Quetzalcoatl and the Wolf

Chapter 82: Stopping Him

A/

"So as you all see —

RRING!

"Thank goodness!" Tara Markov and her friends left one class that had been their last for the year. Now was time for love, summer and fun in California! "Yeah, I know right? What's up with her since…"

The voices died as the classes were now gone and no longer anywhere but outside the school grounds. Terra was just about to leave but the door refused to budge. "That's odd…" she wondered to herself. With her friends having all gone home and no more teacher's rooms unlocked, she would just have to try the back entrance. Turning a corner she noticed a shadow on the wall shaped as a girl or boy. "Maybe I shouldn't…" she began. "Then again…"

"Wait up!" The shadow began to waver from its spot till it was off down the hall. Terra ran after it in desperate need of not getting a complaint from her parents on the last day of school. To her surprise the shadowed figure stopped for her.

"Excuse me? Sorry I wanted to know if you could…." The figure was tall and muscular. This almost reminded her of Slade's form which made her heart beat fast. "Who are you?" She had not yet admit that she was scared. The figure was in shadows and had the face of a wolf. A white wolf with terrible, sharp, pointed teeth and eyes lighting up the darkness. With dark tendrils around the place he came for her. "Where is your Beastboy now?"

B/

"You should go to her. He'll find her before anyone else." Slade and Beastboy were in locked combat as he'd said it. "She'll be gone forever from your thoughts…" He hissed as he ran into the animal form of the Titan. Lifting him up with amazing strength that Bb was surprised Slade even had, he turned into a snake and coiled in around the man. "Terra won't be hurt by you or anyone, anymore!" He bit the man with venom pulsing through his enemy's veins. But Slade only shook off the feeling and kept his head up.

Robin had gotten help from Cyborg as they both lifted up a dazed Koriander from her spot on the ground in the pit. "Star, Starfire?" She groaned and moved her hand to her head. "X'al…Where am I?" She seemed to be disoriented. "Alice sure did a number on you, huh?" Was he smiling?… Robin was smiling as easily as he'd been hurt by his old yet not as close friend. Down at Starfire he leaned in. "Are you better? Do you need me to —

Why do you say she…'did a number' on me?" asked the princess. Robin flushed pink. "Um…we just had no idea what she was planning, that's all." Starfire brought herself up by her elbows. "You say that she is strong, but please. I am the strong one." Crossing her arms the Tameranean said nothing as she stared at the pit around her. "On Tameran we never lose a battle." She inquired. "But Starfi —

No! I will not lose to the enemy I have yet failed in attempt at settling. She, is mine." Robin and Cyborg watched as her rage fueled her into battle, leaving the others in her dust. "Why didn't you stop her? She's gonna beat up Alice!" Cyborg pointed at the trail that the girl had left for them to follow. Robin got off of his knee and started to climb out of the pit. "I will, after we help Raven and get Beastboy. Star isn't the least to worry about, Slade…" Cyborg saw as Robin went on running down to his friend by the stairs. He shook his head. "That kid…" After thinking clearly enough he ran on after his leader.

/

The wolf faced man came closer. "Have you been planning on leaving this whole time? Tsk tsk, Tara my dear." Terra stepped back into a wall. "What? What do you want? I don't have anything to give you…" The wily creature smiled. "Oh but you do my dear, you see…how shall I put this….Within you lies a spirit, one that I need…"

Sadly Terra did not get the joke. "Phsh, I don't even know what you're talking about!" She wanted to walk away right now and leave this nut still talking. Terra looked up worriedly. "Who are you? What do you want, cause I have an exam to take later and —

My dear, oh…I want you." Terra's eyes grew wide. "You know, Beastboy let me in on a lot of secrets about you, young lady." Terra shook. "No…he….he's not…..Beastboy would never —

Ah, but he did, I can read him like an open book, as so can I you." Terra dropped her books. "Why me? Just because I know the Titans doesn't mean —

It does not you are correct, but you are something else. That power lying dormant inside, so cold yet like a flame just waiting to catch fire. To the next thing it touches. Come to me, I will show you how to use your power wisely. Tara."

"You're wrong! That isn't me anymore, it's all gone! It's—

Lies. You are a princess from my past that must be reborn, now come. Out!" Rushing towards her with a staff of his own in a unique deadly form he tried to catch her off guard as she rolled and ducked for cover from the blows. "Stop! Your going to —

Ahh!" Rafters started to fall all around her form as the school's halls were beginning to crumble. "Get away from me!" Tara ran to the nearest door and started pulling but soon something of electrical surge and power took hold of water and lit the room. Fire was their next dilemma. The wolf faced figure soon became angry and yet again brought his staff to full fledged power.

C/

Starfire knew that her friends counted on her for most of every day. For winning a battle or saving a cat from a tree, 'the works' they called it. But something in her was unsettling on this very day, a being such as herself had no control whatsoever over anything known to this world, she was lost in it. She kept up her head as she flew thinking sadly that worthy was not only a lost cause for her but a broken wreath of failure. I. Will. Not. Lose! In her head she repeated this till her brain felt it would splint in two —

Robin….How she remembered the recording of fake Slade's message when Robin had been plagued by his shadow. It will break your city in two. The whole story had not yet been explained but that part had, having been emptied of details yet to reveal themselves. Slade was back, that was the reality. And Starfire and the others had to stop him from hurting Beastboy, one of her greatest friends on the planet she lived. He was in pain of losing all he cared deeply for. And Alice…would pay for making her lose.

"Starfire, stop!" She began to slow down so that her love was by her side, her hated ex. "Why do you wish to speak." Robin held up as he finally stopped running and let her turn to him instead. That was until they heard a faint scream.

"Let's go —

But what of —

I'll talk to you about it later, right now Slade is —

SHWING

"Going to pay…"

/

"What's the matter? Something getting you down." Beastboy wiped his lip from the saliva as he limped over to Slade. "No. Just a rest." He uttered. His mind was fuzzy since Slade had used a powder on him so that he couldn't change shape. Now he was out of breath. And Slade, was winning. "You'll never see her again, once what's done is done." He quoted. "She's still mine after all thi —

Liar! She's no one's but her own person, especially since after what you did to her…." Slade scoffed. "Who me? Silly boy, you are blinded by something that was never yours in the first place. But she will have no choice but to find either of us once it happens."

Beastboy took a breath. "It what?" he asked confused. "Something I have in mind for the both of us once she returns of course." Beastboy became cold as his breath became visible right in front of him. Something was up…Slade was getting more power than he needed, and Beastboy was weaker than him!

"Beastboy! I've —

Hiyah!" Alice attacked as Arisu the darkness and fell upon both Robin and Starfire while Raven tried to work her way between groups. "Beastboy, I'm coming!" she called out while her friends fended off against Arisu. Without looking back Raven blasted at Slade whose power levels were off the charts! Raven began to feel queasy. "He's…gotten stronger…" she tried. Beastboy held her up. "No, Rae stay up, we need you…" She slumped down as her power was being drained from her body by an invisible force. "This is all your fault, Slade!" Cried Beastboy over the howling wind of a coming storm. Slade didn't say a word. "HEY! Answer me freak! What happened to her?"

Slade got off of his knee, dusting himself off and spoke. "She's asleep from a special force from the magic being around here, she can't control her power. That's why you have. Me." Beastboy burst into a great flame as he was soon able to control HIS abilities again. As a rhino he proved to be even for Slade too hard to handle. He fell on top of the man, trampling him to the bone. But even an immortal can have his day. The freezing power from Slade soon returned as ice and snow were hurled at Bb in an attempt to get away. "Why won't you —

ROAW!!" As a lion, now Beastboy had fur to protect himself from the cold. But barely enough energy but hate left. "Have you given up?" Slade didn't sound too cool. Not now anyway. "Not yet…"

Terra's freaked, Robin's as determined as ever and Star is mad…What will happen next?