Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or any other related person, place or thing. I do own Gem, Evelyn Feather-Duster and anything related to her. In other words you get the idea and this whole disclaimer thing is s crock of ! Because If I owned anything important, this would be an episode and not just a fanfic! Duh?
Disclaimer 2: Any songs I may use in here belong to their respective owners and not me because otherwise I'd have my personal assistant writing this instead of myself working my fingers to the bone.
Warning: This is a hint of Rob/Rae Cy/Bee major O.C/Red X fic. Plus the possibility of a few character deaths. Hope you enjoy!
Summary: Two girls connected by the threads of fate fight to avoid their intertwined destiny, Rob/Rae O.C/Red X
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Till the End
Chapter 1 Shadow Murderer
Red X watched from the darkness as Raven healed the blood-covered girl. He had never meant to endanger her life, just put her out of commission long enough to finish what he had started. He tossed the control out to the violet haired sorceress and retreated further back into the shadows. He watched as she released the other titans and struggled to hear what they were saying.
"You think she'll live?" Beast Boy had asked.
"I don't know." Robin answered as he turned and followed Raven away from the unconscious girl whom Cyborg had picked up and was carrying away.
Red X sighed in frustration and left the abandoned warehouse still trying to forget the look on the girl's face when he had hit her in the stomach.
She had the expected surprise and hurt on her face but then when her eyes looked into his he had seen an unmistakable look of relief and serenity.
He tossed himself onto his bed and buried his face in his pillow. He closed his eyes and forced his mind to shut down until he slipped into a deep state of sleep.
Robin leaned against the doorframe of the med bay as Cyborg laid the girl on the table and began attaching wires to her.
"Okay now what do we do?" Beast Boy asked watching from his kitten form on Starfire's lap.
"Someone has to keep an eye on her." Cyborg replied from the computer he was standing in front of.
"Okay, the rest of us can try and figure out what Red X was up to." Robin said from his post by the door.
"I guess I'll take first watch." Cyborg offered still looking at the computer screen.
"Right." Robin answered, he turned and left followed by Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy. Cyborg continued typing away at his computer.
Robin stood in the common room and looked around at his teammates. "Okay let's go over this. First we get a call about a break in at the abandoned warehouse right?"
Starfire nodded as she sat on the couch watching him intently.
"Right and we found those barrels of Polymorithene, which is the stuff that they use in creating artificial black holes." Raven said suddenly as she continued to read 'The Green Mile'
Robin looked over at her in surprise, "How'd you know that?"
Raven looked at him with a bored expression over the top of her book, "I read." she said.
Robin frowned at her but turned back to Starfire and Beast Boy.
"What was up with Red X back there anyway? He acted all worried when Raven said that girl was hurt." Beast Boy mentioned.
"It was probably just a ploy. I bet he's planning some really dangerous plot." Robin said viciously.
Raven smirked behind her book, she had felt the actual concern rolling off the masked figure and knew he deserved more credit then Robin gave him but she wasn't going to say anything.
"But back to the black holes theory." Robin said impetuously.
"What is a black hole?" B.B asked stretching.
Raven sighed and closed her book; "A black hole is an area in space that is completely devoid of light and has a high concentration of gravity which draws the things near it inside." Raven answered as she began floating in a meditation stance.
"Okay but what's it do?" B.B asked again.
"No one knows exactly, some people think it's a form of portal." Raven answered her eyes closed.
"Weird." B.B muttered. Raven raised an eyebrow but kept her eyes closed.
"Okay so now we have to figure out why Red X would have wanted the chemical and if it is for this black hole thing, why he'd want to create the thing." Robin said finally.
After saying so he turned and left the room to do the things he did whenever he was feeling drained and confused. Raven floated away and had just passed the med bay when she heard Cyborg's distinctive voice, "Damn it!"
Gem screamed, they were coming for her and she couldn't escape. Her powers were drained form the prolonged exposure to darkness and she felt completely helpless. She cried out in agony as tendrils of darkness snaked out and wrapped themselves around her body.
She fought to escape but it was a futile struggle. "You can never escape the darkness. No matter what you do, no matter how far you run, the darkness is always there." the voice hissed in her ear.
Gem screamed in terror as the dark tendrils of evil snaked up and covered her mouth. Her eyes were wide and she struggled for air but she felt the lightheaded feeling of asphyxiation overcoming her when she caught sight of someone else in her mind.
Cyborg cursed as a loud beeping began from the brainwave monitor. Her brain wave patterns were flying off the charts and the girl was struggling with invisible chains her face contorted into the image of terror. He jumped up and held her twitching body down as the other titans came running into the room.
"What the hell is going on?" Robin yelled as he tried to help Cyborg hold the flailing girl down.
Raven stepped up and placed her hand over the girl's eyes and yanked them back, "She's fighting for her life!" Raven whispered, her eyes darting over the girl's features in bewilderment.
"Help her!" Starfire cried from the corner of the room.
Raven's eyes darting around the room, she didn't know what to do. She knew the real danger was inside the girl's mind but she didn't want to jump in to the girl's mind because it might cause more harm then good.
"Raven, do it!" Beast Boy yelled his eyes wide as he watched the girl fighting her face contorting in silent screams.
"Fine!" Raven cried, she grabbed the girl's hands and closed her eyes.
Raven landed in a large crater and looked around, dark black clouds filled the sky and she kept feeling an eerie whisper run up and down her spine. She shivered and suddenly heard the girl's screams; her eyes darted up and caught sight of a black shadow wrapping itself around the girl.
Raven's hands became encased in black bubbles of energy and she fired at the shadow. The girl's eyes locked on to her and Raven felt the pain in her eyes like a physical blow. She charged the shadow and fired blasts of darkness at it.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she screamed her power encasing the shadow and ripping it off of the shaking girl. Once the shadow was off the girl it evaporated and reappeared behind the girl who had fallen to her knees. She heard its whispers in the girl's ear.
"I'll always be there... in the darkness waiting for you and when the time comes, I will consume your light and leave you shaking in the darkness." Raven fired a few more bolts at it and rushed over to the girl.
She was coughing and choking, "Go...bout..to..ake..p." she said choking from the lack of air in her lungs.