Too Much Red: New Nemesis

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 8: Deals with the Devil!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, Spawn, Maleficent and her Heartless, but I do take my creation of the Kagejin to heart. Hope you all enjoy.

"Goons to the left of me, goons to the right of me…" Chimera has returned to his human form before a transformation of a large pointy eared monster with one eye, "Now their all just in front get it? No dual vision! Wah-ha-ha!"

Sabre screams in her next kick launching a poor goon across the roof, "Why can't you shut up? It's bad enough Rasco left me with you." She now had another one of the men in a headlock, "What's wrong? Why doesn't he like me?" She now swung the man into a wall.

"Hm, think it might be that tendency to almost kill people?"

Her growl made the poor Cyclops move back a step accidentally stepping on a goon, "Wow, I might be right for this one."

Rasco and Roth were right under the hole before hearing screams. They turn up and roll out of the way of a Cyclops. It turned to the teenager who had his eyes swirl dizzily with his blue skin going a little green. Sabre leapt down to have Rasco come at her, "Hey, I didn't mean it to happen like that. He just, slipped… hard."

Chimera turned to his human form before snapping "You hit me! All because I said…" The hissing fangs bear on Chimera and he has to take a big gulp. "Er, never mind."

Rasco noticed no more goons were coming, "Well you did make them stop up there. I guess all we need to do is take care of some wrapping."

Roth had that covered in one move of her hand, goons were trapped in display cases through the entire museum, glass and walls were their prisons until the museum workers got them out. "Done, and done."

Sighs of relief are shared and everyone had to start the banter on how nice and easy their first mission seemed. A fat man wobbled in and whispered to Nova, "What's going on?"

"We are celebrating the victory over the enemy forces. We stopped the second coming of the evil demon whom hurt our families before."

"Oh…" He waddles over and pulls out the Heretic mask as earlier the display was shattered, "Keep up the good work."

He chuckled, and suddenly a large black wall stopped his exit. Roth had a little smirk as Rasco walked to the front of their group "You mind? We think that belongs in the museum."

"Oh? It belongs to me. I made the damn thing, tricked Heretic to wear it, and used it to free Akaige last time." Bata-Boom turned and his goggles leer onto the teens, "The ones who stole it were theses museum numbskulls. I just came to reclaim it."

"It's the guy who gave me that bear." Roth was soon followed by Vincent slamming his face with his hands, "That's the one and only, Bata-Boom!"

The teens had to give some major gasps, to which Bata-Boom did a bow, "Why thank you, thank you all! However, I can't take all the credit for my success was not all my own. Allow me to introduce my newest friend and ally, Mage Lobia!" To that the stocky scientist tossed the mask to the hole in the ceiling and gripped tightly with his ringed hand was a bald man in a blue suit. He had a cold smile, and eyes that were red and discolored. Holding the mask his eyes glowed brighter, and soon he tossed the mask to the ground where it levitated and glowed. A vortex began to open from the spinning mask and the teens step back from it. Out from the portal slowly walked out a figure, in a hood, with one large right claw. "Guess whose back…"

Raven tried to counter her old enemy with magic but brute force broke her fields. After years of waiting and plotting Cinderblock wasn't going to fail so soon. As Robin swung his birdarangs and Red swung his Xs Cinderblock merely rammed his body through every explosion. His stampeded flung both the men through the air and into glass displays. Raven had to try something else so she collected shattered glass and began to spray the glass over the stone monster.

It was a useless attack really, as she did that Cinderblock only stormed on Robin who was just barely able to get out from his display. Robin leapt over the beast striking his staff while passing. Cinderblock didn't loose momentum while he broke through the display heading now on Red. Red couldn't pull free of the display he fell into so now dangling with a mannequin he watched the stone beast coming full force. Raven fell between them with her body glowing white. She slapped her palms over the ground and suddenly the ground up heaves wires, pipes, and tiles that melted their paste and cement to cover or wrap the stone beast. He was covered all over, struggling as he wanted to get the girl. When he was trapped with his head inches from hers she just gave a little smirk and look before putting her forehead to his. Cinderblock is loosing the glow in his eyes and his head let hang. Leaving the beast in his slumber she removed the bonds of her husband asking "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, a little embarrassed but…"

Robin had to stand and watch her now rubbing Red's cheek, and he gave a slight snarl. His anger, his Rage was growing so highly it must have attracted… them…

Robin noticed something fly on the floor, and several of these strange shadows did this around him. They now glow two little dots at the front of their shadow form, and suddenly they peel slowly off the ground. Standing no higher than his knee were child like creatures with round little bodies, heads with antennae, and some little flimsy legs and arms. "Wh-what the heck are these things?"

Raven looked in stunned awe; they weren't Kagejin whatever they were. She saw the Kagejin, and these things seemed to feel a little more like they were… empty. "Robin! Watch out!"

Robin looked at them surrounding him and while they did these little creatures… these, Shadows, simply look back and forth as their little hands twitch along with their antennae flipping about. When Robin made a move back their antennae suddenly turned to him and following were their heads. He had a nervous twitch in his eye as his fingers grip over his staff, "Oh… crap."

The teens were looking like dear in the headlights. Well, not Jimmy/Chimera he just scratched his ears "Um, is that the thing our parents were talking about? Where's the wings of destructive gales, or armor of unholy brimstone, perhaps even some kind of horns that spew out acid… oh, and how about!"

Sabre slapped the imaginative Chimera over his face, "Stop it or you might piss him… uh, it off."

Rasco would have agreed but when he looked at the hooded creature he was too occupied with his hands. For some reason as its eyes looked over its limbs the demon didn't seem very pleased. Akaige looked back to Bata-Boom asking "Did you conduct the ritual properly?"

"Of course! Mage Lobia did it for me." Akaige looked out the hole but this Mage Lobia was not there, "I guess he left for other matters. No big deal boss he's just a little worried after all last time we had someone working for us they got killed."

Akaige looked on Bata-Boom but eventually his eyes seemed to scan finding the Teen Titans, "Well, I guess we can start having a little fun. Raven and the others must have decided to give their little students a crack at me. How amusing is that?"

While it seemed they were going to fight, Akaige turned his back before taking the mask "Prove to me you deserve the right to say you died by me." A click of his fingers and a large man beast leapt off from the roof, a skeleton like dragon man. "What the hell took you so long Gaikotsu?"

The large skeleton monster, Gaikotsu, gave a little shrug as he rolled his shoulders "Hey, I thought I saw some hot little thing across the street. Is it so wrong to…?"

"Yes! Now take care of these children I have matters to attend to." Akaige's cape made a ripping sound and soon his two cape wings sprawled widely before he flew out the large hole. Rasco looked as the monster was escaping, "Damn, we need to get him!"

Nova looked up to the hole and made a nod, "Rasco!" She put her hands together and at her knee. Rasco got the clue and he ran to her, putting his foot into the nook of her hands she vaulted him over and into the hole. On the roof Rasco screamed as flames flew from his spiritual form and forged the large motorcycle he rode before. Flying onto the roof flames sparked over stone and steel, tearing up the roof's surface Rasco gave a glare to the flying figure in the sky up ahead.

Gaikotsu looked at the hole with a slight sweat, "Oh… man… I screwed up already."

Gaikotsu was returned to reality as some kind of green bolt struck his head. Turning around Nova was floating in the air with energy glowing form her eyes and hands, "Friend Titans, I believe it is the time to go!"

Roth floats next to her with a sweat, "Uh, that's Titans Go?"

Robin clacked his staff with a Shadow which nearly caught him over the face. He swung his staff back down but it melded with the floor, making his staff bounce off the hard floor and into his face again. While Robin was stepping back from being hit with his own weapon, the Shadow crawled behind him before leaping up for another strike. Robin couldn't react, but Red did with a slashing pass. The Shadow broke in two and dispersed with black and purple mists. Three more now began their attack on Red but he was able to kick up his legs from little claws. While he did Raven gained her aura and caused flat squares to shift through the Shadows making them slither apart and turn to mist. Robin saw some Shadow go for Raven, and in a flash his Birdarangs tore it apart.

Robin was on his feet and quickly back on them as a Shadow was on his back. As it dug its claws into Robin's back he felt anger, hate, and more important Rage growing in his heart. He fell to his knees, and he felt his body becoming a burning pain. Raven swung her powers into the Shadow ripping it from Robin. Several Shadows now flattened and made towards Raven. 'Their not very strong or even smart.' She raised the floor in a large hunk; the creatures crawled off the hunk's tipped bottom and fell to the ground in the crater Raven made. She almost sighed as they pulled off the ground. Dropping the large hunk these Shadows were crushed and turned to mist. Now she thought a loud "Their not demons even. Somehow they fell like they are nothing, as if they do not even have a form of life. Could they be something new?"

They had no time to think as more of these Shadows began to flow inside. With the numbers it became clear this was not something they could deal with. "We have to do something!" Robin looked over to Raven and Red, "Any ideas would be appreciated!"

What they didn't expect was the sudden cease of attack. The Shadows seemed to all look up through the roof and soon disappeared into the darkness. While the three were kind of confused it didn't go without appreciation. The three ran through the New Nemesis displays finding only Gaikotsu and the five other teens. Raven gave a glare, "That's the weird Kagejin Akaige talked to before, remember?"

Robin gave a nod "I didn't forget Raven." Red looked up to the hole in the roof where he saw Bata-Boom looking down with a leer. His mind couldn't help but see the things he went through, and life he lived. He leapt off a display and out the hole. Robin couldn't believe it, neither did Raven. "Don't worry I'll get him!" Robin followed but when he was outside he turned back adding "You keep the kids safe!"

She gave a nod as he disappeared. Gaikotsu was in the middle of a grapple with Vince to which he quickly flung the teen over his own body. Sabre screamed and now connected her hands with Gaikotsu, he gave a little look at her and grinned "Hey, you're pretty hot for one of the good guys."

Sabre lost her cool when he said that. Blushing wildly he now swung his head back and butted her off on the floor. A little arm cock and he thought he was winning, but Raven covered his body in energy tossing him into the wall near by. "Okay bone-boy, what are those things that attacked us?"

Gaikotsu stood up rubbing his head, "Hey, wait a second. What are you talking about?" Raven gave a glare but soon she had more to worry about. The Shadows were slowly lurching out from the darkness again. "Those! Those things are what I'm talking about!"

Gaikotsu looked and had a slight snarl, "Heartless!"

"Who-what?" Chimera was giving the mindless look his dad had usually, but Gaikotsu was too busy grabbing a spine from his back. Pulling it out the strange protrusion became a large bone axe, which he swung onto one shoulder growling with the Heartless closing in on them all. "If their here, then so are those three freaks."

"Well, well, the mentally-challenged dog of Akaige." A black and green flame blew up from the ground and took the shape of a woman with a large staff and crow on her shoulder. With her eyes slowly opening her smile grew wide. "How did you enjoy finding we were waiting for you? Though, it took you nearly forever."

Gaikotsu gave his look of pure hate, "The only dog I see here is the Bit-."

"Bite your tongue you lowly mongrel! I have not come here to share words, only to finish my earlier dealings. The soul I took must be used properly." She not looked to the Slade display, and from the roof fell an ethereal figure with no definition. "The time has come. Take your place, Slade."

"Slade!" Raven couldn't believe the thing there was Slade. Then it looked at her direction and somehow it was smiling, 'It's him alright.' The strange ether creature walked to the Slade display while the others were separated with Heartless. Gaikotsu screamed as he wanted to fight, it was like a loud roar. Raven looked at him and her mind, in some insane need, asked "Gaikotsu?" He looked to her, "If I send the kids out of here will you help me fight them?"

Roth is now struck, and Gaikotsu's little smirk and leer only adds to the horror, "Heh, to fight and die with one like yourself? Not bad. I wouldn't mind dying with you in my arms, or vice-versa."

"Right… whatever." Raven swung her arm and created a black staircase, "Get to the hideout, no, go find Rasco and THEN get to the hideout. I don't know what is happening but we need to re-organize!"

"But… mom…" Chimera ran up the steps "Girl, we better get stepping or we'll all get our butts kicked!"

"No! This isn't right!" Nova was floating with her hands held tightly together "We are meant to fight the evil so you do not have to!"

"You thought that's what we wanted?" Raven had to smile at the looks each one had, "We didn't want that. We just wanted…"

"Hey! This things going to get really bad so piss off!" Gaikotsu didn't look at them he was watching the ether figure now merging with the Slade body. The teens ran up the stairs but Roth looked back one last time, "Mom…"

Raven looked up and gave a look; she didn't want to argue this was final. Roth left and Raven looked to Gaikotsu, "So, anything you want to say?"

"Yeah…" Gaikotsu looked back over his shoulder "If I save your life, will you sleep with me?"

"…." Raven gave a glare, "No."

"Ah, worth a try!" The ether creature was now fully covering the Slade body. When it solidified Slade's corpse was covered in black skin armor. It was also with the color of half the head gray in color and one glowing green eye. Raven didn't know why Slade looked so different, but Gaikotsu was rubbing his face like he knew "What's wrong?"

"Hell spawn… they turned him into a damn Hell spawn…"

Rasco swung his sword over his head as Akaige flew above him. The shadow demon was too far out of reach. "Come down here you looser!"

"Right, like that's going to happen!" Akaige flew faster and Rasco just had to keep up. He pulled out a fire in his hand before tossing it to the ribs of Akaige. Akaige gave a glare to the wound and saw how it was allowing mist to spew out, and he had to force it to heal, "Is it possible..." Akaige flew up higher and disappeared into some cloud cover.

Rasco looked where Akaige left off to and seemed worried. What was this guy up to? What Rasco didn't see as he looked above himself and in front was Akaige descending behind him now. Akaige's claws were wide, and his gaze fell on the back flaming wheel. When he got close he seemed to be getting excited, but suddenly he got this frazzled look over his eyes, Rasco turned around and with ball of flame in hand he asked "You notice the wheels are not some rubber air sacs? These are real hot-rods!"

Akaige didn't have the time to dodge so the fireball caught his face. Slamming into the ground and then tumbling over the blacktop Rasco peeled up ahead before making a turn-around. He had a smile over his grim visage while standing up off his cycle. The cycle began to rev up, "Yeah, like we talked about." His sword turned to a large black lance. "Time to do the Black Knight routine Brimstone!"

Brimstone, his strange cycle now peeled on its wheels towards the humbled Kagejin lord. With his large lance out to strike he screamed in excited mirth. However, Akaige's claw latched the other end of the lance and held Rasco off his bike while it passed. Rasco gave a glare as he bobbed up and down slightly, "That wasn't part of," He's being thrown overhead, "The Routine!"

Akaige sprouted his wings and tried to fly, but his cape lost its ability to become wing like. He also had many wounds leaking around his body. "Blast, this is worse than I expected!"

Rasco had to whistle for Brimstone to roll back around and pick him up. Akaige looked on the two and then to he sky. He gave a little groan but swings the claw arm up and over the edge of an apartment building's railing from one of the rooms. He climbed the building quickly figuring that stopped his adversary. Looking back his glowing eyes heated their hate while Rasco's bike began to climb the walls. Akaige gave a low growl of distain before hopping over the railing of the roof. There he had a slightly surprised look at something, and then he gave a little gleam while looking over the edge. His claw flung about breaking several steel bearings. Something large now fell towards Akaige and he ran off. Rasco wasn't sure what happened till he saw the large water tower, than his wheels. As his eyes seemed to go wide his bike was washed out with water. When the bike slammed to the ground Rasco hung on the railing outside an apartment. Pulling himself onto the little outside hanging he looked to his smashed bike, "Man…"

"Um," he looked over to the kid at the door, "You okay? You don't look too good."

Rasco shrugged as his body was extinguished. He was now a black skeleton with some weird outfit "Oh, not too bad just a little wet." He shook off the water and began to heat up in dark fire again. When he was done he shot his hands off like rockets and flew to the sky a little. Hovering he looked for a sign of Akaige, the demon had made his escape. "Oh man this totally sucks!" He now noticed some smoke in the distance, something's burning? "Wonder what that is?"

Red had followed his "father" along the rooftops and streets for some time now. He was lead to this strange building it seems. When he entered he didn't know what to expect. "Oh-Sonny-Boy!" Red looked to the fat man waving on a catwalk in this old factory, "Yoo-hoo! Up here kid!"

Red gave a very aggressive glare to the fat man above. "You want to come down here and fight me?"

Bata-Boom shook his head "I would, believe me I would love to mess you up a little for old time's sake." He looked up and there was a man looking down "However, I think he wouldn't like that."

Red was confused until someone fell from the roof right in front of him. It was the paper made mage Malchior. He looked over his shoulder to Red and asked "How is everything? I haven't heard from you since that time you and Raven were… intimate."

"You forgot you worked for Akaige last time."

"Actually, it's not like before. I'm more in tune with my family than Akaige. Consider it the new deal."

Red just laughed, "Oh like I'm scared. What are you going to do," He darted with his blades spinning, "gibe me a paper cut?"

The paper pages were now engulfed in flames, Red couldn't stop as his neck was grabbed in a powerful grip. Rising up in the air a 7' tall man shaped dragon held him in its grasp. With black armor over his broad chest, leaving his wings open widely. Malchior was no different in this form than he would normally be but he had a human size. The armor also covered the muscles of the arm and leg, the ones closer to the hand and feet. The legs were arced up like a dinosaur, and this matched his long snout twisted its lips with Red's attempt to pry off fingers from his throat. Also a long black sash fell in the front and back of Malchior's legs. He had to now laugh when the blades of Red's weapons struck the horns and head of the dragon mage, only to simply shatter to bits.

While Red tried to now kick and pry himself from the hold, Malchior looked about to see what was around. Finding a large pillar he screamed as he thundered his feet across the ground. The loud thumps echoed the room and Red wailed his fists over the arm of Malchior holding him still. Malchior plowed his hand and Red out in front of him like the way football players put their one arm out while going down field, but this wasn't to push a player down it was to plow a player through something. The first pillar broke in with Red's back, he screamed as the stone pillar shattered with his back in the center. Then Malchior laughed while he turned to another pillar and did it again, a third time, then the fourth time he stopped on his heels. Dropping Red to the ground where he was limply lying, and breathing, Malchior swat his tail to flip Red over and on his chest.

Red started to try and strain up on his front but Malchior swung his fist and Red's head through the ground. Malchior slowly pulled the hand back out with Red's now bloody face and ruined mask. With bits falling off of the two now Malchior pulled Red's tired face up to his own, "Let me guess, not used to super-demon strength? It certainly has served me before too."

Red pulled out something from his one pocket and it blew a bright light at Malchior. The dragon grabbed his eyes and Red scrambled to get out. He didn't get far though as energy formed over his legs and flung him upside down. While he hung Malchior's one hand was glowing brightly. He screamed and leapt over, standing next to the hero, Malchior swat Red around with his tail so hard it made Red swing back and forth in each strike. Bata-Boom had to giggle the way he does as now Red was bleeding all over the place, but he now looked to his wrist and saw the time, "Aw man, we have got to get going Malchi-baby!"

"What?" Malchior was in the middle of now holding Red by the scruff and punching Red with far-spanned overhand punches, "Oh, very well! I guess it's time to move on." Malchior dropped Red but quickly snatched him with his tail, "Oh, before I forget!" Malchior pushed his tail up and Red in whisper distance, "While you're rotting in hell, I'll be the one taking care of that lovely wife of yours." Red's eyes opened slightly, "She has grown so nicely hasn't she?"

Malchior flopped Red down hard and flew into the air a little bit. Grabbing Bata-
Boom by the wrist he turned back around with flames licking his lips. The fires engulfed around Red, and the entire building soon began to catch flame. Malchior and Bata-Boom flew away unseen as the smoke was beginning to gather. Red was in his own mind, screaming at himself for being stuck there. He even began to think of Raven, where is she and what was happening… would he ever get to see her again?

"Robert?" Red looked over to Robin, he seemed a little relieved seeing boy blunder there. "Robert, where are you?"

Robin looked over and saw Robert now there in the middle of some flames. He can reach him easy enough, so taking out his grappling hook the distance seemed easy, and…

"Ah!" Robin dropped his grapple hook and looked to his back where earlier he was scratched. It was burning really bad, and he started to think about some things. He thought about her, and how she held Robert, kissed him, praised his great deeds, and all those other things she did like give him two wonderful kids and a lovely home with the best life! What was his right to do that? Where did he get the good things? He was a copy of Robin. The mere image of Robin's darkness was standing right there. When Robin looked at this false him, the same one that stole his Raven, his mind kept screaming at him like he was mad to try and help.

Robert wasn't sure why Robin was just standing there like that. When the flames gave a rush up blocking Robert's view, he saw after they died that Robin was gone. Robert let his head lie on the ground lamely, "Great… so this is it?" He had to chuckle with the heat now beginning to make him sweat, "Raven, I'm so sorry… I failed…"

Rasco lands on the roof and watches smoke gathering all around him. It was some big fire alright. "What the heck happened here?" He ran over to a hole in the roof like something flew straight through. He didn't know why but he had to look inside. There he saw nothing but smoke was rising, this was a waste. "Hello, anyone inside?"

Rasco listened but heard nothing over the growing flames. He didn't know what he came for maybe it was a waste of time. He took a step back and suddenly something flung itself into the flames and smoke. Rasco was shocked while it happened. Robert found himself dropping into a personal despair when someone wrapped their arm around his waist. It was so nice to think it was Rasco, but when he looked up he frowned "No… not you…" Robert now fell unconscious from heat and exhaustion.

Rasco was over the edge looking. The figure leapt out from the hole and landed holding something under its one arm. When Rasco saw his father, saved by the unknown figure, he seemed to sigh in relief. He looked to the savior and his eyes grow so wide, that Akaige just had to chuckle "Surprised?"

Rasco was really confused, and Akaige was not too happy with the way he laid Robert down slowly. However, the sound of clacking made them both turn. A large hiss is heard, and Akaige begins to pull his hood down revealing his true face. When Rasco saw the face of the evil demon his mother warned of he didn't seem so evil. His look seemed more stone-cold serious, "Double-Backed, he's the Heartless coming here. You need to make a choice who is more your enemy? And, I do mean y-OUR enemy?"

Rasco wasn't sure what he meant, but the sudden appearance of a large creature made him turn to it. With a large torso flat on the ground it now spread two large limbs out that seemed to bend like a spider's legs. Two more came from the back and now it had these strange limbs push it up to show one red side to its bottom body, and a blue side with its top body. From the span between its legs a long neck began to bend out showing a dark gray mask with a black and red outlined heart. The heart has a red stitched emblem over it. Six glowing golden eyes now show through the sides of the mask, but no place is for the nose or mouth. It made another hiss and scuffled the long legs in a movement to the side like a sort of crab would. It was immense, and Rasco never saw a monster like it before. He was confused, his parents said that Akaige was evil but he saved his father and now he wanted to help fight this thing. The creature looked at Robert, and it hissed again. Rasco looked to his father and then the monster, it was after him!

As it took a step forward Akaige ripped his sword from his back and held it at the ready, "Blast it boy! Think for yourself! Which seems to be the more prominent threat here? I'll kill you later; this thing will kill you NOW!"

Rasco has already made two katana swords, "You know what! I need to know what the heck you saved my father for! So we kill big, tall, and ugly than we talk, deal?"

"Yes, yes! Now let's get to that 'Butt-whoop' you kids love to talk about!"

Double-Backed now screamed as it was obvious the two were planning to attack it. The creature reared up on its two back legs and the red bottom began to glow. This would be the first real fight Rasco ever had, to truly have ever had. The worst thing is it wasn't with the titans backing him up… it was the monster he's supposed to be fighting.

Note: I added this chapter to get some people happy. LOL, well that and I wanted to get some interesting pieces in too. Heartless, Kegejin, and Teen Titans, Oh my! Hope you all liked it and keep on living large and in charge!