Chapter 9! Let's hear it! dances Ok, the last chapter SUCKED really bad….or at least I thought so. Well anyway, I'm probably gonna have a lot of weep-y emotional shit in this chappy cuz I'm in an emotional mood. Ok, here goes.

Note: I should be finishing this story up. Prepare yourselves.

Disclaimer: I still don't own the Teen Titans. Even though I offered the owners three mooses to cover the costs. They turned me down.

Raven glared with hateful red eyes at the demon that was her father. Chloe, now understanding the full extent of the danger (since she had transferred Beast Boys memories of Trigon to her own), also glared in the demon's direction, red sparks flying from her fingertips in preparation. Robin yelled in Trigon's direction.

"What do you want!"

Trigon chuckled. "Universal conquest," he said simply and with a wave of his hand, time, once again, stopped for Jump City. But Raven was too quick; she had a shield prepared and the Titans now emerged from the black bubble, Robin crying out his all too well known phrase,

"Teen Titans, go!"

But by the time the words left his lips, Raven was face to face with her father.

"You're not welcome here," she growled.

Trigon just laughed. "Not welcome? Well then, Little Raven, let's see you do something about it."

"Oh, she will."

Chloe was hovering next to Raven now, her face contorted with anger. Raven looked a bit perplexed, but turned to Chloe.

"This is my battle. You don't need to help; you could get hurt."

Chloe's eyes were damp and she looked as though she was about to cry. "I don't care!" she choked, "I want to help you fight him!"

Raven looked taken aback. "Why?"

"Because….he reminds me of my father."

Chloe turned to Raven and gave her a very serious look. "Only you can destroy him, Raven. No one else has the means. What I can give you is the power to finish him for good."

Raven shook her head. "Impossible. The only way for someone with power like yours can give away their power is if…..-" she stopped, realizing what the girl meant to do. "No! You can't!"

Chloe nodded sagely. "Yes, I can. I have to. The Titans have shown me that there are good people. But I can't continue to live this way. My father will keep coming after me and yours will keep coming after you. This has to stop. And if that means sacrificing my life, then so be it."

Raven nodded, knowing there was no way to change her mind. Chloe floated back down to the Titans to say her goodbyes while the darker empath kept Trigon occupied. She thanked each one of the Titans for their kindness and bade them farewell. When she got to Beast Boy, she gave him a hug.

"You were so nice to me. Thank you." There really were no other words.

She levitated back to where Raven was fighting her father and hovered next to her.

"I'm ready."

She hovered high in the air and held her arms out. Raven hovered opposite of her and did the same. They both chanted words that only they understood and with a huge burst of light, Chloe was gone. All that remained was bright red dust that fell from the sky and rained gently over the city and the Titans. Beast Boy caught some of it and sifted in his hands for a minute, then let it float to the ground. Ravens eyes glowed with black flame as she faced her father.

"It's over. AZERATH METRION ZINTHOS!"

And then he was gone. Time moved forward and people continued about their everyday lives, not aware of what had happened (for they had all been frozen in time) but many looked aghast as to why there was red dust everywhere…..

And as for the Titans….I don't want to say they lived happily ever after, for there will always be another enemy for them to fight, but they lived happily at least for a little while. Chloe was remembered by her favorite book, A Tell-Tale Heart, which the team displayed historically in the common room. Raven discovered that a certain amount of emotion was allowed now that her father was gone. And she knew exactly how she wanted to use it. She and Beast Boy got along fantastically.

And now I'm done! I don't think I'll do a sequel for this one, but I hope to have a new fic up soon, so check back. Later!