Walk on Water
Chapter 7: The Assassin
A/n: If you use the initials of this story you get WOW. Tehe.
-Laine and Diablos-
"What do you want" Laine said as she turned around.
"Laine, don't you remember me. You loved me" Diablos said as he smirked. He was in his normal human form, not a demon.
"That was before you changed! Where is my son! Where is Robin!" She yelled. She was crying, the thought that her son would have the same fate as her husband scared her.
"And what are you doing to that girl?" She gasped out. "She just wants to be with Robin, not carry his so called 'Child'." Laine was furious. Diablos came up and grabbed her wrists.
"I want to make you a bargain. But you must calm down." He said. Laine stopped moving. She stood still and looked at him angrily.
"I will bring you back to life, but for a price." Laine gasped.
"What? How?...Wait what is the price?" She asked. Diablos laughed.
"Our son" He said. Then Laine stepped back. She looked away from him.
"I...I...don't want to hurt Robin. He's only a child. He... He.." Laine started.
"He is 17, not a child. And he's destined to be mine, but this I wanted to run over with you" He kept smirking. Laine wanted to go over and rip his smirk right off.
"Yes...but...I..." Laine stopped. 'What am I doing? I want to come back to life, but Robin is the only person who can stop this demon' She thought. Then she turned around. Diablos then put his hand out and little red lasers came and zapped Laine. She grunted and groaned. Then she looked up at her master. Her eyes glowed an evil red.
"Good...now I want you to meet the newest assassin. Come forward." Diablos said. A dark figure approached, it's eyes glowed green. When Laine looked at it she felt pure fear run down her spine.
"This young assassin has some unfinished business with Raven." He turned to it. "Bring the girl to me...Then I will bring you back to life Laine." Laine and the assassin nodded. Then the assassin was off.
-With Robin and Raven-
They departed from each other very slowly, like they couldn't believe what just happened. They looked back into each others eyes. Raven blinked. Then she fell back into Robin's arms. Right when Robin was going to put his arms around her Slade ran by.
"Robin! Emergency Alert! Diablos at the old downtown." He yelled, army soldiers behind him. Robin nodded and Raven found her feet. They looked at each other and joined the army.
-The old downtown-
When they got there Raven and Robin gasped.
"St...STARFIRE!" They yelled. Starfire screamed. Diablos had her tied to a building as he worked on destroying the army.
"Raven! Set Starfire free, I need to kill my dad!" He yelled Raven laughed and flew off. Raven worked on getting Starfire free as Robin did anything he could to hurt Diablos.
"Friend! You're here! Please Untie Me!" She said. She was smiling. Then Raven undid the last one. At that Moment Starfire's hands glowed green and she pounced on Raven. She brought her down to the ground. Raven let out a yell.
"Raven!" Robin yelled. He started running but then Diablos grabbed him.
"My son, don't go chasing girls. You still can't marry them, or that's what Daddy says." Robin grimaced and jumped up to Diablos's head. Raven struggled to get free of Starfire's grip.
"Silly Raven! I don't think you understand something. ROBIN IS MINE! AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE! I'M GOING TO RIP THAT BABY OUT OF YOUR STOMACH!" She yelled her eyes glowed an evil green. Raven used her powers to get out of her grip.
"If you even think I'd allow you to try to be Robin's wife I'd kill you! But then you get pregnant with his child! You slut!" She yelled.
"And you think you're any better! You are just like a common schoolgirl! All you do is try and win his heart when it's set on someone else! And for you're information I was raped by that big scary Diablos guy! Robin never slept with me!" Raven yelled back. Starfire went furious when she heard that. Starbolts went everywhere.
"And by the way, have you ever kissed him? I mean with him willingly kissing you back?" She asked. Starfire threw part of a building at her. "My guess is no!" Raven was on a roll. But when someone accuses her of something she's willing to fend for herself.
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Starfire yelled. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Why? So you can tell Robin I bullied you while I sit here and wait. Life's not that easy princess!" Raven said again.
"At Least I had his first kiss!" Starfire yelled.
"Robin's first kiss was with a girl in Gotham, not you!" Raven said, remembering from the time she was in Robin's head. "Plus do you have a bond with him!" Raven said.
Starfire threw rocks that pinned her to the ground. And just as Starfire was going to kill the baby Robin shot a birdarang that knocked her to the ground. He ran over to Raven. He lifted her into his arms and she rubbed her forehead. She leaned the other way and hugged Robin. And just as she was going to lean up and kiss him a starbolt flew over and almost hit them.
"NO! ROBIN! YOU HONESTLY DON'T LOVE THAT BITCH DO YOU?" She yelled. Her eyes glowing, hands bleeding, and cheeks glistening with her tears. Raven looked up at him. She felt tears welling up. 'What if he says no.' She thought.
"...Yes" He said. Starfire's eyes stopped glowing. Then she looked over at him. More tears ran down her cheeks. She ran over to him.
"No! I thought you loved me!" She said.
"No" He said again. Then Starfire stepped back. Her hand glowed once more.
"Very well...Then I'll make you love me!" She said and shot Robin with the most powerful starbolt know to man. One full of hatred, regret, and revenge. He fell to the ground, Raven was then taken into Starfire's arms, up to Diablos.
"Raven..." He gasped out. He saw her trying to get down to Robin.
"ROBIN!" She yelled. Then Diablos grabbed Raven and they left.
-The dream world-
"Laine, this is your new body. This is your new home." Diablos said, Starfire right besides him. Raven had a red ring around her arms and legs that prevented her to move, she also had tape on her mouth. Her powers were deemed useless because of the rings. Raven felt danger in the pit of her stomach, the same danger she felt when her father almost killed Robin. Raven's eyes watered, was this the feeling of death. She felt a cold hand press against her face. Laine's cold pale hand rubbed it.
"Will I look like her?" Her lifeless voice rang throughout Raven's head. Laine lifted her hand.
"Yes, but we can use that to our advantage." Diablos said. Starfire grimaced. 'If I was in Raven's body, Robin would love me' she thought. Starfire turned away. Diablos brought out this big book of black magic. Raven looked at it, she had read every magic book in the universe, and never seen this one. Once again Laine put her hand on Raven's head. Raven felt her body grow cold.
"Arisham Arisma koram tundunsfall!" Diablos chanted in a language Raven didn't recognize. Then she saw a black raven fly out of her body and into a jar. And that's all she remembered.
-The palace-
"You know what must be done. Since Raven survived one life must be replaced. And it seems that you are the best suited to do so. Now any volunteers." The queen said. In front of her were soldiers that where chosen to die for the queen.
"I'll go." a man in orange and black stepped forward.
"No" she gasped.
"Queen it is only fair that I go. I am the oldest of all these fine soldiers. I need to let them have at least another day to live." He said.
"Soldier-..I mean Slade, please. You are the only one that I have left." She said. Then Slade realized why the queen favored him.
"Queen before I go and sacrifice my life may I ask something of you?" Slade said. The other soldiers left. The queen nodded.
"Do...do you...Do you love me?" He asked. He looked at her with eyes blinded by fear of death, but mostly her answer.
She gasped then looked down.
"I understand my queen just a silly question. I need to prepare my self."Then he headed for the door and right as he grabbed the door knob he heard a quiet "Yes". He turned around. The queen looked at him, determined to tell him her feelings.
"Yes...Yes I do!" She said. "And I don't want you to die!" She said. Tears swelled up in her eyes.
"Please...you are the only one I have left. I have no father or mother. I lost my sister. And Robin isn't my own son. I just want one man to love me, just one. To hold me when I'm scared, to lull me to sleep, to tell me it's okay when I cry, but most importantly to love me through thick and thin." She said. Slade gave a sad look.
"I will never be able to fulfill you wants. I don't want to make you look bad. I mean, a queen marring a commoner. That's silly." He tried to laugh, but inside he was so sad that was proven impossible.
"Slade...Please!" She said. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She looked down. "This world is a living hell, not only for me, but for Robin, the soldiers and everyone else. But losing you would be an all new level of pain." Then she looked up. "I will never love another the same way I love you." She said. Cheeks glistening, her face still looked like it was in pain.
"I have nothing to live for" Then she turned around.
"I do not wish to break anyone's heart. I just want to protect the royal family." He said as he walked toward the queen.
"Love loss is like blood loss, it's very hard to replace." She said then she walked out of the room.
-Robin's room-
Robin sat on his bed looking out the window. 'Is she okay? Why couldn't I have saved her! Why did I just keel over after a puny starbolt!' He thought. He then grunted. His shoulder was hurting, the worst it ever has. Robin fell to the floor and let out a yell. The nurses rushed into his room and put him on a stretcher. He kept groaning. The shoulder had a purplish glow to it. Soon he fell a great sting that knocked him out.
A/N: It was Really fun to type up the argue between Starfire and Raven! Plus the weird language was hard to make up.