Authors note: Hi everybody, Yet another chapter finished :D I don't really know what to say, so I'll just say have fun reading, oh and I still don't own Teen titans :/
Raven and Will jumped down the ledge, landing in front of Brave. "Hello Brave, it's... good to see you, I guess." Will said dryly. Raven looked at Brave. He was covered in blood, a grin on his face and an insane look in his eyes. "Who's the hot one?" Brave asked, winking at Raven. Before he knew what what happening he was thrown to the ground, being pushed down by Raven's foot. "Don't be too brave." She said, her eyes narrowed and her voice cold and threatening. Brave laughed. "I like her already!" he exclaimed, pushing Raven's foot aside and standing up. Will sighed. "Brave, I need you to merge with me." He said. "Are you crazy!? There's a ton of monsters just dying to meet me!" he said, leaning on his sword. Will sighed again. "Could you at least come with us then, we need to help Fear." He said. Brave shook his head. "Fear? I'm not gonna waste my time rescuing that little wimp!" he said. Will was getting desperate. "But..." he said, but he was interrupted by Raven. "Leave him be, Will. The coward's obviously too scared to fight the biggest monster of them all!" she said, turning around. Will smiled, Raven was a genius. "Okay, guess you're right. Never thought I'd see Brave be afraid for something though."He said as he shrugged his shoulders and followed after Raven. Brave looked at them, a look of surprise on his face. "Did they just..." He looked at them as they were walking away. "Hey! What was that about this big monster!?" he shouted after them. Neither of them turned around so he started to run after them, quickly catching up. Brave grabbed Will by the shoulders, turning him around to face him. "Me, afraid? I never knew Wisdom could be so stupid." Brave said, grinning wickedly. "Proof it, come with us." Will simply replied as he turned around and continued walking. "Fine, but I hope for you it's a really big monster." Brave muttered as he walked after them.
It took them a while to find the entrance to the cave. Brave used that time to boast about all the monsters he had slain, to the irritation of Raven. "Oh and then there was this giant wasp swarm. Most people'd have fled, but not me of course!" Brave said, making wild gestures with his arms. "I wish one of those wasps had stinged you in your tongue." Raven said, mockingly. "Then at least you'd shut up." Suddenly Will stopped, gesturing them to shut up. "We're here." he said, pointing at an opening in the cave. The mist dissapeared a bit, revealing dozens of monster corpses lying around the entrance. Raven gasped and stepped back, feeling a bit sick. Wisdom lost all colour in his face and even Brave was taken aback. Brave walked to some of the bigger monsters, examining them. "These monsters would be a worthy match, even for me. But they're completely slaughtered!" he said softly, his voice trembling ever so slightly. He looked up at Will, all traces of confidence gone from his face. "How big was this monster again?" will stared back at Brave. "There was no monster, we made that up!" he said. Raven looked at the corpses. "Well, obviously there is." she stated. "So what now?". Brave walked to Will, maybe it'd be better if we merged, just to be safe." he said, holding out his hand. Will took it and there was a bright flash while they merged. Well Raven, I guess we don't really have choice, we need to get Fear out of there. And who knows, maybe we won't even see the monster." He said, obviously not believing the latter himself. "Right.." Raven replied, gathering her courage. The fog in the cave looked thick and threatening, a bit like the fog at Happy, but worse. Will and Raven looked at each other, Will holding out his hand. "If we get separated here..." he said, not finishing his sentence. Raven just nodded and held his hand. "Well, here goes nothing." Will said and they stepped inside.
It was worse than at Happy's place, much worse. They could barely see their own feet and the cold was dazing their senses. Neither of them made a sound, to afraid to disturb the unnerving silence that was all around them. They walked through the tunnel for a while, using their hands to feel where the tunnel was going when it split in three smaller ones, one leading straight forward, one leading upwards and one leading down. They took the one leading down, towards the heart of the mountain. Occasionally they heard a faint slithering in the distance and Raven felt the wall was sometimes wet and sticky. She held her hand before her face and noticed it was red. Quickly she put it back on the wall, trying not to think about it. They kept walking down the tunnel, it looked like it had no end. Then they felt the tunnel widen a bit, forming an open place perfect for resting. Raven had no Idea how long they'd been walking, but she was feeling terribly sleepy and her feet hurt from all the walking. But she wouldn't show it to Will, she was way to stubborn for that. But Will was also tired, and he wasn't afraid to show it. "This place would be perfect to rest a bit, maybe getting some sleep as well." he whispered, breaking the silence after all this time. Raven shivered, the fog was getting a bit less dense, as if scared by the sudden sound. "Sure, let's rest a bit." she replied and she yawned. they sat down against the wall, still to afraid to let go of each other's hands."But what if the monster shows up?" Raven asked, not eager to wake up staring in the jaws of some monster. "I'll stay awake, I'll warn you if something's coming." Will said, making himself comfortable against the stone wall. "What!?" Raven hissed. "I'm not some little girl that needs protection in the dark! If you stay awake, so will I." she continued. Will shrugged his shoulders. "Be my guest." he simply said. Raven tried to stay awake, she really did, but everything that had happened just made it impossible.
Raven woke up. She was lying really comfortable and warm. She just decided she'd go back to sleep again for a few minutes when she realized where she was. "Damn it, I still fell asleep!" she thought. But they were in a cave, Stone walls weren't that comfortable. She was lying against Will, his arm around her, protecting her and keeping her warm. She shot upright, her face becoming red. "Sorry." she mumbled, putting up the hood of her cape to hide her face. Will just smiled. "Don't worry Raven, you must've been exhausted. He stood up as well, holding out his hand to Raven again. "Let's go." he said. Raven took his hand. She noticed the mist had lifted in their little sleeping place, allowing her to take a close look at Will. She noticed he looked very tired, he must've stayed awake while Raven was sleeping. "Thank you." Raven said softly, and they continued walking through the tunnel. They'd been walking for about an hour when they heard a roar echoing through the tunnel, making the ground shake and freezing the blood in their veins. "What was..." Raven said, but before she could finish her sentence the ground beneath them collapsed, sending them tumbling down. Mid air, Will grabbed Raven and held her above him, breaking her fall with his body. They smacked against the ground and Raven could her something break. "Will!?" she cried out, quickly getting off of him. His face was drawn together in pain and he was unable to speak. If that wasn't enough she heard the roar again, and it sounded much closer this time. "Will, get up! Please!" She begged him, starting to panic. "Aarrggh, my back." Will groaned, trying to sit up. The roaring came again, getting closer and closer. Raven looked around, but the fog was to dense here to see the monster. She helped Will stand up, supporting him. "Thanks" Will managed to say, gritting his teeth in pain. They stumbled further, away from the roaring that kept coming closer. Then Raven heard something else, someone was hiding nearby, crying to himself. "Will, I think I found Fear!" she whispered, and they walked towards the sound. When they came close Fear tried to run away, but Raven quickly grabbed him by his shirt. "Fear, listen carefully!" she whispered sternly. "We've come here to help you, but you need to merge with Will!" Fear looked at Will, who looked like he could collapse any moment. "No way!" he moaned, trying to get loose from Raven's iron grip. Raven pulled him closer, looking him in the eyes with her most threatening look. "Would you rather face that thing all alone then!?" she hissed. At the same moment the monster roared again, closer than ever. Fear's eyes widened in terror. "Okay I'll do it!" he cried, touching Will on the shoulder and merging together.
The fog thickened and Will's face turned white. Raven could hear whispers coming out of the mist, too soft to hear what they were saying. She felt something was looking at her from the fog, something hidden. She looked around but couldn't see anything. Then she noticed a piece of the fog was blurry, whirling around. She couldn't look directly at it, it was like it wasn't really there. The blur became bigger, closer, and the whispers got louder as well. They promised Raven terrible things, depicting horrible fates for her and her friends. The thing, whatever it was, came closer and closer. Raven could hear a scraping sound, like claws scraping over the ground. She wanted to scream, to run, but she was completely paralyzed by fear. The thing was close now, close enough for her to touch it. The whispers in her head were deafeningly loud now, her vision blurry. The thing bend forwards, almost touching her. Raven screamed. "Leave her alone!" Will shouted and he jumped in front of Raven, a sword of pure light in his hand. He lashed out with it, slicing the thing in two. There was a deafening screech filling the air. The whispers stopped and the fog cleared, revealing a giant cavern. They were standing at the edge of it, the entrance of a tunnel close by. Raven looked around the cavern, when she noticed something standing in the middle, something terrible. The creature was tall and lean. Its skin was pale, almost white. It had no eyes or nose, just a big, open jaw with long jagged teeth. It had long, skinny arms with big, jagged claws instead of hands. Even though it had no eyes, Raven could feel it staring at her, like a predator looking at its prey. Raven realized the thing in the mist had just been an illusion, the real monster was just playing with them. Raven looked at Will, he had seen it as well. "Will?" Raven said. "Yes, Raven?" he replied, not losing the monster out of his sight. "Run." she said, and they sprinted towards the entrance of the tunnel.
The monster roared and sprinted after them. It was much easier to run through the tunnels now the fog was gone, and the roars of the monster became more distant. The tunnel split, both ways leading up. "Where do we go!?" Raven cried out, trying to figure out which way the exit was. But before Will could answer the monsters came crashing through the wall behind them, collapsing the way back. Will responded quickly, stabbing his sword through the monster's chest. It roared deafeningly, and lashed out to Will, it hit him in the chest and send him flying against the wall, collapsing the left tunnel. "Will!" Raven cried out, dark lightning coming out of her hands. She had kept her powers in check all this time, but it finally became too much. Her eyes shot black fire and she raised her hands towards the monster. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she chanted, sending black lightning to the monster. It roared in pain. The whole mountain shook, Raven's magic had done severe damage to it. Stones came crashing from the ceiling, almost crushing Raven and Will. The monster was buried underneath big blocks of stones, but she could still see it move. Quickly she grabbed will under his arms and started to drag him up the tunnel. Rocks kept falling around her, only just missing her and Will. Then one of the stones hit Raven on her head, causing her to let go of Will and falling down herself. Dazed she looked at Will and the monster behind him, still buried. But she could see it move, rocks rolling off of it, it had almost freed itself again. She quickly got up and picked Will up again. "Just a bit more" she said to herself, she could see a faint light coming from the corner behind her. There was a roar and she saw the monster was free again, staring at her with its empty face. It started to sprint towards them, it was only a few steps away now. Raven stumbled over a rock and they rolled outside, in the light of the sun. They had made it! The monster stood in the entrance of the tunnel, not stepping into the light. Raven lay on the ground, looking at the sun. She was glad to see it again, it meant they were safe.
Then Raven noticed something in the sky. She frowned, black clouds were forming, blocking the sunlight. "No!" Raven whispered and she looked at the monster again. It was grinning wickedly at her, it knew she was doomed. Raven looked at Will, she saw he was conscious again, but he looked like he couldn't even stand up by himself. The clouds completely blocked the sun now, casting the whole mountain in a dark shadow. The monster slowly walked out of the tunnel, his movements calm and confident. Raven tried to get up, but she just couldn't, it had all been too much. The monster was standing in front of her now, ready to lash out and end it. From the corner of her eyes she saw Will stand up. "I believe I've told you this before, leave her alone!" he said, his voice cold and threatening. The monster turned towards Will and looked at him. Will had these blades attached to his lower arms, made of pure light it seemed, just like Brave had during his fight. She noticed he also had throwing knifes in his hands. He threw his knifes at the monster's legs and charged forward. The monster roared, trying to protect his legs with his claws, leaving his top open. When Will was close enough he jumped and lashed out, slicing open the monster's shoulder and landing behind it. The monster turned around, trying to hit Will. He saw it coming though, and blocked it with his blades. The force was so great that Will was send flying backwards, but his blades almost separated the arm of the monster. Will hit the wall with a loud crack, and Raven wondered how he could still stand. "He must've broken a lot of bones by now." she thought. But Will kept going on, a grin on his face. He charged at the monster, acting like he was going in for a blow to its side, then sidestepped and hit its knee, fracturing it. The monster roared in pain. Will fell to his knees, the battle was taking its toll on him. The monster looked towards him, Will could feel the hate radiating off of it. Then it smiled, and turned to look at Raven. Will's eyes widened in terror. "NO!" he cried out, struggling to get up. The monster crawled towards Raven, his right leg a bloody pulp and his left arm hanging useless by his side. Will looked at the monster and then at Raven, there was no way he could safe her, not without getting too close. Raven looked at the monster, it was coming closer every second. She saw that Will had collapsed on the ground and was still struggling to get up. Before she could think of something to do, Will shouted something inaudible and tackled the monster, stabbing it repeatedly in the chest. The monster roared, stabbing Will in the side with its right claw. Raven could see the claw tearing through Will's side, blood dripping on the ground. Will's blood. But Will kept stabbing the monster, mortally wounding it. As a last resort the monster bit Will in the shoulder, and Will cried out in pain. He stabbed the monster a final time. It roared in pain and fell to the ground, turning to dust that was blown away by the wind. Raven finally gained back control over her body. She quickly got up, running towards Will. He was wounded badly, very badly. "Will!?" Raven cried out, examining his wounds. He was bleeding badly from his side, and she could see he had a lot of internal damage. She was about to make some bandages from her cape when she heard a rumbling noise, that shook the entire mountain. She walked to the edge of the plateau and looked over it. "Great, just great" Raven murmured. There was an entire army of monsters climbing the mountain. The magic had fed on the personalities, but when they had taken the food away it hadn't just rolled over and starved, it was looking for new food. "Will?" she said, stepping back from the edge. "Yes...Raven" he managed to speak. "We have a problem." Raven said. She told him about the army of monsters scaling the mountain. The creatures were closing fast, there was only one solution. Will managed to stand up, still bleeding from a dozen wounds. He grabbed Raven's hands, looking her in the eyes. "Raven, use your powers, destroy them all!" he said, his voice trembling a bit, from both emotion and pain. But it also sounded determined, he knew the cost. Raven looked at him in shock. "I... I can't! If I do that I'll destroy most of your mind as well!" She said, her eyes wide open in fear. Will nodded. "I know Raven, but it's better than getting caught. I'd rather die!" He said, his voice soft and reassuring now. "I can't... I won't!" Raven stumbled. The price was just too great, she couldn't just... kill him. "Raven, please. Don't make me beg." Will said, a tear starting to form in his eye. "My mind Will heal, with your help I'm sure of it." he continued, smiling at Raven. Raven closed her eyes, a tear falling on the ground. "Azarath..." She started to chant. Will did a step back, looking at the sorceress. "Metrion..." She continued. She opened her eyes and looked at Will one last time. "I might kill him, I might destroy everything we've accomplished, right here, right now." Raven thought. "Don't worry Raven, I believe in you." Will said, seeing her worries, and he smiled. "Zinthos!" She said, feeling the power flow out of her, searing everything around her. Then it all went black.
So yeah, another chapter done. This will probably be the only chapter with horror in it (unless people want more?). But yeah, I'm still open to ideas, if anyone has any.