Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, nor the Teen Titans. I do, however, own this plot, thank you.
Darkness.
That was his whole world.
Nothing but pure darkness.
And then, visions.
Fragments of things. People, who's faces he didn't recognize. Flashes of events he never remembered happening.
Another flash.
He squinted his eyes, watching those two rings appear around himself…
Wait, himself?
These events, these memories…
Are they his?
He focused on the flashes, the memories that passed his mind. His eyes watched those events happening.
His first transformation.
His first ghost-fight.
His life before the incident.
He remembers.
Everything.
'I-I… I'm him…'
His friends, his family. Dani, Jazz, Sam, Tucker.
His new team, the titans! Beast Boy, Robin, Cyborg, Starfire.
Raven…
He understands.
He knows.
'I'm Danny Phantom, also known as Danny Fenton! I'm a half-ghost, a hero!'
And…
He's stuck.
Raven her eyes opened and she groaned. Why does she feel so weak all of a sudden? She tries to move her hands, but finds them stuck.
'Wait, where am I?'
Darkness is all she sees, but noises are still coming into her ear. She focuses on the sounds. Water, hitting against something. The air around her feels humid, and thick. The sound of someone walking, their feet hitting against the floor. The sounds echo. A large area, maybe a hall?
Suddenly, something grabs at the back of her head, and the darkness vanishes.
She had been blindfolded.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty."
"Scarface."
She had to contain her anger, out of fear of making a bad move. She can finally see where she is. A cave. All sorts of books were scattered around, an altar at the far edge, and a corner with drawings on the ground. 'A meditation circle. That's how he could casts that barrier spell.'
She noticed the real appearance of the ghost-like being, and had to stop herself from throwing up.
"You really have seen better days."
"Joke all you want about my appearance, but don't think you'll be able to do much. I've put a spell on those topes, they're draining your energy, leaving you with just enough to not kill you."
She struggled against the ropes that tied her to an old chair, feeling how they're sapping her energy. Yeah, that'll be a problem.
"What did you do with Danny?"
"Ah, yes. The halfa. He's outside right now, if you're wondering, ready to fight against your friends. I've used a spell your father provided me with to bring the evil inside him out."
"M-my father? Trigon is not my father!" She declared, trying to lung forwards, only to come short and land back with the chair on four legs.
"No need to get angry. You'll see him soon enough, when he returns to Earth!" Scarface started laughing darkly, walking away from his captive.
"Why are you doing this? What did he offer you?"
"Ah, a good question. You see, I was once a beloved man. A prince, loved by his servants and adored by his people. But, one day, an assassin from a cult called Scath came and killed me with a poison. I was so infuriated with them that I became a ghost, wandering in the Ghost Zone. But, instead of living my peaceful afterlife, those cultists dragged me to the Earth and experimented with me! They used my real body and tried to revive me! The result is what's standing in front of you. I'm neither alive, nor death. Stuck in the middle, I have no home, no future. So, I dedicated myself to doing the right thing: Making everyone suffer, from both worlds."
"And you want to use both Trigon and Dan to succeed." Raven realized after hearing the story. Trigon wants to destroy Earth and rule it, and Dan desires the destruction of both Earth and the Ghost Zone.
"Yes, very clever, isn't it? A win-win-win for all three of us. I get my revenge, your father the Earth and Dan can fulfil his own destructive indulges." The undeath man stated with grim mind. Oh, how he loved being the villain!
"And you need me, how?"
"You're the portal, even after your success to imprison your father back in the Underworld. He's immortal, nothing can destroy him! And you can still open a portal for him."
"I'll never do it!"
"Not willingly, no." Scarface smirked as he snapped his finger. Suddenly, from the shadows appeared a black figure with sunken red eyes. It looked at Scarface, who held a hand up before motioning to the being, a smirk on his lips. "These are my minions. Ghosts of the people I once ruled. Using your fathers magic, I turned them into my loyal servants, even in the afterlife! You see, even the weakest of ghosts are capable of something called Overshadowing. You know what that is?"
Of course she knows, Danny showed them once. "Overshadowing means taking over the mind of a person. That's how you're going to get me to do your bidding? Think again. My mind isn't so easily taken over."
"Maybe not by a single ghost." He snapped his finger again, and this time dozens of his Shadow-minions appeared. Raven gulped, realizing that this might not go so well after all.
"Now then, let's begin, huh?"
The T-Car was driving through the dead badlands as the sun was lowering at the horizon, the moon rising. Night was coming. Sand was kicking up behind the car like a trail. Cyborg was still following the dot, that hasn't moved for the past half an hour.
"Where are we going?" Beast Boy asked as he looked outside, seeing nothing but barren rock and sand. This place is practically a wasteland.
"Danny has yet to move, maybe he is asleep?" Starfire asked. Robin shook his head, thinking otherwise.
"No, I think he's waiting for something. But what?"
They finally got close to the dot, and suddenly a powerful blast of green exploded in front of them, urging the car to stop.
"Woah, what was that?"
"Me."
All four gulped and looked up, spotting the form of Danny, or Dan in this case.
"How nice of you to join us today."
"Us?"
Their question was answered when, from the ground, masses of shadow-like ghosts appeared. Their sunken red eyes looked at Dan, who pointed at the car. The mass of black soared down, intent on destroying their target.
"Drive, drive!" Robin shouted. Cyborg put the metal to the pedal and the car jerked away. The mass of blackness followed behind, blasts of red ghost-energy hitting the ground around and behind the car.
"What do we do?" Starfire asked in distress as she noticed the ghosts getting closer, and their blasts too.
"Cyborg, you still have those weapons in the car?"
"Sure do." Cyborg answered before looking back forwards when a blast landed in front of them, kicking dust up. "Why you askin'?"
"Cause we're going to be fighting back. Starfire, distract them!"
The redhead nodded before opening the door and flying out of the car. She fired her starbolts at the masses of ghosts, destroying some in an instant.
"They might outnumber us, but they are not very strong."
The car stopped when they saw that the horde had focused in on Starfire. Beast Boy and Robin opened the trunk, finding the weapons they were looking for. Robin grabbed a special Ecto-Bo-Staff, the tips crackling with ecto-powered electricity. Beast Boy donned a pair of Ghost-Gauntlets, punching them together and letting the energy spark between the two fists. Cyborg placed a special upgrade inside his arm, causing the blue of his suit to color green as his sonic canon is improved to fight ghosts.
"Ready?"
"Ready." The other two reply. Robin does a countdown before hitting zero, and they started running towards the mass that is busy attacking Starfire.
Further away, standing on a rock-formation is Dan. He smirks as he watches the fight unleash between the four titans and the minions of his partner, Scarface.
"You really made a good deal with that demon."
"Naturally." Scarface replies as he phases up from the rocks, standing next to the evil-turned hero. They watch as the titans struggle, but seem to hold themselves strong.
"How long until the portal is opened?"
"She's fighting back hard, but her mind is almost fully Overshadowed. Soon, we'll be in control and opening the portal will be a piece of cake."
"Good." Dan hummed as he sees how Cyborg destroys a whole group of ghosts with a single blast. Suddenly, Starfire flies into the sky and shouts as she gathers energy together, her starblast growing and growing.
"Oh my, that surely is unexpected." Scarface notes as they see the mighty Big Bang attack. Starfire blasts away at the shadows, destroying almost half of them.
"This might be over sooner than you thought." Dan notes with a hint of pleasure. Scarface sighs before placing a hand on the half-ghosts shoulder.
"Just join in and have the fun you desire."
That earns him a devilish smile from Dan, who takes off. The undead man shakes his head before vanishing into the stone bellow.
He has more important matters to deal with.
Robin swung his staff around, hitting the shadows that had surrounded him. They vaporized in an instant, leaving the rest to try and attack him, again.
"Man, this is almost too easy." Cyborg remarks as he blasts away a large portion of the shrinking mass. Beast Boy lands next to him as a gorilla, the gauntlets still there. The green gorilla charges before jumping up, slamming down on a group, destroying them instantly.
"We are nearly there." Starfire spots with glee as she destroys the last of the shadows attacking her. She flies down to help the rest with their own group.
Soon, the last shadow was destroyed, leaving the battlefield empty.
"All done, and now to save Raven…" Robin starts, but he's cut off by a blast hitting him in the stomach, launching him in the side of a cliff.
"Robin!"
"You always were the optimist of the team, Robin." Dan notes as he emerges from a dust-cloud, hand smoking. "Let's see how long that'll last, shall we?"
He fires another blast, aimed at Cyborg, but it's intercepted by Starfire, eyes glowing green with anger for attacking her boyfriend.
"Leave friend Danny alone, you monster!"
"Ah, Starfire. I can see your feelings for both Robin and my old self are well-placed. Too bad that it has to be this way, you would make for some nice nightly… Fun." Dan states, smiling devilishly before firing a barrage of blasts at the redhead. She cries out in anger before retaliating, fending off blast after blast and firing her own. Dan simply dodges by flying away before heading straight for her, hands glowing a menacing green. He hits her, hard, and she's launched back, joining Robin at the cliffside.
"Raah!" Cyborg cried as he tried to get a hit on the halfa, who turns intangible before grabbing the half-robot's arm. Dan placed his foot against Cyborg's chest and rips the guy's arm off, sparks flying around. The oldest titan slumps to his knees as he clutches the broken part near his shoulder in pain.
"Even as a half-robot, you still feel pain. Very inefficient, don't you agree?" Dan says before kicking Cyborg in the chin, the half-robot hurdling towards the cliffside as well.
Suddenly, Dan is struck in the side by a green elephant. He crashes in the ground and digs a small trench in it before coming to a stop. He effortlessly climbs back up, smirking.
"And lastly, Beast Boy. Oh, how pitiful. You can transform into any animal or creature, yet there is one thing you failed to do." Dan states. Beast Boy turns back human, a questioning yet fearful look on his face as he and Dan walk around each other in a circle.
"And what is that?" The changeling asks a little curious.
"You couldn't save Terra."
The three fallen Titans gasp as they notice the furious look on the changeling's face. He does the unthinkable by transforming into his Beast form. The green creature charges at Dan, who simply smiles before unleashing a powerful Wail. The green beast is blasted back, and crashes into the cliffside, leaving an imprint. As the dust clears, Beast Boy is lying in the large imprint, back in his human form and KO'd.
Dan pants and recollects his energy, feeling the aftermath of that attack. "Man, I didn't realize how weak this form really is."
He looks up and sees the results of his attack. The four titans, broken and battered. Robin was trying to help Starfire up, using his staff as support. Cyborg tried futilely to reattach his broken arm, tears in the corner of his eyes. Beast Boy was out for the count.
"I could simply destroy you here and now." Dan noted as he charged a blast in his hand, standing tall above Cyborg. He was about to fire, but suddenly something in his mind flinched, and his body jerked away. He grasped his head, the attack fading as he did.
'No!' The voice of Danny echoed in the halfa's head. Dan growled as he heard it.
'I thought I dealt with you?!'
'You'll never defeat me!' Danny's voice called back before it was forced away. Dan frowned as he notices the looks on the Titans their faces. 'Can't give them hope, now can I?'
"I'll finish you off, just not now. I believe you have other things to deal with. Like trying to save your friend?" And with that he phases into the ground, leaving the titans beaten but alive.
The titans struggle together. Beast Boy was still out, so Cyborg was carrying him with his only working arm.
"What are we to do now?" Starfire asked as she tried to keep standing. That hit had been stronger than she thought.
"We have to find Raven and save her. Cyborg, you still have those coordinates?" Robin asked the half-robot. Cyborg nodded and brought the location up as best as he could. The team nodded before heading to the place where they know Raven must be.
No matter what, they must save her.
Scarface was standing inside a massive cavern. It was shaped like a circle, a massive pentagon shape with a star inside and ancient writings on the bare stone, made with chalk. In the center was Raven, eyes glowing red. She was still trying to struggle, but the fight was already lost in her mind.
Next to the undead prince appeared Dan, panting heavily. Scarface raised an eyebrow at the state of his companion.
"This form is weak. I do hope that my reward for this will give me a much stronger form." Dan answers the unspoken question. Scarface smirks at the last part.
"I'm sure that Trigon is willing to make an exception for you, my friend."
At that moment, something seemed to snap in Raven her mind, her eyes turning into four red ones. Her cape starts flapping in a wind that had kicked up. She was seated in a cross-legged position, and started hovering up.
"The gem was born of evil's fire, the gem shall be his portal, he comes to claim, he comes to sire, the end of all things mortal." She chanted as the moon overhead reached its peak. The stars seemed to fade away and the moon turned a blood-red. The red tattoos appeared on the girl's body, as they started floating off her. They gathered underneath her as three circles, the middle one the largest.
"Yes, the portal is opening!"
The red symbols gathered together in a single circle, and started spinning faster. A white light gathered in Raven her hands as her possessed mind finished the spell. The light grew and grew, until it was large enough and she launched it down. The ball combined with the symbols, and in turn turned into a fiery circle, that grew in size and came crashing down. It dug into the ground, destroying the symbols on the stone. It went deeper and deeper, reaching further and further towards the Underworld.
"That's one deep hole." Dan notes as he looks into it from the air. Suddenly, something happened deep down and a torrent of fire flew out. For a moment it seemed like Raven was consumed in the flames, but as the fire starved down they saw she had put a shield around herself.
"My minions were smart enough to perform the spell with the girl's survival. Not important, now all we must do is wait for our Lord to appear from the portal." Scarface noted as he moved closer to the hole. Suddenly, a sonic attack exploded in front of his feet. He staggered back from the blast, and looked at the source.
In the opening of the cavern were the four titans. Cyborg his canon was glowing green, the upgrade still working. Robin was holding his staff, Starfire floating next to him with eyes and hands glowing green. Beast Boy was in the form of a T-Rex behind them, and roared loudly.
"Guess they want a second serving." Dan noted, cracking his knuckles. Scarface held up a hand to stop the ghost from attacking, and snapped his finger. From the shadows his minions appeared, attacking the titans.
"We only have to distract them, my friend. Wait for Trigon to rise up and destroy those pests himself. No need to overexert yourself."
As the titans fought back, Raven had yet to move. Her eyes remained the same four red ones, and her mind was still possessed.
Dan and Scarface watched as the titans were getting closer and closer to their defeat, getting overwhelmed by the shadow-minions.
As this happened, inside Dan's mind, Danny stood up as he watched the scenes play in front of him.
"My friends are being beaten, Raven has been Overshadowed and those two are simply waiting for their 'master' to come and finish their business?! Now, you've gone too far!" He shouted before firing blasts into the darkness. Outside, Dan jerked and he grabbed his head, groaning. Where is this head-ache coming from?
Danny kept on attacking the darkness, and Dan realized what was causing this sudden pain. Inside his mind, he formed into his true form, and faced down Danny Phantom.
"You've really been a pain to me, haven't you? Why keep fighting? It's over! Trigon is coming and your friends are minutes away from being destroyed. Just give up already!"
"I'll never give up. Not after finally realizing something." Danny explained as he panted, hands glowing green. He had to time this right.
"And what may that be?" Dan asked with taunt as he walked in front of the nonexistent screen showing the fight from Dan's eyes. Danny smirked and prepared to run.
"That I'm in love with Raven!"
And with that declared, he rushed forwards, tackling Dan, to the ghosts surprise. They hurdled towards the screen, and he realized what the boy had been planning.
"NO!"
Back outside, Dan shouted in pain as his form flashed and changed, splitting in two. A final push, and the split was done, two forms flying away from each other. Danny land with a groan on the ground, and struggled up. His eyes landed on a surprised Scarface, a partially see-through Dan lying on top of the undead prince. The see-through Dan screamed in horror as his form destabilized before vanishing in a puddle of molten ectoplasm.
"Danny!" The titans shout in relief as they spot their friend. He looked at them as they started fighting with newfound resolve, defeating the minions.
Danny crawled up and looked at Raven, who was still possessed. The portal underneath her started flaring up, and as Danny flew towards the cloaked titan, he spotted the reason deep down in the portal.
Trigon was rising upwards, a torrent of flames below the demon.
'I must hurry, or Trigon will get here and we'll all be doomed.' Danny thought as he finally reached Raven. She didn't even seem to notice him, her four red eyes looking into empty space.
"I'm sorry for what I said, Raven. I want you to know, but I also know you need my help. So, sorry if this hurts." Danny apologized before turning intangible and phasing into Raven her body. She jerked as the fight inside her mind started.
The fight for saving the world.
Danny materialized inside the world of Nevermore. He looked around, noting the hovering stone and the dead trees. Is this really Raven her mind?
A flock of crows with red eyes landed, and started speaking words like "leave now" or "go away".
"Sorry, fellas. But I'm looking for Raven, she needs my help." Danny said before flying off into the red dotted darkness.
He flew around, looking to find whatever he was looking for. He was so engrossed in his search he didn't notice the door that appeared in front of him. He smashed into it, and groaned.
"What the? A door?"
He grabbed the knob and turned it, entering inside. As the door closed behind him, he found himself in a seemingly endless library. He walked around before grabbing a book. The cover read 'Raven's worst nightmares.'.
"I'm inside her memories." Danny realizes as he walks around, looking at the books. "But, why?"
"So we could talk more privately."
Danny spun around at the sound of Raven's voice, but he raised a brow as he notes that she was wearing a yellow cloak and had a pair of glasses on.
"Wait, wait, don't say it. You're Raven's wisdom, right?"
"Very good. At least you noticed quicker than Cyborg and Beast Boy." Raven's wisdom noted as she sat down at a table. Danny joined her at the table, placing his hands on it before sighing.
"Look, I don't have time for this. I have to save Raven, the real Raven. Where is she?"
"She doesn't want to be found. She doesn't want to have you become a part of this. If you die here, you die in the real world too."
"So what?! I'm already half-death, becoming a full ghost will only make it I have one secret less to deal with! I need to find her, NOW!" Danny slammed his hands on the table, startling the yellow cloaked Raven. She looked up at him, the determination and care surprising her.
"Why do you care so much? Even after learning the truth about her origins?"
"I DON'T CARE! I don't care about her origins! So what, she's the daughter of a monster?! Raven is still Raven, no matter what! I care for her! Not what she is, not what her origins are, only her! So tell me now or god help me, where is she?!"
That was enough for the yellow cloaked Raven. She stood up, and with that the library around her faded away and they were suddenly standing in front of a massive door embedded in the side of a massive cliff.
"She took harbor in the deepest part of her mind. Be careful, remember my warning. Good luck." Raven's wisdom explained before vanishing in thin air. Danny took a deep breath and started walking towards the door. It opened for him, and he entered the darkness.
The doors closed shut behind him. He charged an ecto-blast in his hand, lighting up the area. It was like a massive cave, filled with weird red symbols.
"Where am I?"
"Raven's darkest thoughts and secrets reside in here." The voice of Raven spoke, but it had a dark undertone and strange echo. Danny looked around as he walked further inside. Suddenly, he bumped into something and spun around on his heels, coming face to face with a black-cloaked Raven, four red eyes piercing into his.
"Yikes! What side of Raven are you?"
"I am the part connected to her father, Trigon. The part that desires his return. Her Rage. And the one to destroy you!" She declared before charging, hands glowing black. Danny ducked one hit and tripped Rage, making her fall down.
"Seriously? You want to stop me? You might look like Raven, but know this. I'll happily destroy you if it didn't mean I might risk her mind becoming broken forever. So stay back!" Danny warned, a deathly glare in his eyes. Rage looked in his eyes, and saw the soul-piercing glare she had tried on him. How could he appear more dangerous than she is? Fear entered her mind and she cowered beneath the halfa.
"Good, now where is the real Raven?"
Rage shakily pointed further into the cave, and as Danny followed the direction, he noticed the horde of shadows attacking the real Raven, who appeared to be in a terrible state. Her cloak was ragged, her leotard was shredded and she had claw-marks everywhere, blood coming from the deepest wounds.
He felt the rag growing inside him, and knew where to direct it at. His hand glowed green and he charged forwards, blasting at the shadows.
"D-Danny?" Raven asked in a weak voice as he appeared next to her, blasts flying at the ghosts and keeping them at bay.
"Hey. Need any help?"
"H-How? I-I told Rage to hold o-off anyone from coming here." She was still surprised to see him, and had to recover from the shock.
"Well, you didn't account for me. Now, ready to fight back?"
"Don't! Just go back! If you stay here, you'll die!" She cried, grabbing his arm and trying to get herself in front of him. He forced her back, and glared at her before his look softened, the care clear in his eyes.
"I'm not leaving you, Raven. Like it or not, I'm not going to let you remain under Scarface's control. Besides, you're the only one who can stop your father from ending the world." Danny explained as he blasted a few more ghosts to pieces.
Suddenly, they seemed to gather together and meld into a single, big form. It was shaped like a beast, four red sunken eyes looking down on the two.
"Ready to win?"
Raven got back to her feet, hope returning to her. Maybe… Maybe there is a chance after all.
"Ready."
They charged forwards, attacks flying towards the beast.
Back in the real world, Raven had been jerking around, eyes flashing between four and two, and the color red and white.
In that time, the titans had beaten the shadow-minions, and they had surrounded Scarface.
"So, you beat my minions, huh? Well, I'm not so easy to beat!" He declared, hands glowing red and the intensity of his eyes increasing. He fired red blasts at them, forcing them to dodge and duck. Robin charged first, slamming his bo-staff into Scarface's stomach. He groaned as he was forced back a little, but grabbed the staff and swung both it and Robin away. Starfire came down from the sky, slamming her charged fists into his face. His neck appeared to be broken, his head crooked, but he cracked the bones back into place and smirked.
"I'm undead, sweetheart. No physical force can kill me!"
"Maybe the force of sound can!" Cyborg declared as he fired a sonic blast. The green blast hit Scarface in the chest, sending him flying. He was able to stay on his feet, but the pain in his chest was awful.
"How? That isn't supposed to hurt me!"
"We got a few upgrades from the Fentons. Really useful for fighting ghosts!" Robin explained as he slammed the tip of his bo-staff into Scarface's side, pressing a button and unleashing a painful charge of ecto-electricity. The undead prince screamed in pain and slumped to his knees, holding his side.
"Impossible. I'll destroy you all!" He yelled, unleashing a shockwave that blasted all three titans around him away. He smirked, but realized that one was missing. He turned around, eyes shrinking as he noticed Beast Boy, who had snuck up on him. The changeling slammed his fist into the prince's face, the gauntlets turning the physical power into energy and bringing even more pain to the undead ghost.
Scarface fell down, groaning in pain as he held his broken nose. His side was burning with pain, and his chest felt awful. This can't be!
"I-I can't be beaten by the likes of you! I-I'm a prince, a ruler! I should b-be victorious!"
"But you won't be." Robin stated, and on cue, a scream erupted from Raven. Her eyes turned back to normal, and she started falling down. From her body, Danny appeared and he caught her in his arms. The two floated to the edge of the portal, and landed on the ground, exhausted.
"Raven!" The titans smiled as they see their friend unharmed. Danny smiled at them as they joined him at the girl's side.
"You okay?" Robin asked as he kneeled down. A weak smile was on Raven her face and she nodded.
"Just one last thing left to do." Danny said as he helped her up and turn to face the portal. Trigon was even higher up, and the sound of ghostly wailing and screaming had become very audible.
"Say, Raven, what would happen if a demonic being was caught in a closing portal?" Danny asked, a rhetorical question of course. She smirked, knowing the answer.
"They're blown to oblivion."
"To you the honors.' The halfa said, one hand gesturing to the portal. She nodded, and held her hands out. She focused, turning whatever energy she had into this. Suddenly she felt a boost, and looked back to see her friend holding her at the shoulders, smiling. They were sharing their energy with her. She smiled back, and prepared the spell. She started with a few mystique words, and after that reached the last section.
"Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos!"
They called the last word together, and the force blew over the portal. It started to shrink as the ground recollected together. Trigon noticed, and started screaming in fury.
"No! What have you done! Don't do this! I'll make you pay, dear daughter, mark my words! I'll make you pay-"
Whatever he wanted to say next was lost forever as the portal closed, the ground shaking as it did. The titans smiled before dropping to their knees, exhausted.
"We did it, we saved the world. Again." Raven said, her voice showing how glad she is. Danny smiled as he helped her back up, the others following. They looked around, and noticed something.
"Where's Scarface?"
They looked around, but didn't spot the undead prince. Robin groaned as they realized he escaped when they were busy with the portal.
"At least he'll know not to underestimate us." Cyborg declared, pumping a fist in the air. The others smiled at him.
"So, anyone up for an early morning snack?" Beast Boy asked as they noticed that the moon was nearing the horizon. Have they really been fighting for so long?
"You guys go ahead." Danny said, giving a wave.
"Yeah, we'll see if there's anything left of Scarface's lair." Raven added and leaned on the halfa for support. The rest shrugged and started heading off.
They waited until the titans were far enough away.
"So, how long until we have to tell them?" Danny asked as he helped her to where he remembered would be the cave Scarface used for a lair.
"Let's just see where this will go first." Raven said in her monotone voice, keeping a firm grip on the halfa's shoulder.
"I can only hope, the right way." Danny said with a smile before placing a soft kiss on Raven's lips. She was startled for a moment, but quickly leaned into it.
They had brought the creature down good, but it was still stronger. The two were on their knees, panting from exhaustion. Danny his suit was scattered with rips and shredding, a gash in his side. He had a bruise on his arm and a cut on his cheek.
"We can't beat it." Raven noted as it came closer, claws as fists and eyes glowing menacingly.
"We have to." Danny said, flinching as it hurt to speak. His eyes darted to Raven, her face showing how hopeless things looked like.
"Danny, we can't. It's too late." She said, feeling no more fight in her body. She was spent, they both are. She crawled closer to him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Raven…" He wanted to say something encouraging, but he had nothing.
"I wanted you to know."
Raven placed a hand on his uninjured cheek, rubbing her thumb over the soft, slightly pale skin. Danny formed a small blush as he felt the soothing motion.
"I never thought that I would ever feel like this. I-I didn't realize it until you turned into Dan. How much I care for you. How much you matter to me."
Danny softly grabbed her arm, realizing what she's saying. He closed his eyes, a few tears escaping him. Raven felt them building up in her own eyes too, but she fought to keep them back.
"Danny. I-I… I love you."
"And I love you, Raven."
He closed the gap, bringing his lips to hers. Tears were streaming down their faces, as a big shadow emerged above them. The beast was about to slam down on the two lovers, but suddenly the two were engulfed with a bright light, and it grew and grew, the harsh light burning into the shadow-like creature. It was vaporized, and the light grew to envelop the entire mindscape.
They had won.
"I still don't get it how we beat that thing." Danny said as he placed another one of Scarface's books on a pile. He had looked through it, and quickly closed it when he came across a very dirty picture.
"I think, I think that our love for each other was stronger than the darkness of Scarface's control over me." Raven said as she held the book with her father's symbol on it. She glared and threw it in the air, both her blast and Danny's destroying it into some burning pages. She smiled at him and he came closer, but she looked away a little.
"Hey. I don't care what your origin might be. As long as we are together." He said as he caressed her face. She smiled back at him softly, allowing him to place a soft kiss on her lips.
"You know this isn't going to happen when the others are around, right?"
"What's one secret added to the pile we already have?"
She couldn't stop herself from laughing with that.
Author's note: And there we have it! The end of the first arc in my story! I hope you have enjoyed things so far? Remember to tell me in the reviews, also consider following the story and favorite this if you really liked it.
And with that aside, I bid you a goodnight and until next time!