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large and long. Good thing is that it works better that way! I have chapter9 sittin on the computer ready to upload too!
I ahem don't feel like posting two chapters in one day though. Another excuse for me not posting is that I had some
police problems... Had to go to a court hearing because I've been BAAAD... Sorry... So, down to the story!

Chapter 8: Cries of the Silent

"Star… we need to go. Robin and the others found something, and are at fifth aven-," said Cyborg, but the sound from his voice drowned out of him as the alien girl turned to face him, her eyes blank and distant.

"What of these people?" replied Starfire, her voice strangely drawn and airy. She knelt down towards a woman, one of the victims in the attack. Her gaze was sullen and quiet. Cyborg pressed a few buttons on his left arm and a small rectangular device popped off into his right hand.

"The authorities can clean up here Star," said Cyborg as he tossed the device onto the ground," that'll call them over here." Starfire nodded slowly, but remained silent, her eyes averting away from the metal teen's face. Cyborg placed his right hand onto her shoulder, and their eyes met once again.

"Star…" Cyborg began, "there's nothing we can do here for them anymore." He waited for an answer, and soon, she replied solemnly.

"…Let us be off then," Starfire stood to her feet and made to the entrance. When she reached the door, she stopped.

"Cyborg… may I ride in the automobile with you?" Starfire said quietly, not turning around to her friend.

"Sure, but can't you fly?" he replied with a confused look on his face. She turned back to face him and looked down.

"I do not think I can fly for now… not after this." Cyborg nodded. The two left the building, leaving six broken bodies lined up at the entrance and began to drive off, the pulsing red and blue lights reflecting off the glass windows.


A little girl squirmed under the restraints that bound her hands, legs and neck onto the large circular table she lay upon. Among her were many other children, bound in a similar manner. They were in the basement of the city's museum. Only a single light illuminated the vicinity of the table, with the occasional flickering illuminating parts of the area. Slow, quiet steps echoed in the room, nearly drowned out by the whimpering and sobbing children.

"Hello kiddies," a cold voice said. Slade walked out of the shadows, and began to circle the table.

"Take no offense little ones, but I have a job to do," Slade continued. "It's not all bad though, I have a present to give to you." Several lights flipped on, revealing a gigantic seventeenth century chandelier, as wide as the table… with an added bonus. Numerous blades were fastened onto the bottom of the chandelier, each giving off a laughingly glint as the deadly apparatus rotated slowly. Some of the children began to cry, other remained silent… too frightened to make a sound. Slade's lengthy chuckle echoed into the room.

"I hope you all will enjoy my gift… because I'm sure I'm going to love yours…" A loud whistling echoed throughout the room. As Slade turned around, a bow-staff connected hard onto his face, sending him flying across the room.

"It's over Slade," said Robin, walking out of the shadows, along with Raven and Tyan. Slade pushed himself back onto his feet, chuckling.

"On the contrary, Robin, it is just beginning." Red energy strands shot out of the darkness, flying towards the three. Robin and Tyan jumped out of their way, but Raven wasn't so nimble. The strand that hit her wrapped around her body tightly, the strands binding her arms and legs together, and wrapped around her mouth. The girl hit the ground hard.

Robin charged towards Slade, sending a multitude of kicks and punches straight at the villain. Slade however, either dodged or deflected the blows. Tyan on the other hand, went to Raven's aid. Sword drawn, he made a swipe at the strands binding her, cutting them effortlessly. A blast of red energy struck Tyan from behind though, slamming him several inches into a concrete wall head first. The sword clattered onto the ground nearby Raven.

"Typical, vas," scoffed Throlanna. She walked to where the young man lay upon the wall, with an evil glint in her eye. "You make too many mistakes." She raised her hands up in front of her, dark-reddish energy enveloping them. "I'll make sure you won't make any more." The sound of fabric and flesh being torn reverberated in Throlanna's ears, as her glint in her eye vanished. Mouth agape, she looked down, to see the blade of a sword sticking out of her chest. The head of her attacker moved towards her left side close to her ear.

"I guess you made a mistake, bitch," whispered Raven. She jerked the sword upward through Throlanna's chest and pulled the blade out. "Stay dead this time…" Throlanna fell limp onto the ground.

"HEEEYA!" yelled Robin, sending another flurry of punches and kicks at his foe. Slade in response dodged them, stepping back slowly. Robin flipped in the air and angled his right foot towards Slade's head… only to have Slade grab it.

"My my, Robin. You are getting slower." Robin sneered at Slade's response. Using all of his strength, Slade twirled Robin several times in the air and chucked him towards the other side of the basement. He was hurling towards Raven and Tyan, who with Raven's help was no longer in the wall. Raven reacted quickly, and summoned a giant black hand, and caught Robin, then set him down gently next to her.

"Slade, give up!" said Robin forcefully. "You're outnumbered three to one!" Slade began to laugh maniacally.

"Robin… I am NEVER alone." Then Kruak appeared behind him.

"Ngh…" sighed Tyan, "for a second I thought you'd stay out of the fight Kruak…" Kruak returned a horrific grin.

"Who said I was going to do anything? My servant can do just as well to you three." Robin, Raven, and Tyan were all hit from behind by red strands of energy, and were bound tightly on the spot. "Isn't that right my adsecula?" Throlanna walked out from the shadows. Her clothes were still bloody where she was stabbed, but no visible wound was there. The two titans and Tyan struggled on the ground, to face the giant demon and Throlanna, who moved towards Kruak.

"My lord…" breathed Throlanna. She dropped to a kneel in front of him.

"Kill them after I leave. I must transport the stone," said Kruak gruffly. He turned to Slade. "Human! Open the gate!"

"I thought you'd never ask…" replied Slade. He began to speak incoherent gibberish as he walked towards the table where the children lay. The villain pulled out a sleek knife from his side, and chucked it hard upwards, slicing through the rope holding the deadly chandelier up. Tyan, Robin, and Raven watched wide eyed, unable to speak, as the children screamed, watching their death move faster toward them.

Thud… and there was a silence, except for a nearly inaudible buzzing, continuously getting louder. A rift in time and space opened up above the corpses, though it steadily got smaller. Kruak looked to the portal, then to Throlanna.

"You have to finish your task quickly adsecula. This pathetic portal does not seem to look it will hold for very long." Throlanna nodded in response, and watched her master enter the rift. The woman turned to Slade.

"Go in also, and you will get what you want," she said bluntly, pointing to the portal. Slade made his way towards the portal chuckling, before disappearing into it. Throlanna, watching him off, turned back to the three, bound by the energy strands. She walked over to Raven, with a smug look on her face.

"You really thought you can kill me," said Throlanna tauntingly. "That was a mistake, half-breed." Raven just glared back, her mouth clamped shut by the strands like the others. Throlanna saw the sword that lay beside the goth. A grin appeared on her face.

"My, vas…," she looked towards Tyan, "that sword is the one that killed so many of my kin. That is correct?" Tyan made no effort to answer. Throlanna laughed.

"This shall be a great way for all three of you to die… starting with you…" she looked to Raven. The woman bent over and picked up the sword, only to let go quickly. She jerked away from the weapon, her hand burned. "What the-," she said confused.

"No bloody Everto like you is going to ever wield me!" said the sword in an angry tone.

"Why you...," Throlanna began, but a dull, steady sound filled the room. "What is that?" The T-Car smashed through the ceiling on top of her. Starfire and Cyborg rushed over to their friend's aid, and cut the energy strands. Starfire used the sword. Cyborg engaged his chain-saw attachment but something caught the corner of his eye. Throlanna was making a break for the portal. Cyborg flipped on his sonic cannon and aimed at her.

"Hell no…," he muttered under his gritted teeth. Cyborg fired, and Throlanna was hit full on the back, away from the portal and into a wall. Throlanna made a loud shriek as she got up again, but a barrage of starbolts continuously hit her, pinning her down – Starfire managed to cut free the others and was focusing on her. Throlanna phased into the floor, away from the attack, and headed towards the portal once again, only to run into Tyan; he was standing between her and her escape.

"You lose…" Tyan said calmly. He pulled out a small sphere and threw it at the portal. In a great flash of light, the portal was sucked into the sphere, and the sphere clanged onto the ground. Throlanna shrieked once again, and began sending bolts of red energy at the young man, who in turn dodged and charged in, sword in hand. In a swift move, Tyan severed her left arm. Throlanna stumbled backward, her eyes darting quickly from one person to another, erratically.

"This cannot be happening…" she muttered, she fell onto her back, but Tyan kept on the move, sliding the sword back into the scabbard. The young man's eyes burned with an inner fury and hatred. The demoness made a move to get up, but a hand seized her throat and lifted her up into the air. Tyan gave her a sadistic grin.

"It'll be a pleasure tormenting you…," he said coldly. As if he had superhuman strength, he punched her, sending her flying into a wall. She uttered a gasp of pain under the impact, but was quickly silenced by Tyan, seizing her throat again. "I'll stare into your eyes when I tear all the flesh from your body." For the first time, Throlanna looked afraid.

Robin yelled at Tyan. "Stop! She's not a threat anymore! She may have killed people, but around here we capture villans alive!"

Raven looked at the situation with disbelief. There's that weird feeling again, she thought. It's coming from Tyan?

Tyan did not answer, and extended his free hand. His wrist tore open, and a very long talon-like horn protruded out of the opening; it was around eight inches in length. He lifted his hand back, and threw his weight into the blow-

"STOP!"

Robin collided with Tyan, forcing the three to sprawl onto the ground. Amidst the confusion, demoness sank into the ground out of sight. Losing his target, he grabbed onto the Boy Wonder, the talon aimed at Robin's throat.

"WHY!" the young man screamed. "Why did you let her get away? I could have killed her!"

"There's already too much death!" said Robin. The wildness in Tyan's eyes ceased immediately. He looked around. The other titans were poised to attack him. Tyan quickly got up, watching the talon slide back into his wrist.

"Sorry… lost control of myself back there…" Tyan said quietly.


(sad music here)

No one else said anything as the police began unloading from the vans outside the building. Raven stood outside the building looking up towards the sky, her face hidden by her hood, several lamp posts rupturing around her. Robin, his face expressionless, headed out of the building, watching the officers run past him. . Starfire's face did the talking for her, her face filled with grief as she walked towards Robin, followed by Cyborg, who was carrying his car on his right shoulder.

Yet their expressions were distant. They were too focused on the reality of the dead children lying on the table, their blood flowing freely on the floor. The little girl Slade had brought in last lay upon her deathbed, her eyes wide with fear. Her mouth was opened, letting out her silent cry of despair into the room as the six solemnly walked toward the bodies. They couldn't save her, or the children from their fate. They failed. For the first time, the failure they had made, had taken a grievous toll on them. They had lost many innocent lives. Tyan walked over to the little girl. With his index and middle finger, he closed the child's eyes, and let the officers seal the body bag over her face.

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