Strange Feelings: Chapter 11

Everything has an ending

Raven stood up while a white aura covered her. Her long purple hair was undulating in all directions and her body was full of power. Her eyes were white, and her smile had disappeared.

"Something tells me that we are going to have a real fight now", Malchior said challenging

She didn't answered, she just move her arm while everything was covered with a grey energy.

"He is not going to survive Raven, not even if you stop time", the wizard told her

"I just did it so that anyone stop our fight", she said with a tone that showed how her blood was boiling. "How could you? How many times are you going to make me suffer? ", Raven asked preparing to attack

"I think you are exaggerating, I just make some illusions of your boyfriend with another girl, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself"

"Don't try to make me feel guilty. The only thing I did wrong was not burning your book when I could"

"That's not true, I still remember the kiss we have some minutes ago Raven, and after that, I am sure that you still love me"

"How dare you to tell me that?" the titan asked angrily. "After locking you in the book the only thing that I wanted was destroy you, and I still have that feeling"

"I am sorry, did you say feeling? ", Malchior said as if he hadn't heard well. "Let me remember you that you can't feel, and if you have felt something for me, it wasn't hate"

"You are very wrong if you think that Malchior. The only thing you make me feel was a bit of happiness when you told me I wasn't wear. But that changed and has turned in nothing but hate", Raven assured him

"It doesn't matter what I say you are going to push me back", the wizard told to himself. "The only thing I can do then is to eliminate you, unless that you give me a third chance"

"Not even in your dreams! ", Raven lost all her patience and attacked him with black energy

Malchior avoided the ray just in time with a jump and he prepared to attack.

"It's a pity, we would have spend a nice time together", he said while he threw her three green rays and she avoided them easily. "I just have a few more questions in my mind, for example, how did that cat fish fall in love with you?"

"His name is Aqualad", she answered while she hit him with the help of a rock. "And I am not going to waste my time explaining you things that you can't understand"

"Yes, you are right, trying to understand how that leech felt attracted by a ingenuous, silly and ugly girl like you is something that I would never understand", Malchior said, but he shut up immediately when he was knocked down by Raven's rays

"He saw things in me that you can't even imagine", she said with a low kick

But the real fight was just starting. Malchior stood up angrily and after a few steps he hit Raven with a ball of energy and she ended against a wall. But she wasn't going to give up so easily, so she starting flying and threw him a lot of rocks with her power.

Malchior avoided almost every rock with a lot of difficulty, but a big one hit him on his leg and he lost his agility and speed.

"I am getting tired of this game Raven", Malchior commented throwing her a lot of spells

Raven avoided them with agility by flying, but the real problem was when he threw acid rays against Aqualad. Without losing time she saved him and put his body in a safer place.

"Why do you save a body without life? ", Malchior asked while he kept attacking with spells

Raven didn't answer, she covered Aqualad with a shield and then she threw herself against Malchior.

"You want another kiss? ", Malchior asked with a punch

"You look really desperate", Raven she concentrated her black energy and threw it to the wizard to knock him down

"You wish", he whispered before ending in the floor

But the effect of the blow was more painful than seemed, since Malchior hit so loudly against the wall, that provoked a slide and part of the roof where he was collapsed.

But he wasn't going to leave that a simple over-excited girl defeats him. He managed to liberate himself of the rocks that were above him and he attacked Raven's weakest point, her heart.

"I wonder how anybody is afraid of you with such scary powers", he said while he attacked her with rays. "I am sure that the souls of your friends tremble when they see you using them"

"If you think that you are going to provoke me more than you already did, you have made a serious mistake", the young titan said avoiding the beams and then she used them against him

"Provoke you? No, the words that you are looking for are creating chaos, my dear Raven, but why do you think I would do that? You can't control yourself", Malchior avoided her attacks and let her think

"What are you talking about? I have my feelings in order", Raven said

"That's not true, look around you, everything has been destroy, the cave is collapsing and everything because you are angry. You can't feel Raven, you can't and you are never going to be able to do it. If you feel, you turn into a danger for everyone else. I don't understand why you protect all the people that you will finally kill"

"Stop it!"

"You are a demon, that is you destiny, to destroy everyone and cover everything with darkness, nothing can save you Raven"

"Enough!"

"Is your future!"

"Stop!"

"Your destiny!"

It was the drop that spilt the water glass. Raven's patience crossed the limit and everything around her began to exploit.

Malchior was observing with a smile in his lips. He enjoyed seeing everything disappearing and turning into simple dust.

Raven couldn't control herself, it was too much power for her, too much suffering and she couldn't stop. The power was coming from her and was absorbing everything around her.

Everything was true; she was a danger for all, and the best thing she could do was to let the power absorb her and disappear forever.

But when Raven opened her eyes for last time, her power was going to absorb Aqualad to. She could not allow that, she couldn't. He had given his life in order that she could live. And now she was letting that the simple words of a wizard conquer her. No, she couldn't allow that this continue. If she could make something, it was making worth her life, at least for Aqualad.

Slowly, Malchior's smile disappeared. The dark energy of Raven was moving back and turned from black to white while she grinned.

"It can't be, it is impossible", Malchior whispered

"Everything is possible in war and love Malchior, and I am tired of you and your stupid words"

"You are going to regret this Raven, you are going to regret the moment you decided to reject me and change me for a fish! Jelia Iraux fliox tem arty!"

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

The cave was illuminated by a great shock of energies and everything ended with a great explosion. The rocks were jumping throughout, and the powder was invading all the tunnels of the underground caverns.

In a corner, someone stood up firmly, his face was showing weariness and soon it was covered with blood.

"You are going to regret this... I promise", Malchior the wizard whispered his last words before laying on the floor and turning into his original form

On the other side, a protective white shield had been formed to protect two persons. Aqualad was laying on the floor and Raven was at his side smiling with the face full of weariness. Her body was very weak for the excess of power that she had used, but she still had enough to do what she had to. Slowly, she placed her hand in Aqualad's forehead and declared a few words before falling at his side.

On the following day, Raven opened slowly her eyes; she deduced immediately that she was in the infirmary. But unlike previous times, this time she remembered exactly what had happened.

Her body had already recovered something of energy, and without thinking it twice she jumped of the bed and went out of the infirmary. She ran through all the corridors of the tower and she finally crossed the door that was leading to the common room.

Just like she expected, she found the person she was looking for. Aqualad was looking through the window, and he was in perfect conditions.

There wasn't anybody else in the common room, and with the sound of the door being opened, he had turned around.

Several minutes passed before one of the two reacted. Finally, it was Raven the one that interrupted what was looking like an eternal silence. She started crying but she couldn't pronounce a word. Slowly, she walked up to Aqualad, who kept immobile observing her. Just when a few steps were separating them, he walked towards her and surrounded her with his arms.

Raven returned the hug and felt Aqualad's hand taking away her tears.

"I am so sorry", Raven apologized

"It is not important Raven", Aqualad said calmly

"Of course it is important, I didn't trust you and I doubted of everything you told me. If I had trusted you, nothing of this would have happened. You almost die because of me, I am sorry", she said while tears came out again

"That's not your fault, is mine. If I had told you what I was trying to do with Beast Boy and Terra you wouldn't have suffered. And then you saved my life, thanks for that"

Raven noticed a strange tone in Aqualad's voice, something strange was happening.

"We can't carry on", Aqualad said while he stopped hugging her and he looked her directly to her eyes. "This is getting out of control Raven"

"What?" Raven couldn't believe him

She could understand that he was angry with her by all the problems she caused. She hadn't trusted him and he had almost end dead. But if he had told her his plans, maybe nothing of this would have happen, and thanks to her powers he was still in this world. Besides, hadn't she demonstrated all her love for him in the fight with Malchior? I didn't have sense.

"Since the moment we start to get out nothing has been the same. Our friends fight against themselves, and us, and now the villains are making use of our relationship so we hurt each other. We can't let that this happen again", the Atlantean explained

"What do you mean?"

"Beast Boy and Robin almost kill me because we start dating"

"Robin?"

"Yes, he is in love with you and when he thought that I had been with another girl, thing that I never did, he almost kill me in front of everyone in the party. But now he is in Tamaran with Starfire trying to apologize because he realized that she was her true love", Aqualad said. "And then we have Slade and Malchior or whatever his name is. Slade escaped and I am sure that he is going to return. Malchior doesn't exist anymore, but we don't know if you really destroyed him forever"

Raven couldn't react, it was too much information.

"We can't be together", Aqualad concluded with an expression in his face that showed pain. "The more time we spend together, the more I expose you to danger, I don't want that anything bad happens to you. The best thing we can do is to forget everything and leave it just a beautiful memory", Aqualad began to walk towards the exit so slowly, that it was obvious that he didn't like anything of what he had said

"A beautiful memory? You want to leave all the things that we passed together just as a beautiful memory? Nothing else?" Raven asked astonish while she walked towards him. "I am sorry to disappoint you, but I won't forget that, all the moments I spend with you are more that simple memory to me"

"Raven, you have to understand... "

"I don't to understand, Aqualad, you are the best thing that has ever happen to me in my entire life. Without you, I would never know how to feel, I wouldn't have done things or met places I haven't met before, thanks to you I was able to control myself, and that would never be a simple memory for me", Raven explained while they look to each other eyes

"I am never going to make you understand", Aqualad said defeated with a smile. "This is going to be really hard, I can assure it to you"

"After all the things we have passed together, what can be more difficult?" she asked while they hug again

"Whatever it is I don't wanna know. I don't know what is more difficult, trying to conquer your heart or keep you by my side", Aqualad commented

"Now you want to keep me by your side?"

"What do you mean?"

"Half second ago you wanted to get rid of me"

"I was trying to protect you", he said. "But I couldn't convince you because you are a very stubborn person", he added with a smile

"What is that suppose to mean?"

"That you aren't a simple memory for me Raven, you are my eternal present"

"There is too much love in the air, I don't know if I can keep supporting this", Raven whispered while there faces were getting close

"You think?" Aqualad whispered before they kissed

Raven put her arms around his boyfriend's neck and he put his in her waist. But this kiss wouldn't last long, because just as almost every important moment in this fic, they were interrupted by their teammates who arrived from the pizza store.

Aqualad separated his lips from Raven's; he knew she didn't like that their friends saw them like this. But for his surprise, she didn't care and she trapped his lips with hers in front of all.

"Dude, this is very weird", Beast Boy exclaimed

"Nothing is more weird than those girls asking you for your autograph", Speedy said

"What can I say, every girl dreams to be with me", the green titan answered

"The day that that happens cows will fly", Cyborg told him while everyone laugh

"Why is that everyone laughs at me all the time?" Beast Boy asked angrily

"Hey guys, do you want pizza or not?" Cyborg asked the couple who were still hugging each other on the other side of the room

"I don't think that anything bad will happen if you release me", Raven said trying to walk away

"Do you think?" Aqualad asked laughing

"There is a possibility", Raven answered with a last kiss

What do you think? I know it is very short if I compare it with other chapters but there isn't anything else to tell. I hope you like it and please don't forget to leave reviews.

Thanks to everyone and by supporting my strange English, have a nice day, Bye!

Ishii Sen Ling