasted an hour or less and that was all of the sleep he would get that night.
Wiping his tear-stained face, Beast Boy got out of his bed. Making his way to the roof, he stopped in front of the door with Raven's name etched into it. Pausing, he decided to go into the vacant room.
Standing in the doorway for several seconds, Beast Boy slowly made his way into the room. Walking past the large book case, he dragged a bare, green finger along the spines of some of the books on the shelf. Moving on he looked at her dresser, which had nothing upon it. Stopping in front of her bed for a moment, he flopped onto the bed face first. He laid there motionlessly, burring his head in her sheets and breathing in her familiar scent.
He stayed there for several hours as he tried to convince himself the nightmare wasn't true, just like all of the times before that.
Sunshine began to shine through the window, he hadn't realized he had been in there for so long. Standing, Beast Boy walked out of the room, towards the main room.
Taking a seat on the couch, Beast Boy stared blankly out the window. Robin walked in through the hydraulic doors.
"Hey Beast Boy," he greeted cheerfully. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Couldn't sleep," Beast Boy replied emotionlessly, not taking his eye off of the window.
"I wanted to talk to you about that," Robin paused. "Beast Boy, I-"
The loud buzzing of the alarm interrupted Robin. "I'll tell you later. Go get dressed," Robin ordered.
Standing, Beast Boy walked out of the room, dragging his feet as he did. He got changed quickly and met the others back in the main room.
Starfire and Cyborg were standing behind Robin, watching him as he typed rapidly on the computer in front of him. "It's Plasmas. He broke out of jail and he is making his way to the chemical factory. We have to stop him before he reaches the factory.
Cyborg jumped into the T-Car, while Robin hopped onto the R-Cycle. Starfire flew with Beast Boy next to her in the form of a falcon.
When they reached the street Plasmas was on, they saw overturned cars and people running in fear. Walking down the street, Plasmas destroyed abandoned cars and the buildings around him.
"This is the end of the road, Plasmas," Robin declared as he pulled off his motorcycle helmet. Cyborg pulled up next to him and Starfire and Beast Boy both stood near him. "Teen Titans, go!"
Beast Boy stood back and watched as his friends attacked the monster. Freezing the creature's feet to the road, Robin threw several freezing discs. Cyborg shot his sonic cannon at the monsters frozen feet and shattered the ice. Plasmas began to fall to the ground and Starfire hit him while he was in midair. An onslaught of starbolts hit the fallen creature.
Plasmas stayed on the ground for a minute before climbing back to his feet. Plasmas hit both Cyborg and Starfire with a huge glob of goo and they were knocked to the ground. Pulling out his bo-staff, Robin hit Plasmas from behind, but not hard enough to do any damage. The blows only seemed to agitate Plasmas more. Swinging his arm around he hit Robin and smashed him into the side of a building.
Turning around Plasmas walked in Beast Boy's direction. "Beast Boy, stop him!" Robin commanded.
Beast Boy didn't move, he let Plasmas swing at him and knock Beast Boy to the ground. After knocking Beast Boy out of his path, Plasmas made his way down the road towards the factory.
"Why did you let him get away!" Robin shouted angrily at Beast Boy as he approached him.
"Sorry," Beast Boy mumbled sadly.
"You know, we all miss Raven, but we can start to move on with our lives. You need to grow up Beast Boy. Raven isn't coming back, you need to realize that. We aren't going to find her. She's dead, Beast Boy, you need to get over it!" Robin was so angry he wasn't even thinking about what he was saying.
Robin's words cut deep into Beast Boy and tears began to fall from his green eyes.
Cyborg and Starfire wrestled out of the goo and made their way over to Beast Boy and Robin. Cyborg walked over at put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder, but Beast Boy knocked it off. Turning into a hawk Beast Boy flew away.
"That was pretty harsh, Man," Cyborg said disapprovingly.
"Beast Boy needed a reality check and I had to be the one to give it to him," Robin said emotionlessly. "Let's go, Plasmas is getting away."
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