Chapter 15 - Concupiscence
Clay grinned ear to ear at the sight of Raven. He quickly picked himself up and flew in front of Raven.
"Well, well, well… look at this. The little demon girl has challenged me. You've been putting me down, insulting me, and calling me an amateur… Well buckle up Rae-Rae. This is gonna get bumpy…" hissed Clay as he shot a stream of purple energy towards Raven.
Raven countered the projectile with a beam of her own but it was fighting a losing battle with Clay's more potent energy.
"I can't… lose. Especially not to you!" growled Raven as she poured more emotion into her attack. The deadlock nudged a bit towards Clay but it was pushed back to Raven just as fast.
"Oh but you will Raven. And you will do it miserably!!" laughed Clay as he summoned several orbs of energy around him. With a blink of his eye, the orbs propelled themselves with staggering speed as they danced around Raven. "Well Raven, any last words? Ready to beg for your life? Ready to make that you're hurting your friends speech??" insulted Clay.
Clay's words cut deep into Raven's emotions. All this time, she was suppressing her anger towards the sage. But she had enough. She let her emotions take control of her actions. She unleashed her innermost rage. Every drop of vile and hatred inside of her spilled. Her usual face was morphed into its demonic form, contorted with rage with four piercing eyes as red as blood. She was covered in a blanket of darkness and streams of malevolent energy spilled from her pitch black figure.
"You insolent sage! I will rip every limb from your carcass!!" roared Raves as webs of dark energy caught the energy orbs and smothered them with darkness.
"Now we're talking. The power of Trigon. Primal Demon energy at it's greatest…" praised Clay. "I always knew you had it in you Raven…" grinned Clay.
"Quiet!" snarled Raven as thorny vines of dark energy wrapped around Clay's body. The grip of the vines tightened, threatening to crush the sage.
"This is it? Surely you can do better…" sighed Clay as he unleashed a nova of his own magic, dispersing the vines.
"Then have some of this!" yelled Raven as she summoned several shadowy skulls which launched themselves towards Clay.
Meanwhile inside the church
Robin spotted Beastboy lying in an unbroken pew inside of the church. He seems to be sleeping peacefully considering the apparent signs of destruction inside the church. Robin and Starfire approached BB to check if he was alright.
"Friend, awaken! It is us!" said Starfire as she tried to shake Beastboy awake.
Beastboy gave no reaction to Starfire's attempts to wake him up.
"Nn… Clay. Get away from him!" moaned Beastboy who was apparently dreaming.
"Beastboy snap out of it! We need you out here!" yelled Robin.
Suddenly, the front door that was guarded by the remaining Titans burst open. Most of them went flying towards the wall, knocking them out. The dust from the wreckage cleared, revealing Clay and an unconscious Raven. He was gripping her by her hood and the usual dark flicker of energy that was commonly seen in Raven's hands was now in Clay's.
"Hehe… The power of Trigon… Possibilities, possibilities…" smiled Clay as he shot a malevolent grin to Robin and Starfire.
Clay let go of Raven's hood and she fell face first to the floor with a thud. He made his way towards Robin, tossing aside pews and fallen titans alike aside with his new power.
"No use waking up your green friend. His mind is lost somewhere. I don't really care what happens to him. He's my brother's anyways…" smiled Clay.
Starfire prepared to unleash a fist to Clay but he swiped her sideways, launching her through the heavy brick wall of the church.
"Well Robin, this is it. You're the only one left. It's a pity, you are worthy of ruling beside me, but I know you're too much of a goodie goodie for that." Snickered Clay like a child.
He mentally lifted the marble altar from its hinges and positioned it above Robin. Robin tried to move out of the way but found that his feet were frozen to the ground.
"Bye Dick!" yelled Clay as he gestured his hands downward but the altar stayed airborne. He gestured again but no effect. Suddenly, the altar leveled itself to Clay and launched towards him, propelling him to the stained glass mural on the wall.
"Terra!" gasped Robin at the sight of a blonde girl wearing a school uniform. Her hands outstretched and pointing towards Clay.
Clay stood up and stared at Terra.
"Hn… I thought this thing was over for you?!" laughed Clay.
"Leave my friends alone!!" yelled Terra.
After 2 years (Oo) I've finally decided to continue this fic to the end. After reading through the reviews, I couldn't help myself. Thanks for the inspiration guys. You're the best!!
Sorry for those who don't want Terra to be back in action. I really need her for the plot. We'll see what happens to relations with her return.