(CH8 is in!!! Sorry if this has come real late...but here it is. Now you'll see what will happen to Raven, just to warn you it is sick and disturbing, and how will Beast Boy take it? Read and find out...As usual, thanks for reading, review PLEASE!!!, and enjoy.)
CH8
"Victory!" "Victory!" "Victory!" the rally cry screamed that filled the darkened hall with pride, lust and over all fear to the enemies of the Eternals. The shouts echoed throughout, making anyone who hears the chant will be brought to their knees in praise and determination not to be in their ways.
This wasn't the case for Raven. She knew the Eternals wanted her dead because she was what she was, not caring if she had no choice but to be born what she is…a half-demon witch. Trigon wanted a daughter so he can use her natural born gift of life to be used for his rise and bring forth the end of the world. He is dead now, Raven is free. But the Eternals don't care if her mother was raped by a demon, which she (and he) was conceived that she was innocent of anything that the demon brought upon her. They don't care, only they care that she was born demon, therefore…death!
When Raven was dragged into a massive room, she then realized what her fate was…as she gazed at hundreds of Eternals packed into a large stadium-like world. All dressed in the same dark cloaks and skull masks, with armor with a "V" shape in the armor and a sword drawn in between the "V" with the words, "Totus hail ut victoria, vel cado ut mucro of cruor quod ferrum!" or "All hail to victory, or fall to the sword of blood and iron!" engraved on them.
This was what, except for one Eternal whose fashion was the same, but his cloak was red as hell, his skull mask was not the conventional skull mask, but a skull mask with a devilish grin that the teeth seemed sharpened to a point. Above the mask was a dark crown with three pillars, each engraved with a number, "666" the sign of the devil. He was centered at the middle of the room, surrounded by armed gaurds, swords drawn and ready for blood.
Raven was placed in a chair in the middle. She was scared beyond reason; her hand quaked with unknown present fear, or was it that he hand was crushed and it hurt? Right now she didn't care; Raven was cold, hungry, in pain, and alone. (She doesn't realized Beast Boy is in her shoe) She looked up what was supposed to be the head Eternal.
"Raven…Titan!" The head Eternal said with glee in his voice, only twisted and evil. "I have been looking forward for this moment for years."
"What?" Raven asked, knowing anything she said will be used against her, instead of words but a fist. "Why am I here?"
"For your rightful judgment." He said. "You are to be judged by your acts of witchery, devil-worship, and your resistance to our ways."
Raven wanted to laugh at their faces, every single Eternal in that room, for such a dumb remark. Only she was afraid it would hurt her, another her ribs would hurt like none other if she did. She instead played safe…"What do you mean your ways?"
"By not losing your ways of witchery, devilry and Titanry." The head Eternal replied. "And therefore you are judged by your sin, do you have anything to say Raven?"
"Yes, unless my lips are to be silenced by fists and swords." Raven replied, close as she could to sarcasm without one of the Eternals next to her to use force.
"Speak freely, for your words are to be judged as well as your acts."
"All my life I tried to do what was right." Raven said, getting a laugh from all the Eternals, like it was joke. "Even I had used magic to do it to save lives, property and myself. By joining the Titans I hoped I would have gained enough good to die in piece until the return of Trigon." Raven didn't care if the Eternals knew of her demon, it doesn't matter anymore. "But I did not choose to be half a demon. Tell me, does a little child screaming out of her mother's womb have more control over its fate than a man has over God's?" That made the Eternals murmur amongst themselves, that made Raven smile to herself. "Thanks for that quote Edgar." She thought to herself.
The head Eternal raised his hand and the room went silent. "Do not seek to question our right to judge over you, girl. Man must make its own choose for we unlike a god, we have agency over ourselves and our chooses. For we are judged by them in the end. It no longer matters Raven, your fate was thrust upon you at birth, for you have no choose but to be an evil slut to hell itself and drag us to our ever lasting damnation!"
"I defeated Trigon. Along with my friends, we defeated him. With him gone I am free over my angency to live. What wrong could I do?" Raven said, nearly as desperate plea.
"Your shadow of the past overlooks that Raven. You will be punished by your past, in hope to save humanity from the present darkness and blackened future!" the head Eternal said, he went over to Raven, he then brushed his hand near her cheek, then it roamed to her neck, chest, her hips then to her legs. Raven shivered, but the Eternal moved closer and closer to the gate way to this life.
"Your sentence is death. But before you die, you will be filled with the pleasure of the flesh in…" he paused as he left to back where he was before. He then turned to Raven, "your gift Raven." He then waved his hand and disappeared into the crowd as the two Eternals that dragged Raven here grabbed her and shoved her into the ground. One Eternal ripped of Raven's cloak, and started tearing her shredded uniform even to more shreds, while the other began his will over her.
Raven tried to struggle but the weight of the Eternal over powered her; she tried to scream for help, only the other watchful Eternals laughed at the mere sight. Then Raven winced in pain as she felt herself be raped. Despite the pain, she screamed and cried, no one helped her…no one.
Beast Boy, stuck in Raven shoe, had heard ever word…now despite being a spider, he heard her scream. Hearing her in pain worse than anything the Eternals have given her before. He wanted to hold her, make her feel safe. Not here and now. If Beast Boy wanted to listen to what hell sounded like, he couldn't asked for anything better to listen to than the plea of a woman crying in pain as she was being raped while others laugh and mock her while someone was thrusting into her again and again. Quickly Beast Boy escaped Raven's shoe and walked into hell.
Never in his life did Beast Boy feel more sorrow, anger and pain than he had before watching in disguise as a spider than watching his friend, comrade, his love being raped and for her moan in pain like a boar, while the rapist laughed at her plea for to die, as he continued.
"Raven!Good God no!"Beast Boy thought. If spiders could cry he would. He had never felt so helpless. He wanted to kill the Eternal hurting her now, he wanted to taste his blood as he screamed in pain to die, while he laughed and gnawed at his chest…wait! "I never had those thoughts! Who…?"
"You want them dead as well as I, Garrett." A voice in Beast Boys head said.
"Beast!? What do you want?" Beast Boy asked his thought.
"To help."Beast replied.
"What do mean help?"
"To help Raven of course."
"Why?"
"You really are this stupid. Your friend is getting raped and you're standing here twirling your thumbs wondering what to do? If you have no solution but me…we saved Raven once from Adonis and helped attack Trigon. Why not make these fools suffer? You care for her, yet you do not help. Your are weak Garrett! You're worthless! If can't save you love than you might as well be one of these Eternals laughing at her…might as well rape her yourself…"
"No!"
"Might as well use her like Terra used you…Oh come on BB, you can't take it? Once you escape you can explain to the Titans how she died and live with the thought that she died because it was your fault!" the Beast within said.
"No!" Beast Boy cried as he revealed himself by transforming back to himself. Of course the Eternals were surprised to see Beast Boy suddenly appear before them, especially the Eternal raping Raven. In his anger Beast Boy grabbed the Eternal's sword and thrust it in his back.
The Eternal screamed as he crumbled to the ground, Beast Boy attacked the Eternal that tore Raven's clothes to shreds but sending the sword into the side of the Eternal's face, slicing of chunks of metal rags and flesh as Beast Boy went wild.
As the Eternals around began to retaliate, Beast Boy glanced at Raven's beaten, naked and unconscious body. He felt more pain and anger like he never before had in him. Tears dripped from his eyes, wondering if it was…to late. He screamed again when he decided he wanted the Eternal's blood, and the only way to get it was…Beast Boy then released the Beast within, and all hell broke loose.
The Beast grabbed the nearest attacking Eternal's head, and flung him the hardest and farthest as the Eternal crashed into a crowd of incoming men, then another and another got the same fate. Swords flung, teeth and claws clashed, as Eternals by the numbers attacked, then fell at the seer sight, might, and determination as more and more Eternals screamed and pain as arms were broke, legs shattered, faces crunched. Blood flowed from the wounded and screams filled the air as the Beast went on its vendetta, then all was quiet.
Most of the surviving Eternals retreated while most of their comrades lay there wounded at the mercy of the Beast. The Beast didn't leave the match, not only victorious but bleeding from wound on the face, and the chest. Suddenly the Beast morphed back into Beast Boy, hurt and battered. Beast Boy didn't look at the carnage, his sight was on Raven.
Raven lay there, naked and vulnerable. Beast Boy looked away, he has seen pieces of bad things in his life, small and big through out his life, but this took the cake. He turned to the nearest unconscious Eternal and began to strip him of his cloths, throwing out the armor mask and slowly and gently putting much on her as he could to cover the sores, bruises and the humiliation she went through. Beast Boy kissed her cheek, "I am sorry. Sorry for procrastinating. Sorry for everything." He cried for her as morphed back into the Beast and picked Raven up and hurried out of the room and to freedom!
Rain had started to pour the night before and hadn't stopped yet as the night overtake Jump City. By now this dampened any progress of the Titans to find Raven and Beast Boy, but mostly it dampened the Titans heart as they returned after almost months of searching, and the continual harassment of Shadow.
"We haven't found a thing man!" Cyborg said as all the Titans stood outside in the pouring rain. "Not one simple, damn thing in this city in forever!" His anger was only a fraction of what every other Titan felt.
"We can not lose hope yet." Starfire said, even though it was meant to make the others confident but she didn't. She sounded desperate.
"Yes we can." Robin said. "I fear the worse, guys. I believe Raven and Beast Boy are dead." That got a gasp out of Star and glares from the others, but none of them said anything to challenge the thought.
"What do we do now?" Hot Spot asked. "Get on with our lives?"
"It is the only thing we can do?" Argent said, sounding more down than he actually should have been. "Lets face it…they are dead and there is nothing we can do." Now she began to cry, Jericho who was beside her hugged her, the way a friend does, his eyes began to fill with tears that mingled with the rain on his cheeks.
No one said anything else. Star began to cry as well, Robin went to comfort her. Cyborg and Hot Spot began to swear amongst themselves in frustration and disappointment. Terra closed her eyes and sayed a prayer to herself for everything to be alright, even though she wasn't deeply religious, but it did bring comfort though, little.
Then, out of the abyss of the storm, a dark large figure suddenly landed a few yards away. The Titans were startled at the noise the shadow from made. The Titans thought it was Shadow coming to force them to search again for Raven and Beast Boy. But as the figure drew closer and closer the true from came out be not the tall, slim man dressed in leather and a Stalheim helmet with a katana in his hand, but a very large creature with green fur massive claws that was carrying a black rag of sots in it arms.
The Titans, those who fought it and beside it, like Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg insatnly recognized it…the Beast! "Its Beast Boy!" they yelled as the ran towards the creature, with the others following. When they got closer the Beast gently put the ragged clothing down, looked up at the Titans. Its face, showed a creature of lose and in pain. Then it let a terrifying howl that mixed with the lightning and thunder as Beast Boy transformed back into his small, torn up self.
"Beast Boy!" the Titans yelped in glee but Beast Boy didn't react as they hoped they would, but he fell to his knees as he bean to cry over the blacked rags placed before him. When the Titans saw it he was hurt by the Eternals, but it wasn't pain of pain, but pain of lose…
"Dude, are you alright?" Robin asked.
"No." Beast Boy replied.
"BB, where is Raven?" Cyborg asked.
"Right here." Beast Boy slowly removed part of the rags to reveal parts of Raven's body where her ribs were showing, the sore and bruises covering parts of her abdomen and legs. Then he covered them back and pulled off the piece that covered Raven's face, beaten to a bruised bloody pulp.
The Titans face grew from shock to horror as an absolute sicken feeling in their stomachs. Star looked away, Hot Spot nearly wanted to pass out, while the others gaze at a sickened reality. But all wanted to know the same thing."
"What happened to her?" Terra asked.
"Tortured…beaten…raped!" Beast Boy managed to say without throwing up himself.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling more sickened than before…
"Let's get her to the hospital. And you help, man." Robin said, while he went over and picked Raven gently up and carried her back to the tower, then eventually to Cyborg's car and eventual hospital as Hot Spot and Jericho helped Beast Boy to the car also with Terra, Star, and Argent following.
As the car speed off, unknown to the Titans, watching from the roof of the Tower was Shadow. He was there watching as the Titans gave up on their search, he was there when the Beast brought forth Raven, Rachel to him, now he watched them as they speed of into the unknown.
"If only you could see her now, Colonel Roth. Knowing she is alive. Your message will be sent Edgar, like I promised." Shadow thought, as he looked up into the storm. "What madness has fallen upon this city? What horrors lie beneath this rising abyss?" he said to himself. As he turned to leave the tower, he pulled out the penny he took from Raven's room. "Hope? Salvation? There is none in the darkness. What have we done? Where are the Titans, Azarathians, and Eternals entering? It seems we are in the present darkness."
As the storm thundered on, Shadow shivered, not at the cold it bring, but the unknown…
(Now what? Will Raven live? What is to happen to the Titans now? What about the Eternals? And what does Shadow have to do with Raven's dead twin? So many question, so little to answer with...Review and give me suggestions...Thanks for reading so far.)