A/N: All good things come to an end. And all not so good things come to an end too... take your pick at what this fic is. This is dedicated to all the people that had the patience to wait. And for the people who kept supporting me at even my most low moods… Nichole! Thank you everyone!
An epilogue wrapping up this whole series still needs to be written. I changed my mind again. The next chapter is a shorty. But this thing needs another bit for closure for sure. God I am so indecisive... welcome to the world of fiction I guess : )
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The End of Arachnophobia: Part Deux
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Lady in red!
Dancing with me!
Cheek to cheek...
"She's pretty. She has four eyes. She loves death! O-M-G! Parker, please tell me I'm not dreaming!"
Ladies and Gentlemen... I give you teenage Carnage.
"Ugh, you must be dreaming," Peter stared at Carnage then back at Anger. "Or in this case nightmaring!"
"Let's kill him already." Anger growled impatiently at Raven. "Demon's don't like waiting remember?"
"I call the shots... calm down." Raven answered with complete serenity.
"Hah! Like Hell you are," Anger fumed. "Enjoy this partnership while you can sis. Because once my Sladey pie comes back? Dad's going to be running the show!"
"We'll see about that." Raven said with the utmost confidence. It was obvious a little of Spider-Man's philosophy was rubbing off on her.
Confidence will always overcome stupidity.
"Whatever," Anger hissed. "Let's just give this red number a taste of a good demonic ass kicking."
"With pleasure."
"Ugh, can we please get this over with?"
Blood was playing this as cool as Orlando Bloom in a Peter Jackson movie, as if two demonic beings weren't bad enough for him, waiting for something miraculous to happen for the good guys. Was this a smart move? I mean he just wiped his nose with three of the toughest arachnoids in the 'Marvel' universe. He was more then ready to take on these Ravens right?
EEENK! Wrong!
Magic. It was sort of like a fusion thing but it wasn't. Raven and her rageful counterpart faded into a dusty pile of black, the energy swirling around like a killer tornado in the Texas Midwest. Blood was cool with this, heck more like amused. But when he saw a red being coming out of the pile of black as if it was some sort of dimensional portal? You can bet your sweet rear that his bloodied jaws were dropped to the floor.
Crikies.
"Whoa," Carnage stood up at long last, scratching his head. "Who's this chick?"
"Raven…?" Spider-Man gasped at horrid realization.
"Two words..." Cassidy snapped his neck around. "Creepy awesome."
Long flowing white hair. Red skin. And an all black robe that would make Death herself whine like a baby about copyright infringement. Four red eyes were now what made up the devilish vixen that stood beyond the portal. Sharp teeth shined as this remnant of Raven was unleashed. Trigon's avatar people. Not good! NOT GOOD!
"I always wondered what kind of force could actually make my daughter crawl to me for help" A Trigon possessed Raven stared down the symbiote in front of her. "You're as ugly as I'd imagined. Bravo."
"Touche." Blood replied wittingly with crossed arms.
And now all of our heroes were stuck in a gigantic rut!
"This is my world." Raven warply growled. "And I ain't gonna let some red goop and punk kid take it over."
"Save the theatrics Devil girl," Sebastian sighed. "We have a world to take over remember?"
"Correction junior," A crackle and a pop of energy spurted out of Raven's eyes. "You HAD a world to take over."
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"Whoa!" Black Cat manifested out of thin air, feeling as if her mind had been scrambled with a side of bacon and eggs. Splitting and reconnecting atoms just isn't natural or healthy.
"Well Ms. Cat," Larry was quite delighted, that magic finger of his no longer worthless. "We are now here! In Jump City! Home of the Teen Titans! Yay!"
"Sweet!" The sassy feline pumped that white paw. "Now we gotta find my Spider."
One insty bintsy teeny weenie polka dotted yellow bikini glance around this dump of a city and pretty much anyone would be a bit breath taken. Or, REALLY breath taken anyway. But then again, if you were one of those Captain Planet baddies you'd probably just be giddy happy right about now
"What the hell happened here?" Black Cat was beyond logic, this place literally looking like Hell.
"I do not know," Larry glanced around just as stupidly, a harsh glare from his voluptuous partner in crime was the only reply he received.
"Ms. Cat do not look at me that way! I did not do this!"
"Well technically kid… you did."
All eyes turned.
"V-venom?" Black Cat was actually somewhat happy to see this psycho of a villain. If this guy was here Spidey was definitely here.
"Uh, not that you ever look pleasant but er, what made you look like that?"
Black Cat had never seen Venom this 'messed up' since Spider-Man wisely tricked him into crashing a Heavy Death Metal concert.
"We're… having problems." Venom stated the obvious; peeping down to see our unconscious Jinxy napping away in his arms.
"Hey did you lose some weight? You look smaller." Black Cat whapped him on the arm only to get an angry stare. "Aw how cute! Venom is that your girlfriend?"
"…"
"Pink hair," Black Cat, suddenly forced one of Jinx's eyelids open. "Whoa, cat contacts… you gotta get her to tell me-"
"We're not in the mood!" Venom shouted with goop breath.
"Ugh, fine grumpy guss." Black Cat was now back to her business, after looking away in annoyance. "Now where is my Spider, Tongue boy?"
"A few blocks down," Venom's symbiote sensed it all. "Well, if he isn't dead."
"… Larry did this?" Our doppelganger gasped dejectedly. "I hurt the Titans? No! No! No!"
Ignoring Venom's face of disgust, Black Cat made one of those sad faces at Larry out of sympathy. Over the past week or so, she hated to admit it. She REALLY hated this truth. Truth is? Larry had become good company… even a good friend. This girl had no reason to be a pissy biznitch anymore. She kind of even felt guilty,
"Aw there there," Felecia Hardy showed her hard-to-find maternal side. "We'll save the… er… Titans, and Spider, and the rest of this world okay?"
Sniffle. Sniffley! Sniffliest!
"And we'll be doing the same."
"R-robin?" Larry perked up at the voice, the Boy Wonder instantly regretting letting his presence be known. The doppelganger was elated. Behind Robin were all the Titans – including a nicked up Cyborg along with a beat Starfire and Beast Boy.
"Well if it isn't the nerd herd." Venom insulted them. "Better late then never we guess."
"Nerd herd my toosh." Black Cat zipped across the space between her and the Titans. She eyed down Robin, hands on his suit all friendly like. "Nice suit… there… black… red… I likey."
"Uh… who are you?" Robin's X mask was off, that repeating blink being totally visible.
"Black Cat at your service cutie." Felecia was firing on all cylinders.
"What ever happened to 'your' Spider?" Venom remarked, only to yelp as he was elbowed.
Robin sweatdropped, "R-right…"
"This girl comes from our neck of the woods" Venom rubbed his chest.
"And I am quite the handful cuteness.. EEP!" As if by miracle Black Cat found her muscle toned body, lifted by her costume and easily tossed back in a funky spill. The feline looked up to see firey emerald eyes.
"I do not know of you, but friend Robin needs his space!" Exhausted or not Starfire would always protect her 'man'. Tamaraneans were territorial. Especially the females.
"Please do not-" Koriand'r was silenced by a clawed finger.
"Lemme guess," Felecia turned to Robin. "Another girlfriend?"
"Yes!" Starfire pushed the finger away. "I am a girl and I am a friend!"
"Once again... nice," Black Cat found comfort in repetitive dialogue, just like a certain author who posts on ff dot net with the initials JB,
"Whoa, Larry?" A lazy eyed BB was as always, a bit behind in the conversation. "Dudes, why does my hair feel like it's aching?"
"Starbolts bro," Cyborg answered.
"My apologize Beast Boy!" Starfire frowned, patting the green boy's head.
"Speaking of pain," Vic Stone eyed our symbiote.
Venom sighed. "It was just a stupid car."
"It's not just a stupid car!"
"Oh right, it was made of metal too." Venom's row of teeth made its presence known. "What was it? Your brother? Sister? Or uncle?"
"Now wait a minute here you ugly-"
"Awww," A soft voice got between them. The two looking down to see our carnation eyed vixen. "Two men fighting over lil ol me! How awesome!"
Blinks.
"You saved my life," Jinx snuggled against Venom's chest, Eddie gulping some more.
"O-o-only because you were crazy enough to 'save' mine!"
To Jinx that was only nonsense.
"... You love me don't you?"
"Ugh…"
PLOP! Jinx suddenly found her rear on asphalt.
"We need a plan." Robin was the only one on tap as usual; those eyes molded by Batman himself showing complete and utter concentration. He wasn't even blinking yo!
"Well I'll help you anyway possible cutie." Black Cat said with a naughty tone. "But do me a favor," she inhaled that air loudly. "TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?"
"You mean what's going on… as in Spider-Man having a girlfriend now or the End of the world?" Venom timely muttered.
"Y-yea, I mean the End…" Black Cat froze like a statue.
… girlfriend?
Girlfriend…
GIRLFRIEND!
"… SAY WHAT!"
RUMBLE…
RUMBLE…
RUMBLE!
The ground was shaking. The Earth was breaking apart. This wasn't the cause of Black Cat's tantrum surprisingly.
"Um..." Venom sighed, having the worst feeling shoot through his symbiote. "We suggest you all prepare for the worst... and then multiply that worry times a hundred."
Robin looked over towards the battle zone afar. "So… predictable."
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Moments before.
Brother Blood had been dominating every mortal in this dimension, not even breaking so much as a sweat. But now it was time he met his match. The symbiotic madman was turning into a human/alien bonded pinball. If you were quiet enough you could probably here the pings and pongs right now.
Ping.
Pong.
"Blagh!" Blood yelped as his head found the impact of a sharp elbow, his jaw soon loosened by a punch that would send anyone to Hell and back. No pun intended. The crimson villain back pedaled, swinging out of instinct, only to see his clawed hand flail away, Raven grabbing the wrist and pulling his stomach into a knee.
"This isn't amusing anymore." Raven taunted, tossing Toxin and Blood aside and to the floor. "Don't tell me I went up from Hell for this."
"... Mocking me?" Blood stood up with even more anger fuming, spitting out blood. Again, no pun intended.
"You're mocking yourself with that costume." The four eyed demon grinned evilly. "At least the Spider boy in the tacky costume over there would tickle a demon's fancy. Oi... and I thought Raven had little taste."
"Ay! What's that supposed to mean?" Spider-Man crossed his arms.
"Grrr, no one makes a fool out of me!" Blood tried to surprise Raven by sending a sharp tendril that could pierce reinforced tank armor. Quicker, smarter, or just plain more badass, another tendril of black coiled around Toxin's matter, squeezing it like an anaconda would a… I dunno, another anaconda?
"It's going to take more then an ugly suit and some smartass juvenile to stop me."
"Let go! Let go! Let go!" Blood struggled only to have his request answered with delight, his body being bashed into the ground at a force that sent rippled throughout the ground. Raven began to do her magic thing soon after, a dazy symbiote ready to be toast.
"Nice knowing you." Raven's eyes erupted bright red, ready to fire, only to see that Blood did his own little trick of teleportation, appearing behind her.
"Aw, but we were just starting to get along!"
In the symbiote's hands formed a titanic scimitar made from Toxin that would make Cloud Strife's Buster Sword have an inferiority complex. In a sadistic swipe, the sword was brought down. CLANK! The sword made contact. But a hand to the sharpest point of the blade only trickled an ounce of blood.
"Sword fighting?" Raven's small wound from blacking the attack so nonchalantly began to heal. "How old school."
"Now... that wasn't supposed to happen." Blood blinked.
Raven's telepathic nature formed her own blade, one swipe dissecting Blade's sword. The metal clanked with no use. Sebastian was pissed off, staring at the handle, letting the weapon seep back into his body without hesitation. Ms. Roth did the same, only to have already prepared her next attack.
"Zinthos!" The Trigonian sent out a blast that shook the air around them, Blood being burnt to a crisp, falling to the ground in ash form.
"What are we going to do?" Spider-Man watched, clenching his fist as Brother Blood was on the edge of defeat.
"What do you mean what are we going to do?" Carnage asked.
"No, Blood loses... we still lose." Peter muttered. "That isn't the Raven I know over there..."
"Well duh, this one is ten times better." Cassidy commented to deaf ears.
It was wishful thinking. And the time right now seemed to be Brother Blood's end. The symbiotic powerhouse was no so pathetic, crawling away as a demonic steroid juiced Raven continued to stroll playfully towards him, flames from the abyss sparkling from her fingers.
"Really admirable how you're trying to destroy the world." Raven mocked. "But leave this to the professionals kid. This is a demon's job."
Brother Blood groaned with a pathetic noise, only to let Toxin slither to the surface of his face, "Hah, all you demons do is screw yourselves every damn time."
"... I beg your pardon?"
"You lost your paradise from the will of a God." Brother Blood began to chuckle confidently, or freakishly if you choose. "Well, the way I see it? I think you're about to lose your own existence because of another God."
"… Wha—?"
It happened so fast, Carnage and Spider-Man were totally clueless. A spark of energy emitted from Raven, then the silhouette of a tendril began to take shape between Blood's hand and our demon girls back. She was impaled... but strangely enough there was not an ounce of blood.
"Satan will always be a loser." Blood and Toxin began to laugh manically as Raven transformed into pure red energy, splitting, a Raven in red and white now adjacent to one another once again. Spider-Man and Carnage were silent, and drop jawed to boot.
"What happened?" Raven gasped, looking down at her reformed self.
"Uh oh," Anger's quadratic eye formation blinked in unison.
"Uh oh?" Raven went quirky. "I really don't want to hear those words right now."
"Well then... UH OH UH OH UH OH UH OH!" Anger growled in her face. Before our pure Raven could act a whistle from Blood would catch their attention.
"Oh ladies, what's the problem?" Blood's face was covered by a floating golden formation, Toxin's pseudopodia shooting around it like it was in orbit. "… That time of month again?"
"… What did you do?" Raven scowled her infamous scowl.
"Devil's aren't meant to be free." Blood simply answered, a golden token with demonic writing forming in his hand, Toxin's matter creating it. "And with a little help from you two, I am now in control of your daddy's essence… pretty sweet to be a mystical empathic isn't it?"
"That's not possible." Raven said in disbelief.
"Oh according to Reading Rainbow it definitely is," Blood began to float in the air, energies of the darkest kind filling the city. "Sorry ladies for my rude behavior, but excuse me! I have a world to end!"
"Don't worry Raven I'll save—!" Spider-Man was about to do his swing into action, webline going, not even thinking, ready to kick Blood in the kisser routine. A blast cancelled all actions, Spidey skidding into the feet of one Raven Roth.
"Ooow…"
"My hero…" Raven rolled her eyes.
"We're in trouble aren't we?" Spider-Man grimaced, being helped up by his amore.
"... Are you clumsy?"
"DOH!"
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Trigon saw this in his vision. Raven saw this in her nightmares. Spider-Man had seen this in sci-fi movies. And Carnage had seen this while drinking a little too much coffee.
Demons were erupting out of the ground, the sky turning an oozing red tint. The fiery masses of evil were gathering for a takeover, Trigon's essence now bonded into Blood. With the help of Toxin and his own studies of demonism Sebastian was playing with fire... and it was the world that was gonna get burned.
"Listen to me dammit!" Anger growled, standing in front of a few demons as they just continued to stroll towards their new master. Angry Raven hated to be ignored. She hated to be treated like a mortal just as much.
"Not much loyalty to our father." Raven commented.
"Oh shut up!" Anger looked at her hands, staring at the gray extremities. "That son of a bitch just took the essence that made us who we are! I am useless without dad's strength! You are the same way!"
"Speak for yourself..."
"Ladies," Spidey got in between them, "Can we save this?"
"Damn you Parker!" Carnage had popcorn in his hands. "I wanted to see a catfight!"
"…"
"Shut your sharp toothed red neck mouth before I rip it off." Anger exploded. Carnage blinked a few times, only to turn away towards Spider-Man.
"Parker she's perfect for me!"
"Ugh..." Spider-Man turned towards the only other sane person in the group. "Raven, what do we do?"
"I... don't know."
The question was like a knife to the midsection, Raven knew she would be in a position like this. It was scary that in her visions she never had an answer. Then again, Spider-Man used to have no place in her life either. Things… can be changed.
"But I'll find out..."
Cue that cute little pause of lovey doveys staring at one another.
… Then shatter that with your Ken Griffey Jr. autographed baseball bat.
"Ugh dream on," Anger said, rolling her eyes away from a gazing Carnage. "Blood has all the power now. This whole planet is going to be at war with an army of devil warriors... this guy is stealing our show!"
The four unlikely allies stood strong in the storm, luckily for them Blood no longer being interested in them. With that symbiotic symbol of control, he didn't need these kids anymore.
"Why are we complaining?" Carnage smirked. "A little destruction isn't bad for everyone."
Suddenly as on cue the fireballs began to rain down, demons getting the signal to attack as Blood laughed amusingly with his symbiote pet.
"Run!" Spidey yelled, the foursome ducking and weaving their way through the streets, taking cover behind broken cars and what not. Diving behind a building, Raven clenched her fist as she panned.
"I have to stop him." Raven muttered. "If I can only get that demonic essence back."
"We'll get it," Spidey he patted her shoulder, smirking behind his mask. "No army from Hell is going to stop me… or fireballs… or demonic symbiotes… oi… that could've been left out of this inspiring speech."
"... Thanks for the confidence boost."
"Don't mention it."
"Ugh, my scum of a kid is bonded to him… I gotta-" Carnage scratched his head, suddenly a hot dog stand catching his eye, any remnants of an intelligent thought destroyed.
"Wow hot dogs!"
Spidey and Raven just growled, just another fireball bursted from above. Anger bit her lip, eyeing Blood, "Ugh Dad's gonna be so pissed off at me…"
"Okay here's the plan." Spidey pointed. "Carnage, and uh… girl in red… we need a diversion to get Blood's attention."
"H-hey who made you boss?" Carnage complained.
"Got any better ideas?"
"Yea!"
"One that would help us in our situation and doesn't have to do with cutting my head off?"
"Uh… No!"
"Thought so..."
The four were about to bring their plan altogether, but as soon as any remnants of order would be formed demons began to pop up from everywhere. Sort of like Emo kids at the mall. Two demons leaped towards the group, a webline and a pseudopodia shot answering the call.
"Heh, this is fun." Carnage was feeling more like his old self by the second, a blade slashing through a demon like butter.
"Good, cause we have about a million more of these to take care of." Spider-Man commented, bothering these flaming buggers with more adhesives.
"This (bleeping) sucks." Anger growled, feeling so helpless, looking up at Blood. "I am getting my powers back you asshole!"
"Heh-heh-heh," Blood looked down at them, Trigon's essence burning around him. "No, I like your powers, I think I'll keep them. But I can give you a nice parting gift... death,"
Soon the demon numbers were too much, Spidey and Carnage back to back as Raven and her angry counterpart were cornered. The End of the World was here, and their end was coming soon if something wouldn't happen. But what do you know? Is that a Red X ninja star? Is that some Starbolts? Dude! Sonic Cannon!
In the words of Puffy Ami Yumi…
TEEN TITANS GO!
"Heh, bout time you guys showed up!" Spider-Man commented as our favorite teenage super group came in strong.
"Wouldn't miss this for the world dude!" Beast Boy jumped in kicking a demon a couple of miles away as a kangaroo.
"Not gonna be much of a world if we don't do something!" Cyborg's arm turned into a bolt of light, crushing another demon.
"So the bad guys really do just keep getting uglier." Robin commented, mowing down the area with blasts from his X-gun.
"I resent that comment," Carnage hissed, walking off. "Yet it's extremely flattering at the same time. I'll remember that after I kill my kid up there."
"Cassidy wait!" Spider-Man tried to stop him but Carnage was off for the big fish.
"W-why is there... two Ravens?" Starfire muttered as she put a pause to her relentless Tamranaean attack.
"Oh no," Beast Boy gasped.
"NOT HER!" BB and Cyborg yelled at the same time.
"Nice to see you fellas again." Anger giggled in the most f'd up way you could imagine. "But if I want to make daddy happy... I better follow that Carnage kid!"
Forming a circle the Titans were bashing away at the countless numbers, only the delaying the seemingly inevitable.
"I have to get to Blood too." Raven yelled to Spider-Man.
"You two go!" Robin commanded, helping Starfire dispatch of a titanic demonic warrior. "We'll try to hold them off!"
"You're the boss." Spidey said almost jokingly, grabbing onto Raven, around her waist, slithering a webline to a nearby building.
"Stay safe," Raven said the words to her friends, more like a request. She couldn't bare thinking anything bad could happen to them.
"Oh we will," Beast Boy smirked. "Just don't get too cozy as you swing towards that direction you two."
"W-WHA?" Spidey and Raven gasped.
The rest of the Titans chuckled in mid battle, a little levity needed as they did the butt kicking they did so many times. But wait! They were blushing Spider-Man and Raven were! Aw, so cute!
"Don't get used to this." Raven muttered.
"I want to live to see tomorrow… so don't worry I won't." Spidey gulped.
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It was like a western, but like a sci-fi movie at the same time. Brother Blood stood at the top of a roof, on top of the world. On top of a world that was going to be one giant flaming marshmallow pretty soon. But as the essence evil stood cross armed, eyes closed, and his bad ass clothes flapping in the wind? The most unlikely hero made some footsteps behind him.
"This world isn't big enough for the two of us hombre."
One of Blood's eyes opened without a concern in the world, the sight of a pissed off Carnage in a black and torn cowboy hat not even worthy of his attention.
"Oh dad," Toxin sighed. "Why don't you just give up? You're not the strongest of us anymore."
"Well that's where you're wrong partnah." Carnage chewed on the straw, pointing. "I don't care how powerful you think are. My crazy will kick your uber powers in the ass kiddo."
"All talk, that's all you've become." Blood's eyes glowed red, suddenly ropes of pure energy stringing around Carnage, the symbiote's eyes bulging as it squeezed.
"H-hey! UNFAIR!" Carnage spat.
"I think you old symbiotes should have expiration dates." Blood chuckled, tightening the rope, the crimson symbiote he called 'dad' squirming.
"I couldn't agree more!"
BOOM!
That voice wasn't from Carnage, but from a more noble man. It was from our Spider-Man! And that boom was a punch that Brother Blood took like a man, not even budging as Peter's fist was drilled into his cheekbone. The indent stood but as Blood creeped his neck back, Spidey began to feel his chipped fist.
"Ooouch…" Spidey backed away grabbing his fist, only to be shoved back with another blast that sent him tumbling across the building.
Blood didn't have time to comment feeling Carnage coming from behind, easily dispatching his predecessor with a kick that the speed of light could only understand. Cassidy skidded and slammed into a wall, his pseudopodia tentacles breaking his fall.
"So annoying." Blood said to our two arachnids.
"Gee, thanks," Spider-Man smiled, coughing a bit of blood.
"We only try for you sonny boy." Carnage did the same, both getting up. "Come on Brotha! Don't let my stupid kid take over your mind! Return to being the clueless teacher!"
"Shut up!" Blood screamed, clenching his fists as demonic flames began to engulf the area. "I was going to let you two see the End of the World, but now you don't even deserve seeing it!"
"Yada yada yada," Spider-Man scowled. "End of the world? You know how many times I've heard this routine?"
Blood turned to the crimson hero. "Heh, that's why you're the big hero of the other universe... fine, maybe you aren't afraid to die... but I know what you are afraid of."
The devilish symbiote held out his hand, forming a ball of energy, pointing it at a wall.
"I know Raven's back there... and I think she deserves to die first."
Spider-Man's eyes lit up, the arachnid looking at a powerless Raven who was frozen. "W-wait!"
"No Spider-Man, stay back." Raven went out from her hiding spot, staring down Blood. "You think I'm afraid?"
"Fear of your own death is irrelevant." Blood was ready to blast her existence away. "But the idea of your friends losing you is all I am aiming for."
Raven gulped, not backing down. She was tired of running away from her destiny.
"Raven, get away!" Spider-Man walked in front of her.
"No... you two get away." Raven muttered, looking at Spider-Man... with a damn smile… Yes… you read it… a smile. "... Thanks for everything."
"W-what..?" Spidey went puzzled, only to see himself be engulfed in black energy, the same thing happening with Carnage, only that symbiote receiving a boot that would send him flying off the building.
"AAAY!" Cassidy plummeted downward.
"Raven what are you doing?" Spider-Man struggled to free himself, Raven not letting him.
"You can't fight my fight..." Raven whispered, then frowned with the sadness in her heart. "If I don't make it... it's not your fault."
"R-raven no! Let me-"
Before he could answer a ray of energy cut through the air, the blast slashing at Spider-Man's shoulder, the explosion sending the arachnid off the building in an unconscious state. Raven gasped, her heart stopping as she saw her friend wounded.
"Spider-Man!" Raven ran over, only to be stopped by a teleported Blood.
"As nice as that moment was with your boyfriend, your time with your daddy is coming soon." The sadistic symbiote smiled at his dirty work,
"Y-you… bastard." Raven clenched her fist, emotions of the most strength running through her. Sadness, anger, all of it was pumping like a ball of angst turned energy inside.
"Whoa, you still have some power left in the tank after I hi-jacked it all?" Blood chuckled.
"My… powers… don't come from my father." Raven's energy erupted from her eyes. "They come from my friends... and I won't let you hurt them anymore..."
"Heh, tell that to your dead spider."
At that instant, the essence of anger could be seen streaking into Raven, the Azarathean's soul self bursting out of her and towards Blood. The symbiote/Blood combination was already prepared...
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He opened his eyes.
Was this heaven?
One eyed masks.
This was hell?
No… it was worse.
"How you are so famous in your own world is a question that I must solve."
"W-wait…" Spidey's swirly eyes tried to decipher the upside-down image before him. "Aren't y-you..."
"Slade," The figure with the demonic sign answered. "And you are the... Spider-Man I hear so much about."
"Y-yea, I-"
"I am not impressed." A thud followed that insult, Spidey quickly flipping to his feet, clutching his shoulder which took quite a wound. "Your antics is nearly costing this world its right to exist."
"Ugh, I got no time to talk to the likes of you."
"I just saved your life kid." Slade's eye peered in the other direction. "Have a little respect."
"... I thought you were one of the bad guys."
"You thought correct." Slade chuckled, looking at the demon/earthling war below. "But, for my plans, this world needs to stay where it is."
"Man, whatever." Spider-Man scowled. "Thanks for the favor."
ZIP! The webline shot out of his wrist, but being stopped by a grip that could crush steel. Spidey looked over with a bit of surprise as Slade was looking up the building our hero was trying to scale.
"Even if you do go up there, you can't help Raven win without a plan."
"Plans?" Spider-Man scowled. "I got no time for plans! Her life is in danger!"
"And so is the rest of the planet," Slade sighed. "And they tell me you are one of the brainier heroes."
"I..." Spidey was silenced… for the first time ever in life. "Y-you're right... what can I do?"
"Oh I wouldn't worry about this too much kiddo." Slade smirked walking off. "All you need is a little miracle, and some magic... hmmph, or was that some McDonalds commercial?"
"H-hey wha?" Spidey turned to give a weird look only to see the masked man completely gone.
"Oh my God… YOU!"
That voice brought back memories of the best and worst kind.
"Cat..."
SLAP!
"OW!" Spider-Man popped up, holding his cheek. "What was that for?"
"You know how many of us were worried out of our pants for you?" Black Cat scolded at Spidey, our Parker just making faces like a innocent puppy.
"The Fantastic Four! Iron Man! The X-men! Daredevil! We were having heart attacks looking for you! And then to top it off we're handling your business! Everyone was talking bad about you but I defended you! I gave you the benefit of the doubt! But nooooo! I hear you're traveling to different dimensions on vacation and making girl friends! Ugh!"
"... I..."
"No excuses Spider!" Black Cat turned playfully, crossing her arms and 'hmph'ing.
"L-look," Spider-Man held his wound, feeling the after-effects of near death. "I got no time... Raven-"
"Raven?" Black Cat's eyes enlarger, turning. "That's her name isn't it? Ugh! That's such a lame bird name! Cats eat birds!"
"I am sorry." Spider-Man sighed, "But I gotta save the world and my friends right now okay?"
"Ugh… whatever," She turned her head back with a sexy smile. "But you owe me some explanation... and some time alone."
"... Man, what does this matter anyway?" Spider-Man looked up. "I don't know what to do." he dropped his head in defeat. "Blood is unstoppable."
"T-this is Larry's fault." Suddenly the doppelganger popped up from behind Black Cat.
All you need is a miracle, and some magic...
"Y-you!" Spider-Man gasped and pointed, eyes bulging. "This all started with you!"
"Gah!" Larry hid behind Black Cat, clinging onto the vixen's leg. A lot of people would be so envious at this point. But remember... no one can be jealous of Larry, got it!
"I am sorry Mr. Spider-Man! Larry did not mean to use his magic finger to destroy the world!"
"Are you— wait." Spidey looked at Larry. "What did you say?"
"I am sorry Mr.—"
"No after that!"
"Larry did not meant to use his magic finger to destroy the—"
"Magic finger..." Spider-Man smiled, energy rejuvenating him. The arachnid grabbed our doppelganger. "You want to fix things don't you Larry?"
"Y-yes... but—"
"You started this," Spidey began to propel both of them upwards. "Let's finish this!"
"What?" Black Cat growled. "Larry is going to beat that thing! B-but he can't even tie his own shoes Spider! Bring my little tike back here!"
Slade looked from a far distance his head drooped to the floor.
They just don't make heroes like they used to.
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Raven was determined but she was out of her league. Blood was just plain too strong. Breathing heavily out of exhaustion, the white hooded heroin missed a mystical blast, having her helpless attack answered with a shot to the gut.
A gasp that seemed inhumane squirted from Raven's lips as Blood just let her slide down to the floor.
"Daddy would be so disappointed in you." Blood chuckled, letting the insignia of the devil shoot out of his symbiote skin. "Want me to give him any last messages?"
Raven couldn't answer, blood dripping from her mouth as she wouldn't give up. The demoness leapt up, attempting to tackle Blood only to be side stepped, falling on all fours.
"You should look at yourself," Blood smiled. "So pathetic." A kick to her gray face, made Raven yelp so loud, the girl falling on her back, only to have her neck being pressed against cold concrete and Blood's foot.
"You complained about having the power to end the world... now look at you. I have that power and you have nothing."
"Aaagh!" Raven tried to struggle, grabbing a hold of Blood's foot that just kept crushing at Raven's face.
"Yes, that's it, cry out." Blood found amusement in torture. "Crushed like a little spider..."
Raven shook as fury bursted from her soul self again, the black bird of an aura, and shoving Blood back. The symbiote only back pedaled, Raven slowly getting up to only fall back on her knees. Bruised, and bleeding, Raven had nothing left, being pulled up by her purple hair.
"There there, you'll be seeing your boy toy soon... if daddy lets you that is." Blood formed a blade with his hand, putting it against her neck. Raven didn't even fight back, being limp in the mad man's grasp.
It was going to be over soon.
Sorry… I-
"You know you bad guys talk way too much."
"What the... you're still alive?"
"More than alive," Spider-Man smirked, shooting a webline across Bloods' neck that lassoed him. With a jerk the symbiote nearly had his neck snap off, teleporting to a stand from the far side of the building.
"Raven!" Spider-Man used the diversion to run over, and hold up his ailing friend, hugging her close.
"Y-you're alive..." Raven whispered, her half conscious and beaten state of mind forcing her head to rest against Spidey's chest.
"Of course," Spidey smirked. "You know better than anyone that I am harder to get rid of than a spaghetti stain on a white shirt."
"... T-thanks..." Raven broke another smile. It was like lighting striking twice... same spot... same exact moment!
"No thank yous yet." Spidey turned, holding Raven protectively as he stared down Blood. "I got to take this guy out once for all."
"And how do you expect to do that?" Blood jeered.
"Heh, all you bad guys are the same." Spider-Man titled his head amused. "You have the entire world in front of you and you think you're at the home stretch. But guess what? This is far from over."
"Says who?"
"Says the rule of heroism. The good guys always win!"
"... I am going to enjoy watching you die for real this time." Blood turned to Spider-Man, only to be side swiped by a feline.
"Hah! That's for nearly killing my Spider!" Black Cat flipped, standing side by side with a glad to be aided hero in crimson.
"You feel that?" Blood heard the voice of Spider-Man. "This is the feeling of your missed opportunity… you're gonna have so much therapy after this aren't ya?"
WHAM! A famous Spider-Man full momentum webswing kick finished the deal, plowing Blood through the wall and into the building itself. Black Cat began to celebrate immediately.
"Go Our Universe! OH YEA! That's how it's done!" Cat pranced, only to turn to Spider-Man and Raven. "Ugh, and since when did you like Gothic chicks?"
"..."
"You fools... this isn't over," Blood smiled, looking at his demonic insignia. "My demons are probably laying waste to your allies."
"Hah! You're kidding me!"
Carnage popped up, smiling like a spoiled little brat. But it was weirder than that folks, he was on a Hi-Definition LCD screen on the other side of the building. Oh yes... hi definition! All that ugly packed onto a mega pixeled screen!
"W-what the?"
"Hehe, well since ya knocked me down there, I decided to round up the whole gang by traveling through the TV tube lines." Carnage pointed. "Ya see Brotha, all those kids ya taught for so long are combining with those little goody two shoes down there! The H.I.V.E and the Titans are kickin' your demonic butts!"
The image began to static to battle zones, showing demons getting their rears handed to them by a plethora of Titans and H.I.V.E. members alike. Venom was leading the pack of baddies of course, while Robin the Titans.
"Aw what's the matter? You can have time for Carnage but not me your grandpa?" Venom sighed mockingly, looking at his own skin. "It's cause we're black isn't it!"
Blood fumed.
"You should've made sure we were dead... it's a family tradition." Venom hissed, Jinx jumping on his back and smiling with a piece sign.
"Sorry Master Blood! But we're gonna take you down!"
"Grrrrr..." Blood was now a literal fireball, a scream that shattered glass ripping through the city. "ENOUGH! THIS WORLD NEEDS TO DIE!"
Soaring upwards and into the black sky our ball of demonic Armageddon took flight, ready to unleash the most destructive force this world had ever seen. Spider-Man gasped as he felt Raven trying to stand herself up.
"L-let me go." Raven said with stutters, hobbling to a stand.
"Raven I need to get-"
"Larry, I know." Raven nodded, trying to regain her composure through deep breaths.
"Geez woman you know everything."
"Okay!" Black Cat scowled. "You are not touching Larry!" she was holding the little man in her arms protectively. "He is just a kid!"
"He's our only hope." Raven said that, only to shake her head. "I can't believe I just said that."
"Shut up you man stealing hussy!"
"..."
"Oh jeez..."
"It's okay Ms. Cat." Larry said with determined eyes. "I will defeat him without fear. Just like Robin would do!"
"B-but."
"This is very brave of you Larry." Spider-Man grabbed doppelganger. "You're a hero in my book."
"Yaay!"
"No celebrating." Raven began to glow. "Y-you'll need something to counteract Blood's attack... so you can get close enough for Larry to use his magic..."
"Raven... you're not ready to-" Spider-Man was interrupted.
"Have some faith." Raven looked up, a white Raven taking shape around her. "Get ready you two."
Spidey blinked. "You heard the lady Larry, let's do this."
"Okay!"
The moment of truth comes by in slow motion, Blood's attack already on its way to send Jump City to the anti-Disney Land we call Oblivion. The massive energy, bursting out crimson and ink black energies plummeted, Raven eyeing it down as her own white angelic power suddenly took flight, her soul self erupting with all she had left.
"Larry is ready..." He scowled, inwardly fearing for his life.
"Alright Larry... make this count." Spidey anchored himself against the ground, grabbing Larry by his wrist, web shooting around the small kid's arm.
"Mr. Spider-Man!"
"Wait..." Spidey looked as Raven's beam fought against Blood's attack, slowly giving inches to the symbitote's crimson fury.
Raven grimaced looking over at Spider-Man. "W-what are you waiting for?"
"I dunno... I was hoping there'd be some dramatic music or something." He began twisting his body for launch.
"Spider-Man!"
"J-just kiddin'." Spidey nodded. "Good luck Larry…"
VOOOOM! The kid shot off as Spider-Man heaved him, the boy darting up at speeds that eagles could only dream of. The missile followed Raven's attack, bursting through both beams like buttah. Blood could only see his giant orb of destruction, laughing, thinking victory was his.
"Good bye... world." Blood hissed.
"N-no..." The green and red tunic wearing projectile appeared, with finger pointing forward. "Good bye to you Mr. Blood!"
"W-what! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The bright lights of heaven followed. Screams of pure anger and disbelief erupted as Toxin/Blood let their losing moment be known. The energy from Larry's finger channeled into symbiote, suddenly the whole area erupting in a gigantic flash of white light, similar to what started this journey in the first place.
There was only silence.
Okay that's enough silence no?
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It was now Raven's turn to open her eyes. Ignoring all the strain and pain, those lavender orbs met that signature glassy white eyed mask with a look of concern.
"Is it... over?" Her voice cracked.
"The fight is..." Spider-Man smirked behind his mask, only to chuckle. "But my karaoke night is far from done... Girl I'll tell ya what I want, what I reall really want! Oh you'll tell me what ya want what I really really want!"
Raven and all the surrounding Titans around Spider-Man had one word to say about that.
"Ugh..."
Score another one for the good guys...
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A/N: Be prepared for a twist... yes, and this time in THIS century.