Soooo sorry about the long delay! Finally, I got up off my lazy, movie-copying butt and got an original rhyme for this chapter! This is not my rhyme, though. (audience falls down anime style) Hey now! No laughing! I asked my readers to give reviews with new threats in rhymes, and you responded. So, I must give credit to one of my readers before we begin. This chapter goes out to you, pureangel86! Your rhyme inspired this chapter, and I copied it word for word. Thank you for your contribution! What else… Oh! I don't own Teen Titans! On with the show!

Raven's Game 3: Final Shadow

Part 6 – Bloody Reminder

The dice landed on six. A 2 and a 4. The green game piece slid along its little path on the gameboard. It stopped smoothly after it had gone the appropriate distance. Taking a deep breath and letting it out, Beast Boy leaned forward to see what fate had in store for them. He felt Raven's hand on his back, and he glanced at her briefly. The smokey letters were taking shape in the black circle of glass…

AS FAR BACK AS YOU CAN REMEMBER,

SHE WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS MEMBER.

"No…" Beast Boy stood up, turning pale. "It can't be –!" he stopped, looking over Starfire's shoulder to the edge of the roof. A very, very skinny figure stood there, shrouded in fog. It stepped forward, coming into view.

It was Terra.

Virtually all the Titans recoiled in fear as she walked closer and came to a stop. Still in the outfit Slade had imprinted onto her body, tethers of it hung this way and that like seaweed. Her blonde hair flared dramatically, glowing a soft gold. "It is Terra…" Starfire whispered in disbelief, her fingers interlocked in distress.

"No way…" whispered Cyborg. "But, she's…"

"She's dead." Beast Boy whispered, tears forming in his eyes. Old, emotional scars were coming open already. Raven wasn't the only one to notice.

"Don't be fooled." Raven said firmly. "Remember, I saw you while I was playing my game, Beast Boy." She outlined her hands in black, her powers bristling angrily. "That's not Terra."

One of Terra's eyes was covered with her long, golden hair. The other, crystal blue, blinked only once as she seemed to stare at them. Her skin was unnaturally pale, like something that had died in water. But no… the real Terra had died in stone. "Hello, Beast Boy." She approached quickly, coming face to face with him. The Titans braced for any attack, but it never came. At least, not yet…

"Terra…" Beast Boy stared as though entranced. "You… you're…"

"Here with you, again… forever…" she whispered, putting her arms gently around his neck. He tried to flinch away, but she had him for the moment. Raven's black aura bristled with anger and jealousy. No one touched Beast Boy like that except her! There was a long silence, and Terra's hair shifted so one could see her other eye.

There was a massive, decayed hole there!

"Forever." She whispered sensually. The green teen screamed outright, and she kissed him violently. He froze in shock and revulsion as her slimy tongue violated his mouth. God, it was like a decaying slug! His arms finally jumped to life, trying to pry her off. But it was no good. He whimpered loudly as the other Titans looked on in shocked horror. He squirmed hard in her grip, and finally tore away.

That was Raven's chance. When Beast Boy hit the ground a wave of black needles lanced through the air! They pierced her armor easily, black messages of death. Tearing all the way through her small frame, they threw Terra into the air with a whistle of parted air. She landed on her back, unmoving. Blood splattered, gathering quickly into a puddle.

"Beast Boy!" Robin shouted, leading the others as they rushed to him. The green teen squirmed away from their attempts to help him up, swearing and spitting and wiping his mouth a hundred times.

"That slimy, God-awful sonova –!" He swore up and down, tears still in his eyes. On his hands and knees, he finally fell to one side. Emotionally injured, no one could help him but Raven.

The dark girl descending on him, gathering his torso into her arms. Lying flat out like he was, she could easily stroke his chest and hair. "Shh…" Raven said softly, resting his head at her breast.

"Raven, I've never seen you do that." Robin gestured to the corpse with his thumb, over his shoulder.

"I can't use that attack without killing something." Raven said as an afterthought. "You insist on bringing villains to jail. That… that is a killing spell." She took Beast Boy's hand and squeezed it. He looked at her with soft, hurt eyes. He suddenly knew how Raven had felt when she had run across the fake version of himself. Hurt… emotionally and physically violated.

Terra sat up, several holes in her armor.

The Titans saw movement, and all of them turned. "No way!" Cyborg shouted in disbelief. Beast Boy looked horrified, curling into Raven's embrace. Her aura sparked and crackled with rage, though she stayed in human form. If her demon-shape got loose on the roof, they could all be killed…

Rising to her feet in a bloody squelching of flesh, Terra tossed her hair back so she could see better. The gaping hole where her second eye was made all of their stomachs clench in disgust. A red glow made itself known there, and she grinned at them from under her eyebrows. "You'll have to do better than that." God, there was even blood in her mouth. Raven's spell had torn her body, yet there she stood.

Robin and Cyborg dashed forward to attack! The boy wonder drew his bow staff as Cyborg's sonic cannon sprang to life. They blasted head on. Terra gestured, throwing droplets of blood into the air as she did so, and her powers flared to life. The yellow glow made itself known and twin shields of stone leapt from the cement floor. They were shattered when attacked, but she threw her arms hard in a gesture of power. Both boys were smattered with rock, thrown aside and almost off the roof.

Starfire took the opportunity to dash forward, a green glowing fist forward. Letting out her battle cry she threw the fist punch straight into Terra's chest.

Her fist sprayed blood, passing almost all the way through Terra's body.

Starfire let out a shriek of horror as her whole arm was covered in blood. Terra was still grinning, and her one real eye was suddenly yellow. A massive fist of stone slammed Starfire straight down to the blonde girl's feet, wrenching her fist from her body. Blood ran in waterfalls as the stone fist buried the alien girl in rubble.

Cyborg reappeared very suddenly, blasting with all he had. Another shield of stone jumped, leaving another hole in the roof as she protected herself. It shattered almost too easily, and she blasted the pieces right at him. He was bashed aside with a grunt, and stayed there.

"Beast Boy…" She burbled through the streams of red. Blood was going out of Terra's mouth, chest, and 'eye.'

The green teen was as pale as a lima bean, and looked ready to throw up. What the hell was holding her together? She had holes all over her body! Raven helped him forcefully to his feet and gestured hard with her powers. An angry arc of black magic lanced towards the demon-Terra, blasting one of her arms off! There was a massive spray of blood in the recoil, though there was no scream of pain to accompany it. What the hell was she? The severed appendage lay there, flopping around with loose nerves hanging out… but the main body still stood. "Why won't she just die!" Raven roared in frustration.

Terra conjured a fleet of spiky rocks, having them hover around her. Grinning with reddened teeth and eyes, she threw them in a full-on assault! Raven threw up a mighty black barrier, and she fell to one knee as she tried to keep it all back. Every time one rock broke, the pieces would pick themselves up and keep coming. Sweat was running down Raven's temple, and she groaned in effort.

Finally finding himself, Beast Boy became a gorilla lumbered around the attack. Terra's attention was mostly on Raven, now was his chance. He roared and grabbed her by the wrist. Covered in blood just by touching her, Beast Boy heard her remaining arm break. Roaring in a rage too pure to describe –!

Beast Boy threw Terra over the edge of the tower's roof.

There was a long silence of him standing there, breathing heavily. The sound of a heavy landing was heard. Then… nothing. Beast Boy resumed his human shape, then slowly slid to his knees. "Go to hell…" he whispered raggedly, his head hanging downward into his hands. His innards finally heaved, and he leaned over to throw up.

Raven dashed over, not giving a damn what her powers would do as she worried for him. Throwing her arms around him from behind, she willed her cloak by magic to wrap protectively around him. He trembled in her embrace, tears still falling. "Oh Gar…" she whispered, knowing what sort of distress he was in. His only response was a soft whimper. He turned around and buried his face in her shoulder. His entire body was racked with silent, violent sobs. The sort of desperate weeping that made no sound at all. The sort that came from a wounded soul.

Both of the Titans wrapped in the dark girl's cloak, she wrapped her arms around him. "Raven…" he whispered softly, finding solace in her embrace. She stroked his back tenderly, feeling very protective all of a sudden. She nuzzled his neck gently, trying to still his weeping.

The other Titans slowly recovered, and they gathered as a group. Starfire had dug herself from the rubble. She had a slight tear in the side of her skirt, but otherwise seemed okay. Cyborg was digging little pieces of earth out of the cracks in his arm cannon. Robin seemed to have come off the worst, limping just a little as he came to join them.

Beast Boy finally let go, his eyes bloodshot. He turned and looked at the others as he emerged from Raven's cloak. His rather skinny frame was shaking with emotional distress, but he hardened his resolve visibly. Swallowing loudly and rubbing the tears from his eyes, he finally spoke. "Who's turn is it?" The others stared at him, knowing he wouldn't truly recover from that for a long time to come.

"Mine…" whispered Starfire.

There were Terra's severed arm had been was Jumanji.

Well how about that, Mr. It-ain't-so-scary? Eh? EH? That's what I thought! (grins, looking very proud of himself) Once again, I would like to give credit for this chapter's rhyme to pureangel86! Yay for my reader! You're so creative, where I am poetically challenged! My offer still stands, though! If anybody has any rhymes that they would like to see in this fic, send them to me in a review! That's the little button at the bottom-left. I appreciate hearing from anyone who takes the time to review my stuff. Until next time, horror fans!

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P.S. Sorry, Terra-lovers! I'll probably get some angry reviews for this, but I just gotta tell you something before you do. I use all flames that I receive to cook marshmallows! So…so there! LOL! Mmm… marshmallows……