Midnight Kitten: Hey everyone thanks for reviewing! Now after this chapter, I'm sorry to say, it will take me a long time to finish the next ones because I'm planning to finish the story first then add the chapters after so that all you readers out there would only have to wait once more, and it'll be the last ( not unless you are reading my other fics) so on with the story. I know you'd want to read now
Chapter 12: Knowing the unknown
"Rise my apprentice and feel the new power born in you" Trigon's voice echoed in her ears. With the glow surrounding her brightening, Terra dug her nails into her scalp. She fought the urge to scream once again. Terra bit her lip then her tongue met the rusty taste of blood coming from the lower lip. For awhile, the blonde girl threw up blood until she felt her body being dehydrated. Kneeling, she coughed for the last time. In that transformation, she spat out blue blood. Terrified and still in pain, Terra brought her fingers to touch the rich blue liquid; it was cold, freezing icy cold. She withdrew her hand and turned a frightened gaze towards Trigon who was standing by, simply watching her. The glowing ceased.
"What is this?" Terra yelled at him. She stood up, ignoring the pain. She continued to glare at him. Suddenly she saw something. Her blue eyes grew wide in shock. "You…You're a demon!"
"And so are you" Trigon grinned evilly. He walked to her and brought her chin up "Tell me Terra, what do I look like?"
"Black…" She said, reluctant to add anything more.
"You're lying!" He grabbed hold of her face and opened her eyes with his two fingers "Tell me what you see!" Terra struggled.
"Enough!" From a far corner, in the darkness, came two white glowing eyes. Trigon paid no attention to the voice and continued to open Terra's eyes.
"I said enough!" A black power wrapped around Trigon's fingers, prying them away from Terra, but Trigon had simply dismissed it with a deep breath from his mouth. He let go of Terra and watched her dropped to the floor in weakness. He walked to the dark corner. As he made his way, a red light glowed about him, pushing away the darkness and revealing his daughter in shackles, bound to the wall; her clothes tattered, her once blue cloak lying on the floor, covered in dark colored drops. Scratch marks had marred her once fair thighs; dried blood covered her right arm where a part of her skin had been burned severely. Trigon looked at his daughter with his emotionless red eyes and reached for her stomach.
"Raven, my daughter…have I not taken care of you well that you dare interfere in my business?" Trigon asked, grasping Raven's uncovered stomach. She held the urge to scream but winced as Trigon's now growing nails dug into her.
"Your care amounts to every single drop of blood I have left in my body." Raven spat at her father. She glared hard, her violet orbs piercing into Trigon's being "And you've taken a lot away"
"You're destiny is to serve me. I created you, I am your father" Trigon said. He pulled his hand away and brushed his damp hair. "I need you to recreate Earth"
"No matter how many times…" Raven stopped, her breathing short "you recreate this world, it will never be yours" Raven's scream echoed amongst the walls of the cave as Trigon shot her with a beam of red light. It burned her side
"Whatever my bidding is, you will follow! That is my condition!" Trigon yelled. Turning back to Terra who was still lying on the floor, he grinned. "You are my apprentice. Although you are no match for my daughter, it is suffice that you do one mission for the time being"
"And if I don't" Terra dared to say. She looked at him
"You will suffer more than you can imagine" Trigon responded. He walked to Raven and knelt before her. An image of his wife appeared in his eyes then he quickly dismissed it. "The time of rebirth has begun. When the moon reaches the top of the sky and the last comet passes, Earth will fall into my eternal darkness. My abyss"
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"Do you know where Raven is?" Robin's voice broke the silence after Beastboy had told the Titans the entire story. The green changeling looked at their leader and shook his head solemnly. The rest of the Titans began to lose hope.
"Terra might have the idea" Cyborg announced but Beastboy shook his head again.
"A while back, I saw someone in Raven's room. It was the one who activated the distress signal from her locator but it was dark. I couldn't see a thing"
Beastboy immediately stood up and walked out of the room. He went to his room and took out Raven's mirror. Looking at it with a determined face, the green Titan closed his eyes. The rest of the team followed him quickly, eager to know their friend's next motive, his next move. For a while, they were silently watching him stare at the mirror and in the next, the room faded from their vision and they were in a place they have never seen except for the half robot who walked ahead of the two other members and placed a hand on Beastboy's shoulder.
"So…which Raven are we looking for?" He asked, trying to be supportive. Beastboy kept quiet for a moment, he closed his eyes once more and listened to his surroundings. The slight blow of the wind met his ears. The changeling opened his green orbs and pointed forward to the path where six gates stood, one pair after the other.
"We need Memory" He simply said, making his way down the solitary trail ahead of them.
The Titans walked past the gates and gazed at their surroundings, the darkness around them seemed to be closing in. Starfire clung close to Cyborg while Robin took his place beside Beastboy. He needed more information.
"Beastboy, where are we?" Robin asked, tearing the silence apart with his bare voice. "Is this Raven's home?"
"That's what I thought before…" Beastboy replied. He stopped as they reached a door in the middle of nowhere. Starfire looked down and yelped, they weren't stepping on the road anymore.
"Please, may we go back? I do not wish to be in this place of darkness" She said innocently, flying towards Robin who simply looked at her. He shook his head and placed his hand on her shoulder
"Not without answers" He turned to face Beastboy "Aren't you going to open it?"
"No knob" The green titan simply answered "She has to open the door from the inside" As soon as Beastboy had finished talking, the door creaked open and a golden gemmed girl came out.
"Why have you returned?" The girl asked. She looked at the strangers behind her green friend then reverted her attention to Beastboy.
"Where's Raven?" He questioned back at her. "Memory, where is she?"
"She will not allow me to tell you" Memory replied "I want you to help her but she has temporarily placed a curse on me. Any word I utter about her whereabouts would instantly kill me" Memory withdrew her hood. Gasps from the Titans leader and the alien girl were evident among the silent wind.
"Raven you are unharmed! Quickly, we must evacuate this place" Starfire clasped her hands together "Raven?"
"She's not Raven Star" Robin realized. He saw the color of the gem, it wasn't like Raven's; it was gold.
"Then show me where she is" Beastboy said, his courage surfacing against all the emotions. Memory stared at him for the longest time and sighed briefly.
"Beastboy, if this does not work and I will die, Raven will lose every single memory she has" Memory explained further. She looked at the other Titans and none of them seemed to be objecting.
"You've shown me all that I've learned, all those clues... and you are not hurt, perhaps this is the loop" Beastboy reassured her.
"Are you willing to take that chance?" Memory confirmed for the final time. She watched the rest of the Titans nod their heads.
"It's a gamble that we won't lose" He said confidently. A small smile appeared on Memory's face. She closed her eyes and began to chant.
'Azarath Metrion Zinthos'
The darkness had disappeared to be replaced by a blinding red light. The Titans shielded their eyes. As the radiance started to dim, the teens dared to look at Memory. She was floating above them, her arms outstretched with a golden glow surrounding her being. Then she began to disappear. Dissolving into the thin air, Memory smiled for the last time.
"Beastboy, don't be deceived by what your eyes see, it's not always the same from afar"
A/N: And this is where it ends. The end!...of the chapter. Now I know this took a long time and I wish you guys could wait a little longer cause for the next chapters, I'm going to finish the entire story before updating the chapters one by one. No more waiting. I hope that is ok? Please Review! Love you all so much!