Here
"Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos."
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"Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos."
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"Azarath……Metrion……-"
"Zinthos."
I start, open my eyes.
And meet his.
Black. Orange. Black. Orange. Black. Orange.
"You…"
"Thought I was gone for good?"
Kaaabbbooooommmm…
"Hiuh!"
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
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Where is he?
What is he doing here?
"Slade…"
"You call, I come, my lady."
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
Crraaaccckkk…
"You will have to do better than that."
"What are you doing here?"
"Here? Where is 'here'?"
I look around. A starry expanse, stretching for eternity, dotted by rocky pathways, populated by four eyed Ravens.
Nevermore.
How…?
"Aaahh… Azarath Met…!"
I am pinned down. He has a hand over my mouth.
"Be a good girl and do what I say…"
My eyes glow. I throw him off of me.
"I am not a good girl."
"Yes, yes… like father, like daughter, eh?"
KAAABOOM…
"What are you doing here?" I snarl.
"You know, the end of the world, ect, ect."
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"
I pin him… to a wall.
"Don't toy with me."
"
Why? It's so much fun…"
"Don't be so debonair, it isn't good for your health."
I rip open his mask.
Spiky hair.
Arrogant face.
A black mask around the eyes.
"Robin…?"
He laughed.
And kept on laughing.
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"Ah!"
I am in my room.
In my bed.
Just a dream.
Just a dream…
I relax and drift off to sleep once more.
"Destiny is catching up to you, Raven." Says a voice, real or imagined I do not know, just before I slip off the edge of oblivion.
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