Chapter 16
"You are ready," slade hissed. "Nice very nice, you have the same darkness in your soul that I have."
Slade was pacing around Raven who was now in an outfit that was completely different from her original one. It was a body suit that was half black half purple, it had a slit in the torso showing off her breast and midsection, it had a utility belt full of minor weapons and she wore a mask that covered her face only allowing her different colored eyes to show. The look in her eyes was full of hatred and vengeance.
It had been nine months since slade began training her. Like an unborn baby forming in the womb of its mother, Raven harnessed her combat skills and even her dark magic skills. Today was the day that she finally was allowed to be free from the womb slade called his lair. Today was the birth of the shadow knight.
"What is your destiny?" he asked her.
"I will avenge us," she replied. "
"Perfect, what I have taught you my dear?" he asked.
"The Titans are the enemy," she replied with scowl.
"And what are you going to do?" he hissed.
"I will take them down, destroy their little team," she smirked.
"Correct my dear," he said holding her chin up to his face. "Now go."
It had been nine months since the loss of their friend Raven, but things were starting to get somewhat better.
Although things were getting a lot better many thing had also changed.
The biggest change was Beastboy and terra.
About three months ago they broke up.
After Ravens death, Beastboy wasn't the same.
He was not as happy and he taken to becoming more sladesessed than Nightwing.
Although terra still blamed herself, she managed to be happy. Not too long after her and bbs break she found another man to love and who loved her back.
Beastboy was the only one who wasn't happy.
He didn't realize how much he would miss Raven.
When he finally did realize it was too late.
Beastboy was sitting at the roof, one of her favored meditation spots.
(I really hate my computer for crashing one me and forcing me to rewrite this entire next section of the chapter )
He looked onto the horizon imagining she was yelling at him for interrupting her meditation.
"Rae," he said to no one. "Why did you have to leave me?"
Just then the alarms started to go off.
Everyone was in the common room instantly.
"Who is it this time?" Cyborg asked Nightwing.
Nightwing squeezed his hands and turned around. Anger was beyond evident on his face.
"Slade," he spoke with hatred.
All the titans looked flabbergasted, Slade hadn't appeared in months. Nine months to be exact.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Beastboy yelled. "Let's go make him pay."
Everyone nodded and went to the factory where "slade" was said to be.
….
When they entered the factory nothing seemed to be wrong. It was as quiet as death.
"It doesn't look like anybodies here," Cyborg said breaking the silence.
"Come out Slade you coward," Beastboy yelled.
Nothing.
"Come out you bastard," he yelled again.
This time they were all sent back by a punch of purple power sending them flying.
"What the," terra said getting up.
"Since when can Slade do this," Starfire said rubbing her head.
"He can't," said the voice of what sounded to be a young teenage girl.
She came out of the shadows clad in a half purple half black outfit similar to slades; she had a masked that covered the majority of her face. Only the colors of her eyes and her mouth showed.
"Who are you?" Nightwing demanded.
She glared at them. Just her look gave them a familiar chill.
'Why does that look seem so familiar,' Beastboy asked himself.
She then smiled and raised her hand in the air. It started to glow and spark a mixture of purple and black. Things in the factory did as well.
"Names shadow night," She said. "And I am slades apprentice."
She then flicked her hands and everything that was surrounded by her power flew at the titans
The titans struggled to dodge the objects that keep flying at them.
Shadow knight just stood there not moving.
During the fray Beastboy had managed to escape.
Shadow Knight didn't notice that is until a ram rammed into her.
"Ahhhh," she said flying into the wall.
"You know hot stuff," Beastboy said. "Slade isn't the kind of person you want to be working with."
"Yeah well beats being part of your pathetic team," Shadow screamed.
Her eyes turned purple and Beastboy started to glow and spark purple.
"Ahhhh," he screamed in pain.
He started to see things.
He was seeing his parent's death.
Terras death.
Raven becoming the portal.
Raven running away and never coming back.
Shadow Knight was making Beastboy relive his worst memories.
Then out of nowhere a star bolt hit her.
"You will not harm my friend," Starfire screamed.
Beastboy snapped out of his visions.
All the titans had their weapons and powers pointed at Shadow Knight.
"Who are you and why are you working for Slade?" Nightwing commanded.
"Don't act like you don't remember me," she yelled.
All the titans looked dumbstruck.
"It's your own faults I am working for him," she hissed. "With him I can get my revenge against you titans."
"We don't know you," Terra spoke up. "Whatever slade is putting into your head is a lie."
"He said you'd say that," she said. "He said that you would try to turn me against him, but I remember he saved me from you guys."
"Look," Cyborg said. "Come back with us and we will straighten things up."
"ha," she laughed. "you think you can lie to me."
"slade is a manipulator," nightwing said. "I fell for his tricks once too."
"so did I," Terra added.
"but we both got out," Nightwing continued. " so can you."
"who says I want to?" she smirked. "well titans I bid you adieu."
She then disappeared and sent a blast of energy to all the Titans who were hit.
"whoever that was," Nightwing said dusting off. " she was powerful."
'I need to know who she is ,' Beastboy thought to himself. 'she seems too familiar.'
…..
Raven had taken off her Shadow Knight outfit and returned to her normal cloak.
"good job my dear," Slade said as she entered the living room. "you did better than expected."
He wasn't wearing a mask and you could see his beautiful face . before trigon it would have been the face of an old man, but after regaining his life he had also regained his youth.
His face made him look like a twenty-five year old. He still had the white hair and eye-patch but his feature s were slim and chiseled. He could still be a model if he wanted to be.
"thanks ," Raven replied sitting down. "but I could have done better. The green one managed to catch me off guard."
"don't let it get to you," slade replied. "anyways I have a surprise for you."
"what is it?" Raven asked with excitement.
"your always saying that you want friends right?" he asked.
"yeah," she replied. "your not gonna put me with those idiot hive five members are you?"
"no my dear," he said with a chuckle. "next week you will start high school as a sophomore. Your name will be Rachelle Roth."
Raven looked a little shocked.
"thank- thankyou Sir," she said going up to him. "I really appreciate this."
He grabbed her cheeks .
"it's a reward for being such a great apprentice," he said.
"thank you," she said touching the hand that was on her cheek.
She then reached up to his and kissed him.
He was taken a little bit by surprised but kissed her back.
"what was that for?" he asked her with a smirk.
"that was a thank you," she said leaving the room.
"looks like you really do have her trust," wintergreen said entering the room.
"yes ," slade smiled. " looks like I really do."
…..
Back at the titans tower everyone was lying in bed asleep. That is except for Beastboy.
He was thinking of Shadow Knight.
"one of her eyes was just like Ravens," he said to himself.
He was looking at a picture of Raven.
"Rae," he said looking at the picture. " I swear I will avenge you."
He gazed at the picture then put it down.
"as for you Shadow Knight," he said. "I think I will try to save you from slades clutches."
He then went to sleep having dreams of his Raven, yet somewhere along his fantasies Shadow Knight appeared.
She grabbed Raven by her neck.
Beastboy couldn't move .
Shadow Knight smirked and took Raven into her arms and disappeared.
Beastboy awoke in a sweat , what had he just dreamed?
…..
Well there ya go. That was fun to write.