THE END IS NEARING…

Chapter Eleven: Reverie Part Two

Not too much later the same day, HotSpot and Killowat were walking down the hallways of the Tower to some random room.

"And so that's how Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back is actually a parallel of the Hindu creation myth." Killowat finished explaining.

HotSpot just gave Killowat a 'Bullshit' look… which he then followed up with, "Bullshit! That's the biggest load I've ever heard man!"

Suddenly, they were interrupted as Mas and Menos darted past them, sweating and tired, but still a blur, as they past the two power-down superteens they said in weary voices, "Yo me soy cansado muy."

"Dijo bien a hermano, yo me soy cansado también."

"¡Yo no puedo creer que Bushido nos haya perseguido para un repleto nueve... jodiendo... los capítulos!"

"¡Sí, sé a hermano! El va más despacio apenas."

"¡Ah caga a hijo¡Aquí él viene ahora!"

As the two sprinted away with superspeed, they both yell simultaneously, "¡Escuche para Sublime!"

HotSpot and Killowat stared after the two speeding twins with wide eyes.

"Yo, Isaiah, you speak some Spanish, what'd they say?" Killowat asked.

"Something about being chased for nine chapters and listening to Sublime." HotSpot answered with confusion in his voice..

Just as the two friends started to walk again they were blown away by a very loudly panting, very sweaty, but very quickly sprinting Bushido who continued down the hall after his prey.

The two stared on in disbelief.

"So… how bout them Brokeback Titans?" HotSpot said to his electrical friend.

"HAHAHA!"

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"Cy, you totally have to get this dude."

"Shhh! Quiet BB, don't wake them up."

The meddlesome duo were currently video-taping via Cyborg's tech the sweet serene scene of Jericho sleeping on the couch…

…with the stoic Ice Queen Raven softly slumbering on his chest.

And the two practically shat themselves laughing.

"I can't believe this is actually happening!" Cyborg giggled under his breath.

"Can you even imagine how much we could blackmail Raven for?" Beast Boy muttered under his breath.

"Can you even imagine how brutally she'd kill us?" Cyborg smiled to his green friends.

"Can you even imagine how much she's awake?" came a hard cold voice from the couch.

The duo froze as if petrified by the voice, and slowly turned their heads to see a glaring Raven, eyes burning holes thru both of their faces, which now were adorned with sheepish smiles.

"Uh… Hi, Rae."

"Y-Yea. Whats up? Hehehe…"

The two continued their sheepish smiles just as Raven continued her death glare.

Cyborg slowly put his arm, the tool they'd been using to video tape the scene, down, stood up, and backed away from the dark, brooding girl.

Beast Boy followed him.

"We're real sorry Rae, and this won't ever happen again." Cyborg said slowly, fear in his eyes.

"Y-yea!" the green one added, "Very sorry!"

Raven glowered.

Beast Boy and Cyborg began to sweat.

"I," Raven started, "am… going… to KILL you!"

But before Raven could back up the statement in any way, shape, or form, the two Titans had sprinted from the Main Room with a speed Raven didn't know either held in their name.

"Hmph." As she got up to go chase them and retrieve the video from Cyborg, she hesitated.

She glanced down at the still sleeping mute.

She kept her monotone and with a slight shake of her head said, "The boy can sleep thru anything."

A small curve on her lips.

A bending down and quick peck on his cheek.

And Raven was off to chase her voyeuristic teammates.

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Aqualad and Speedy had stopped arguing and were currently walking briskly thru the halls of the Tower towards Speedy's room to… work out their differences.

The two were interrupted before reaching their destination by the flying fiery avatar of sweetness, "Aqualad! Speedy! Wait for me please!"

The two halted and turned towards the source of the voice that was flying up to them.

The archer was annoyed at the delay. The Atlantean gave a small grin to the pleasant girl.

"Hey, Starfire. Whats up?"

She touched down in front of the two, "Hello friends! I wish to inform you that Robin has agreed to go on a date with myself tonight!"

"That's cool, Star." Aqualad told the alien.

"We care why?" Speedy mumbled so only the two boys could hear.

The long haired tempest stomped on the archer's foot, causing him pain.

The joyful alien was too saturated with delight to notice, "Yes, I wish to ask a favor of you! Would you be willing to help me find proper attire for tonight's festivities?"

A moment of dull silence.

Starfire beamed at the two expectantly.

Speedy grit his teeth and started tapping his foot, impatient to get to his room. Then he winced as he tapped with his recently stomped on foot.

Aqualad was torn. He and Roy had just made up, which meant the getting was good, but he didn't want to leave Starfire hanging, or hurt her feelings.

The Atlantean came up with a plan.

"Why us Starfire? Wouldn't one of the other girls be better suited for clothes shopping."

Starfire responded with big, circular green eyes filled with innocence, "But, I was told by the others that you are very in touch with your femine sides and would therefor be good at shopping for clothes. Beast Boy and Kid Flash also alluded that you two have been dress and lingerie shopping before, so I only assumed-"

"Urge... to... kill... rising." Speedy cut the Tameranean off.

"Uh, Star. You don't really need to buy new clothes for just going out on a date, do you?" Aqualad tried to weasel their way out of going again.

"Oh, the date had best be of the caliber for which I need to buy new clothes or a certain Boy Wonder may wish he had a titanium jock strap!" Starfire growled with menace.

With her wrath so apparent and imminent, it was decided it would be better to help the Tamaranean femme pick her wardrobe for the night.

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Jericho awoke, without Raven's weight on his chest. (much to his own chagrin) However, after stumbling around with the heaviness of sleep still on him, he came to his reason.

He needed to talk with Robin, and he needed to talk with him now.

Robin, the only Titan who knew who his father was… the only Titan who could help him now. He had been weighed down and flabbergasted by the revelations of Trigon, and trying to keep Raven from worrying and fretting so much over the presence of her father's essence, to track him down before now, and he set about doing so with extreme gusto.

His head spinning with worry and his father's elaborations on the summoning after Raven passed out, he went to the most likely room to contain Robin…

The Training Room.

As he headed for it, said elaborations of his father resurfaced from his memory in more detail.

"Do not be a fool, Joseph." Slade said in his white visage to his son on the floor, cradling the passed out Raven in his arms, "Trigon is an essence further than those pathetic Satanist could conjure with their cultish mumblings and hocus pocus."

The blonde hero gave his father a questioning look.

"They did not summon Trigon in his entirety." The white villain explained, "Trust me, if they had you'd know. They summoned a very small piece of him. What this small piece is or what it will do, I'm not exactly sure. But I can tell you this, You, I, Raven, all the Titans, and everyone else in this world… probably won't like it."

Jericho blinked and shook the cobwebs from his mind as he came upon the training room. He peered inside in hopes of finding the caped crusader, however all he found was an empty room with a beaten training android and strangely enough… a broken window.

"…" Joey mused.

He turned and went to find Robin.

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On the outskirts of town, a red demon in a black robe from the waist down sprinted with unholy speed towards Titans' Tower.

As people stared, the demon merely smiled and jumped up with perverse strength into the cold, gray, winter air, body crackling with hellish power. He planted a bare, red foot from beneath his black robe on the snowy roof of a tall building were the snow melted instantly around his feet just as he hoped to the roof of another.

He continued in the fashion at a great pace towards the sparkling Tower.

He licked a black tongue over his fangs and his red, cracked lips, "Raven…"

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Starfire and Aqualad were sitting in the back of Speedy's Dodge, as he drove mumblingly.

Aqualad was slightly disappointed at being torn from his time with Speedy, but he soon became of the opinion that if he was going to have to help Kori, he might as well enjoy it.

H

Cyborg and Beast Boy hid in the boys' bathroom on the top level with the pool.

"She'll never find us here! She can't dude!" Beast Boy said, panting for breath from their sprint, "She can't come in here! She doesn't have the qualifications! Am I right or am I right?"

"BB," Cyborg said cynically to his younger friend, "Do you really think her lack of male genitalia will stop her from coming in here and killing us?"

"…"

"…"

"Good point."

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"They summoned who!" Robin asked incredulously.

The tow-head repeated his hand-sign. Clarifying that it wasn't actually Trigon himself, but only a small portion of him.

"Jericho, a portion, no matter how small, of Trigon is very, very bad… for the whole world." Robin said, eyemask wide, sweat already collecting on his brow.

The Titan leader had been found by Jericho in his room, oddly enough going thru clothes, and that had led up to this particular point.

The hazel-eyed hero had never seen the Boy Wonder so immediately shaken, not even by mention of his father.

"Joey" Robin looked at him sternly, "We need to tell Raven. I understand you wanting to protect her but she's probably the best chance we've got to stop this before it starts. Because once it does there may very well be no stopping it. I know you've never dealt with Trigon before, but trust me." He took a step forward and placed a gloved hand on the artist's shoulder, "He's beyond us. Beyond me, beyond you, beyond either of our fathers. The only way we can even face him is in numbers, and even that is only good for buying time. Raven is the only being on this planet with the ability to stop this menace. She needs to know."

His hazel eyes cast down to the ground with wide apprehension.

That's when a roar surpassing a thousand lions and a screech surpassing a thousand hissing vipers erupted throughout Titans' Tower, followed by a rattle.

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The red demon was now on the bay side of town.

He sprinted thru the cold winter air on the beach and leapt into the light gray, cloudy sky with unholy power, cackling darkly.

As he soared thru the air he brought back a fist, warbling with red energy, and as he fell towards the exterior of Titans' Tower he flung the crackling punch at the structure.

BOOM!

Titans' Tower erupted with smoke and flying debris as the Island and nearby land rattled for a short time.

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"…no, that'd be great Kori," Aqualad suggested, "You'd look great it white. It'd show off your tan."

"It'd show off your tan, Kori. I'd like to sort out my sexual curiosities with you, Kori." The archer mumbled beligerantly in the driver's seat to himself.

"Do you honestly believe so? Oh, how glorious-"

BOOM!

And the car rattled.

Speedy stepped on the brakes and the Dodge swerved around in a 180 on the empty street.

The Atlantean quickly stuck his scowling head out the window, the archer peered thru the windshield back at the dust and debris flying out of the Tower's side with a hard, grim stare.

Kori brought her hands to her mouth, wide green eyes taking in the horrific sight, "Whu-What has happened? What atrocity is this?'!"

H

Raven was walking calmly around the pool, her cold eyes peering hard thru the wall to the boy's restroom.

"I know where you are. And I'm coming in. You can run but you can't hide."

A moment of silence was all the response she got at first, but she was soon vindicated by Beast Boy's, "B-But you can't come in here! This is Man World!"

"God dammit Beast Boy, you are an idiot." came Cyborg's sigh.

A small curve came to Raven's lips, "Do you honestly believe a lack of male genitalia will stop me from going in there?"

"Told you Beast Boy."

"Dammit!"

The mystic girl smirked as she took a small step towards her vengeance…

… and in midstep, she felt something that froze her to the core.

Thru the petite girl's mind ran a streak of red, and echo of 'RAGE SHALL CONSUME!'

The word froze and became as mute as the lips she had kissed not but a few minutes ago; all time stopped for her words as her eyes widened and her heart heightened, "Oh God he's here."

BOOM!

THE END IS NIGH